Game control method and apparatus, electronic device, and computer readable storage medium

A game control apparatus, comprising:

• an instruction receiving module, configured to receive an object swap instruction on a pattern matrix of a first interface of a screen, where the pattern matrix comprises multiple matrix elements, and each matrix element is used for displaying a pattern object;
• wherein a terminal device displays a user interface comprising the first interface and a second interface;
• and the receiving an object swap instruction on a pattern matrix of a first interface of a screen comprises:
• when receiving a sliding operation from a position of a first pattern object to a position of a second pattern object, generating the object swap instruction according to the sliding operation by the terminal device;
• an object swap module, configured to swap positions of the first pattern object and the second pattern object according to the object swap instruction, and upon detection that a predetermined number of pattern objects of the same type are connected after the positions of the first pattern object and the second pattern object are swapped, eliminate the connected pattern objects;
• and
• an attack control module, configured to generate an attack instruction according to the connected pattern objects, so as to reduce a current health point value of a selected target attack object among multiple attack objects in the second interface according to the attack instruction;
• wherein the receiving an object swap instruction on a first interface of a screen comprises:
• receiving the object swap instruction on the pattern matrix in a specified area of the first interface, wherein the specified area is determined according to a position of the target attack object in the second interface, the target attack object exists within a preset attack range of the attack instruction that is generated after any pattern object in the specified area is eliminated, and the specified area is highlighted in the first interface;
• wherein other areas in the first interface except the specified area are in a non-selectable state, and the non-selectable state indicates stopping reception of the object swap instruction.