He would still have made use of the MS BASIC license, but the addition of the Simons' BASIC cartridge in the box from 1983 onward would have changed the lives of many hobby coders.
* A new daily puzzle that is the same for everyone
* iCloud sync across devices
I'd love to hear what people think and how far you can get on today’s puzzle.
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P.S. Here are the game rules:
Goal
* Destroy colored squares on a 7×7 grid using snakes made of same-colored circles. Your score is based on how many squares you destroy.
* Clearing all 49 squares is not required, and may not always be possible.
Board Setup
* Each cell contains one square and one circle, both randomly colored.
* There are 7 colors total, with each color appearing 7 times among squares and 7 times among circles.
Energy
* Energy is a shared pool for all snakes and is initially 0 units.
* Moving a snake costs 1 energy unit, regardless of how far you move it.
* You can form a snake to gain energy and spend it to move any snake on the board.
Forming Snakes
* Link 2 or more adjacent circles of the same color (orthogonal or diagonal) to form a snake.
* A snake with n circles has n – 1 links. Forming a snake immediately adds n – 1 energy units to your energy pool.
* Squares under a newly formed snake of the same color are destroyed immediately.
Moving Snakes
* Snakes move in a worm-like fashion (both orthogonal and diagonal steps are allowed), following a continuous path of isolated circles.
* Snakes cannot move onto cells occupied by other snakes.
Moving a snake can pass over isolated circles (circles not part of a snake). When this happens, each circle you pass over is teleported to the cell the snake just vacated.
Square Destruction
* When a snake finishes its move, it destroys any squares of its color under its final positions.
* Moving a snake past a matching square without stopping over it does not destroy the square.
Ending the Game
* The game ends automatically if all 49 squares are destroyed, or you can end it manually at any time by triple-tapping anywhere.
* Your score counts toward the global leaderboard regardless of whether you clear all squares.
My previous games include DropZap and DropZap 2 for iOS.
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