Patent ID: 11883740
Assignee: KING.COM LTD.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 0:
1. A computing device adapted to play a computer game, the device having:
a processor;
computer code executable by the processor to generate computer game graphics, for display, comprising game objects including user selectable game elements;
a display configured to display the user selectable game elements;
an input device enabling a user to interact with the computing device to select the user selectable game elements;
wherein the processor is configured to detect user input causing a match comprising a chain of at least three adjacent game elements of the same characteristic and to remove the matched game elements of the chain from the display, wherein the characteristic is at least one of shape and color of the game element,
wherein the user selectable game elements include:
normal game elements;
a first type of special game element which comprises a targeting element which, when included in the chain of game elements, is triggered;
wherein when the first type of special game element is triggered it has a first effect of causing a targeted game object to be removed from the display in addition to the matched game elements; and
a second type of special game element which, when triggered in association with a game element of a first characteristic, has a second effect of causing further game elements sharing the first characteristic to be removed from the display, wherein the first characteristic is at least one of shape and color of the further game elements; and
wherein the processor is configured to detect user input to trigger the first and second special game elements together, and, responsive to detecting the user input, to determine the first characteristic of the first type of special game element and to convert normal game elements having the first characteristic into additional targeting elements for removing respective additional targeted game objects.