Glossary

The words the game uses, as they appear on screen in English and in Russian.

Term	In Russian	Meaning
CLOSE CALLS	СБЛИЖЕНИЯ	Passing your head through a cell right next to (not diagonal to) your own older body, an obstacle or a live structure. The core move: it charges the meter.
GRAZE	ВПРИТИРКУ	The word a close call shows. Each body cell pays once.
SKIM	СКОЛЬЖЕНИЕ	Riding along a line of body: close calls on consecutive steps. Charge less each but keep the meter from draining.
SQUEEZE	ЗАЖИМ	Driving 2–5 cells with something on both sides of the head.
THREAD	СКВОЗЬ	Driving through a gap that splits the board in two: there is no short way round.
NEEDLE	ИГЛА	A corridor of 6 cells or more with something on both sides.
CHAIN N	СЕРИЯ N	Maneuvers in quick succession: each next one pays more, up to ×2.
CHARGE	ЗАРЯД	The segmented meter above the board. Risky moves fill it; it drains when you play safe.
MULTIPLIER ×N	МНОЖИТЕЛЬ ×N	×1…×8, set by how full the charge meter is. Multiplies every point and adds speed.
NODE	УЗЕЛ	The red target (the food). Eating it scores 10 × multiplier and grows the body.
HUNGER	ГОЛОД	Long without eating, close calls against your own body pay less and less. Eat to restore them.
INSULATORS	ИЗОЛЯТОРЫ	Fixed blocks on Campaign boards. Brush them for charge, never hit them. A brushed block goes dark for a while.
PYLON / DOOR	СТОЛБ / ДВЕРЬ	A gate is two rows of lethal pylons; the door is the passage between them. Its depth is its length.
TERMINAL / POST	КЛЕММА / СТОЙКА	Relay targets. A touched terminal turns into a live post: lethal, but good for close calls.
GATE	ВОРОТА	Circuit Event: drive straight through the door between the pylons.
RELAY	РЕЛЕ	Circuit Event: touch numbered terminals in order; touched ones stay live.
HOT ZONE	ГОРЯЧАЯ ЗОНА	Circuit Event: a square that banks charge and points while your head is inside; leave to cash in.
LIVE WIRE	ПРОВОД ПОД ТОКОМ	Circuit Event: a moving lethal bar; pass right next to it three times.
CHOOSE	ВЫБЕРИ	Module ports appear after a won event: drive into one to take its module.
PHASE	ФАЗА	Module: your next crash into a conductor hops over it instead.
SURGE	ФОРСАЖ	Module: about 8 s faster, with more charge and more points.
CUT	СРЕЗ	Module: the next node you eat cuts off the oldest part of your body.
CASH	ВЫПЛАТА	Leaving a hot zone pays out what it banked.
BURNED	СГОРЕЛО	Still inside when a hot zone overloads: the bank is lost.
FUSES	ПРЕДОХРАНИТЕЛИ	Campaign lives. Failing a level you have not cleared yet burns one. They come back over time.
PASS	ЗАЧЁТ	First medal of a level; clearing it opens the next level.
GREAT	ОТЛИЧНО	Second medal of a level.
PERFECT	ИДЕАЛ	Top medal; reaching it ends the level at once.
RANKED	НА РЕКОРД	Endless mode with one world leaderboard.
DAILY	ИСПЫТАНИЕ ДНЯ	One board a day, the same for everyone; three counted tries.
LEAGUE	ЛИГА	Weekly groups of about 30 players; the top moves up a tier, the bottom moves down.