Happy Farm : Tiles Match

Happy Farm : Tiles Match is a farm-themed connect game, going by its name, built on a precise linking rule. You select a tile, then look for another showing the same picture. If the two match, they both disappear, but only when they can be joined by at most three straight lines. The line is also not allowed to pass through any other tile, so a matching pair with tiles in the way has to wait.

There is a time limit on removing all the tiles, and the stated goal is to find every matching pair before it runs out. The developer frames this as working your way up to victory, but gives no level count, no list of aids and no detail on the farm artwork itself. What it does provide is one of the clearer statements of the connect rule among the games in this section.

Select a tile, then select another tile with the same image. If a path of no more than three straight lines can join them without crossing any other tile, both disappear. If not, choose a different pair. Keep going until every matching pair has been found and the board is empty, and do it within the time limit.

The developer does not list the controls for this game. It runs inside the frame above, so a click or a tap on the game is the place to start.

Since the line cannot cross other tiles, a pair that is blocked now may become possible once the tiles between them are gone. Clear the pairs that are already reachable first, as removing them can open up routes for the others. Then check what remains for paths of three lines or fewer.

A timed connect-pairs puzzle with a farm theme, in a portrait frame. Links are limited to three straight lines and may not cross other tiles. No input device is named by the developer, so the controls section is empty.

Onet Rings states the same no-blocking, three-line rule and takes the timer away. Magic Forest : Tiles puzzle keeps a timer and the three-line limit, over many levels and themes.