King Company

Gerardo Basurto

Dennis Gustafsson

Grant Lafarge

Walid Fayad

According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a computer device comprising: a user interface controllable to display to a user a gameboard of multiple user selectable game elements of at least two types; and a processor configured to: generate a user activatable booster object for display on the user interface; detect a user input to activate the booster object; activate the booster object to generate a booster effect; wherein the processor is further configured, on activation of the booster object, to generate the booster effect by detecting a group of game elements in a region defined on the gameboard; and sort the game elements in the group to display game elements of a matching type adjacent one another in the region to generate a sorted configuration of game elements in the region.

Controlling a user interface of a computer device

Controlling the display of a computer device to deliver functions of a new type of clicker game, in which a player can control the location at which a booster is created on a game board. This provides a player with many more strategic options over game play because the clearing effects of a booster can be targeted more effectively. A game element which a player selects (clicks) to remove a group of adjacent matching game elements is identified and its location on the game board is 'reserved'. When the game board refills, the 'reserved' location is not refilled, but remains as a &#x2018;soft void&#x2019; in which a booster object can be created after refill has taken place. At that point the booster may be activated (automatically or by user interaction).

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Malmo, Sweden

Gerardo Basurto