SPLT-2 tips?

[Sammun Mak]

Boy am I bad this game. My highest score is like 130. Here's basically what I've sussed out as the strategy:

All completed sets of squares should be 4 1x1s. Creating completed squares out of anything bigger is an error in playing.

Because you always end up with too many horizontals to use (I don't even know why that is), use horizontals on as "small" a space as you can without violating rule 1. (i.e. take a square. If you cut it vertically first, cutting it fully horizontally takes 2 cuts instead of 1)

Anyone else have ideas or tips? I know there's a guide on this site, but I fInd it pretty hard to follow. There's also the video to watch but I can't figure out what it's demonstrating and I don't want to copy it 1 by 1.

[Nick]

Sometimes it's better to make a block of 6 1x1 instead of 4. This will leave you with a 2x1 block you can use to balance the cut directions by cutting or detonating it.
Obviously, if you cut a square in one direction, you need to make 2 more cuts in the opposite one to get the pieces to be squares again. If you have many horizontal pieces, use a vertical cut to create a vertical piece somewhere else to balance them out.
And of course, use the bombs to skip cuts in a direction you don't want (most likely because the board is unbalanced and you need cuts in the other direction). Use the bombs on the smaller pieces (the screen won't get replenished if the only spots available at the top are 1x1 in size.