Posted March 18, 2025 by gingerbeardman
#scoring
There are lots of scoring variations for SameGame. The original CHAIN SHOT game gave linear scores for groups of 5 or more blocks—quite punishing!
The most well known implementations are summarised in the following table:
Shark Turtle uses the same formula as Insane Game: (n-1)^2 simply because I believe scoring for groups of 2 blocks is more approachable to players.