Each level picks one target fruit and asks you to clear a certain number of it within a limited number of moves. Clear enough of the target fruit before you run out of moves to advance - a new target, board size, and move budget wait on the next level.

Clearing the objective clears the board and celebrates right there with how many moves you used - hit Next Level when you're ready to continue.

Swap two adjacent balls to form one of three shapes, and every matching ball in it clears:

• Line - 3 or more balls in a row, horizontally or vertically
• Square - a 2x2 block of matching balls
• L-shape - a 3-ball arm and another 3-ball arm meeting at a corner (5 balls total)

Same-color balls that are just touching but don't form one of these shapes won't clear - arrange them into a line, square, or L first.

Stuck for a bit? After about 5 seconds, two balls you can swap to make a match will glow to give you a nudge.

The board is always completely full. Every time you clear a group, the balls above it fall down and fresh new balls drop in from the top to refill the gap - so there's always another move to look for.

Only a swap that actually forms a valid shape costs a move - a swap that doesn't snaps right back for free, so feel free to experiment. If the board ever gets truly stuck with no matching swap left, it automatically reshuffles itself for you at no cost. If you run out of moves before reaching the target - or in the rare case a reshuffle can't find a working arrangement - you'll retry the same level with a freshly dealt board; your level number is safe, only that attempt is lost. You can also hit Restart Level any time for the same fresh start (same size and shape, fresh fruit) without giving up your level.

Clear a group of 6 or more balls - any shape, or several touching shapes cleared together - and you'll earn a bomb. Tap the Bomb button, then tap any ball on the board to detonate it - clearing that ball's entire row and column at once, for free (it doesn't cost a move). You can bank up to 5 bombs at once - use some before earning more.

Clear a group of 4 or more balls - a line, a square, an L-shape, it doesn't matter which - and one of them stays on the board as a glowing, striped power-up instead of clearing. Tap it directly to clear its entire row, or swap it with any neighbor - matching or not - to the same effect. Using it still costs a move.

Finishing a level always pays out coins, and playing carefully pays out more: you earn a bonus for every move you didn't have to use, plus a bigger bonus for every row-clear power-up still sitting unused on the board when you win. Save your rockets for a rainy day instead of popping them the moment you get one.

Spend your coins on Clear Board - it instantly clears every ball on the board at once, for free (it doesn't cost a move), a huge head start toward the objective.

Each level asks for more of the target fruit than the last, and rolls its own number of ball colors - more colors mixed in means your target is rarer and big groups are harder to find. The board's size - and sometimes its shape - is randomized every level too, so you'll need to adapt to diamonds, hexagons, and other silhouettes, not just plain rectangles. Your move budget adjusts to match whatever a level throws at you, but still gets steadily tighter the further you climb, so levels keep getting harder.