The purpose of the game is to gather the most calories. You do this by gathering ingredients. You can't gather any ingredients until at least another player connects to the server. While you are the only player on the map all you can do is walk around, and possibly go closer to the ingredients so when a new player does connect you have a slight advantage.

Every time a new player connects no gathering is allowed for a period of 5 seconds. A countdown timer will show in the top area of the screen.

During the game you can prevent your oponents from reaching the igredients by colliding against them. When a collision occurs both players involved are pushed away in oposite directions with equal forces. You can use this to your advantage if you make sure that behind you there's a safe area and in front of the player you're pushing there's a gap.