This is a simple match 3 game where you are given a limited number of moves to remove a certain number of a specific tile type from each board.
Swap adjacent pieces to make rows or columns of 3 or more in a row.
Reach the level goal for removing at least a set number of a certain piece type before running out of moves.
Use the buttons at the bottom of the screen to skip a level or get more moves.
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Halloween Match 3 Game for Kids Video Game Play Instructions
How to Play
Move pieces around the board to create 3 or more in a row. Use a limited number of moves to reach the target goal for removal of a specific piece type.
Starting the Game
Press the orange and white PLAY button at the bottom of the welcome screen to start the game.
Game Controls
Desktop
Use your mouse left click button to select an item & then select an adjacent item you would like it to swap places with.
Touchscreen devices
Tap the screen with a finger to select a piece & the select an adjacent piece you would like to swap places with.
Controls & indicators
Across the top the game shows a home button, how many moves you have remaining, how many stars you have collected and a sound control button.
Under those controls in the center the piece you need to match up is shown along with how many more remaining pieces of that type you need to remove.
The bottom of the game has buttons for getting 5 more moves and skipping a level.
Game Play
Moving pieces
You can only swap pieces with a directly adjacent piece that is above, below, left, or right of it.
Valid moves require you make at least one run of 3 or more in a row. Vald sets are vertical or horizontal. Diagonal does not count.
When you make a valid move you can set of a chain reaction of additional moves.
Some match 3 games create power pieces when you make sets of 4 or 5, though this game does not.
Extra moves
To beat a level you must remove the quantity of the piece shown top center from the board before you run out of moves.
The move limits are quite low & in some cases you need to use the extra moves or skip level buttons at the bottom of the screen before you use your last move.
The buttons at the bottom are via an ad-driven API where you have to wait to watch an ad. We have turned the ads off, but the mechanics of still needing to wait 10 seconds then close the ad page & touch the button again are required to get the 5 bonus moves.
Scoring
Your score is cumulative across levels.
Each piece removed from the board is worth a star point.
If you only need to remove 1, 2, or 3 pieces to beat the level and have many moves left you can make moves elsewhere on the level to use up the spare moves before completing the level.
When you complete a level your leftover moves are erased. They do not carry over from level to level.
Target Audience
The game is suited for players who celebrate Halloween or like connect 3 games.
The game has no adult themed content.
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Mobile Friendly Cross Browser Support
This game is rendered in mobile-friendly HTML5, so it offers cross-device gameplay. You can play it on mobile devices like Apple iPhones, Google Android powered cell phones from manufactures like Samsung, tablets like the iPad or Kindle Fire, laptops, and Windows-powered desktop computers. All game files are stored locally in your web browser cache. This game works in Apple Safari, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, Opera and other modern web browsers.
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