Specification: Number Game The game itself allows players to find matches between pairs of numbers or two numbers that add up to 10. The objective of the game is to clear the game board and score the highest possible score. The game board (see Figure 1) is made up of a matrix of 12 rows and 9 columns. Each of the cells within the matrix has a random number (1 to 9) allocated. Read this document carefully! Any clarification should be sought at the earliest opportunity.
The player is able to select neighbours within the same row,
column, or by wrapping around the edge of the board to the
previous or subsequent row, Figure 2 on page 3 indicates
legal combinations. Note: the player must be able to select
the neighbours in any order i.e.
• left-to-right or right-to-left
• top-to-bottom or bottom-to-top
• wrapping around the right edge of the board and
moving down a row or wrapping around the left edge
of the board an moving up a row
If a match is found then the panels for those numbers are
“removed” from play (they are set to blank panels – orange
on the image Figure 1). Pairs can then be made through the
blank panels providing the player with more points. On the
figure to the right you can see that in the eighth row there
is a 5 and then four blank panels and another 5. These
two 5s form a pair as there are no number cells between
them.
Figure 1: Screen shot of the Number
If the player clears an entire row then this blank row is Game
removed from the game board and the subsequent rows are
moved one row up the board. This will result in a blank row at the bottom of the game
board.
