| CPC A63F 13/67 (2014.09) [A63F 13/46 (2014.09); A63F 13/55 (2014.09); A63F 13/69 (2014.09); A63F 2300/638 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |
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1. A computer device configured to provide a computer implemented match game, the computer device comprising a display, a user interface, at least one memory, and at least one processor wherein:
the at least one processor is configured to cause the display to electronically display a plurality of different levels of the computer implemented match game including a current level of a first player, at least one of the plurality of different levels being a level of the computer implemented match game which has yet to be completed, wherein each level has a goal which when satisfied allows the level to be completed and only when a respective level is completed is a player permitted to play a next one of the plurality of levels;
the display electronically displaying, for each level, a game board having a plurality of game elements associated with respective matching characteristics, the first player selecting a game element of the plurality of game elements to make a move which causes the selected game element to make a match with two or more other game elements sharing a same matching characteristic, the matching game elements being removed from the game board, the at least one processor causing remaining game elements to move into gaps in the game board caused by the removed game elements and to cause the display to electronically display additional game elements filling the game board;
the at least one processor is configured to determine that a game challenge is to be provided, the game challenge starting at one of the plurality of different levels and being with a plurality of players comprising the first player and a plurality of other players, the game challenge requiring the completion of a plurality of consecutive levels of the plurality of levels within a given time period, wherein if one or more players of the plurality of players fails to complete a level of the plurality of consecutive levels on a first attempt of that level, the one or more players is removed from the game challenge, the at least one processor causing the display to electronically display information about one or more of the one or more players that failed the respective level;
the at least one processor is configured to determine as the first player progresses through one or more respective levels of the plurality of consecutive levels information about a remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge, the remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge having completed the one or more respective levels of the plurality of consecutive levels; and
the at least one processor is configured to cause the display to display information about the remaining number of the plurality of players in the game challenge;
wherein the at least one processor is configured to determine, when the player has successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge, an in game reward for the player, the in game reward being dependent on a number of the other players who have also successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge and to cause the display to electronically display information about the in game reward and information about the other players who have also successfully completed each of the plurality of consecutive levels of the game challenge.
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