Swipe and Clear

Swipe and Clear works more like a set puzzle than an endless board. Each of its 20 levels opens with blocks of different colours scattered over a grid, and you have to get rid of all of them. Blocks go when you move them into groups of three or more of one colour.

The catch is the ending. If even one block is stranded, whatever its colour, the level restarts. That changes how you think about each move: a group of three that leaves a lone block of the same colour elsewhere on the grid is a dead end, because a match needs at least three and that block has no partners left. The developer says each of the 20 levels is designed individually.

The game is shown in a portrait frame, 720 by 1280. Blocks are moved by dragging them across the grid, and nothing else is needed to play.

Drag a block across the grid to move it. Bring three or more blocks of the same colour together and they disappear. Keep going until the grid is empty, which completes the level. If you finish with even a single block left over, the level starts again from the beginning, so you will need to plan the whole sequence of moves.

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.

Count the blocks of each colour before you start. Because a match needs at least three, a colour with four blocks has to go as one group of four, since three plus a stray leaves a block that can never be matched. Think a few moves ahead, as a stranded block anywhere means a restart.

A clear-the-board match puzzle with 20 levels, in a portrait frame (720 by 1280). Blocks are dragged across the grid into groups of three or more of one colour. Leaving a single block behind restarts the level.

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