US 2013/0172061 A1Published application

Color falling shapes computer game

OwnerAlex IOSILEVSKY, Len MUGINinventors

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Abstract

The invention relates to a falling-shapes computer games of the type known under trademark “Tetris”. The purpose of the game is to score as many points as possible by creating a matching set of three or more colored blocks of the same color vertically or horizontally. Blocks can disintegrate during the fall once the falling shape is partially blocked by the settled blocks. The unblocked portion of the shape separates from the rest of the shape and resumes the fall to the floor of the game frame till blocked or stopped by other blocks or the floor. The game also offers special blocks that, when landed, clear out all the blocks underneath or to its side—whichever option would produce more points. Other special blocks convert all blocks they share the border with to the blocks of the same color as themselves clearing all qualifying shapes in the process.

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Dependent claims

A color falling shapes computer game comprising:

a game frame having an upper margin and a floor;
a plurality of falling shapes that are composed of a plurality of configurations from colored unit elements that are colored or represent colors and that fall in an arbitrary sequence one by one from the upper margin to the floor of the game frame where the falling shape is either settled down or is partially blocked by the colored unit elements of the preceding falling shape and wherein unblocked colored unit elements separates from the rest of the falling shape and slide down until they contact the colored unit elements of the preceding falling shape;
each color being assigned a predetermined number of points, different colors appearing with different frequencies, and the higher the frequency the lower is the number of points assigned to the colors;
points being also awarded when a predetermined number of colored unit elements of the same color is combined into a set in which the neighboring colored unit elements share the borders and when, as a result of such an arrangement the entire set clears;
after the set clears, the remaining colored unit elements continue to fall down if a gap is formed between the remaining colored unit elements and the settled colored unit elements;
the game consisting of multiple levels of difficulty.

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