Kai Krause did the game art, Phil Clevenger designed the user interface, and Ian Gilman programmed it. Two players take turns placing pieces on an 8 by 8 board. When a player gets four pieces at the corners of a square, the square is drawn in and the player gets points. Squares may be any size or tipped at any angle.
Bigger squares get more points.
The game is easy to learn, challenging to master, and beautiful to watch, thanks to nifty artwork from the Metacreations folks. You can play with anyone else logged into the same network, and even chat with them as you play. The more you win, the higher your rating. Although MetaSquares is no longer available on America Online, you can still play MetaSquares online. A clever person has developed a Windows application that works in conjunction with the original game application to let you play MetaSquares with other people.