Computer device configured to provide a computer implemented game and method

A computer implemented method, the method being performed in a computing device comprising at least one processor, at least one memory, a display configured to display computer game graphics for a computer implemented game, and a user interface, the computer implemented game having one or more levels, the method being performed by executing computer code on the at least one processor to perform the steps of:

• determining by at least one processor, prior to receiving first user input to start playing a level of the computer implemented game:
• a number of different booster options that have been activated in a computer implemented game, a booster option being usable in the computer implemented game to provide a respective additional effect;
• if the determined number of different booster options is greater than a threshold number;
• and
• when the determined number of different booster options is greater than the threshold number, determining that a further booster option is to be provided in the computer implemented game, the further booster option when deployed in the computer implemented game comprises providing a defined time period in the computer implemented game during which a user is permitted to make as many game moves as the user is able to make in that defined time period without reducing an associated number of available moves,
• receiving the first user input from the user via the user interface and in response starting the computer implemented game and providing an associated initial number of available moves for the computer implemented game;
• and
• receiving a second user input from the user via the user interface making a move in the computer implemented game, wherein when the further booster option is deployed and active in the computer implemented game, the number of available moves is unchanged by the move and when the further booster option is not deployed in the computer implemented game, the number of available moves is reduced by the move.

A non-transitory computer readable medium encoded with instructions for controlling a computing device comprising at least one processor, at least one memory, a display configured to display computer game graphics for a computer implemented game, the computer implemented game having one or more levels, and in which the instructions are executed on the at least one processor to perform the steps of:

• determining by at least one processor, prior to receiving first user input to start playing a level of the computer implemented game:
• a number of different booster options that have been activated in the computer implemented game, a booster option being usable in the computer implemented game to provide a respective additional effect;
• if the determined number of different booster options is greater than a threshold number;
• and
• when the determined number of different booster options is greater than the threshold number, determining that a further booster option is to be provided in the computer implemented game, the further booster option when deployed in the computer implemented game comprises providing a defined time period in the computer implemented game during which a user is permitted to make as many game moves as the user is able to make in that defined time period without reducing an associated number of available moves,
• receiving the first user input from the user via the user interface and in response starting the computer implemented game and providing an associated initial number of available moves for the computer implemented game;
• and
• receiving a second user input from the user via the user interface making a move in the computer implemented game, wherein when the further booster option is deployed and active in the computer implemented game, the number of available moves is unchanged by the move and when the further booster option is not deployed in the computer implemented game, the number of available moves is reduced by the move.