MATCH 3 Vitamin

INTRODUCTION

Get ready for a vitamin cure! Combine the fruits in groups of three or more and collect 100 fruits per level! Enjoy the joys of fruit picking but remain alert: this is a true visual challenge!

OBJECTIVES

• Eliminate the necessary number of fruits by forming alignments of at least 3 identical fruits in 3 vitamin-filled levels.
• The game is over when you have finished 3 levels or when the allotted time is over.

RULES

The game board is made up of 8x8 squares. Each square contains a fruit. When 3 identical fruits or more are aligned horizontally or vertically they will be eliminated. New fruits will drop down to fill the new space which has been created.

Eliminate 100 fruits to complete each of the three levels. The number of different fruit types increases from one level to the next:

• Level 1: 5 types
• Level 2: 6 types
• Level 3: 7 types

When a “Shuffle” bonus appears you must move it to the bottom of them screen to earn 100 additional points.

There is a time limit shown on the vertical bar on the right. If you finish the three levels you earn a time related bonus.

CONTROLS

• To play you must switch two adjacent fruits to form an alignment of three or more identical fruits. Click on a fruit and move the cursor towards the second fruit to switch them.
• After each move you must wait for all the fruits to drop down. Time stops while the fruits are descending.

POINTS CALCULATION

• Alignment of 3 fruits: 10 points
• Alignment of 4 fruits: 20 points
• Alignment of 5 fruits: 50 points

• “Domino effect” bonus: when an alignment immediately forms another alignment +10 points are added, then +20, +30, etc. for each successive alignment. Any alignment formed by new fruits descending from the top of the screen puts an end to this bonus.

• Remaining time bonus at the end of the game: 3 points per remaining second.

FAIR PLAY

During a tournament, championship or playing face-to-face, all players start under the same conditions, the same fruits placed in exactly the same position and with the same amount of available time.