A board full of parts and a machine running too hot. Swap neighbouring components to line up three or more, clear the parts the job calls for, and get the temperature down before it redlines.
Six components, each a different shape as well as a different colour, so the board still reads at a glance on a phone or with colour vision deficiency.
The common one. Cheap to match, and the target of plenty of early jobs.
The part most jobs ask you to clear. Bulging caps are why a lot of boards come in.
Matching fans is the only thing that brings the core temperature down. Save them for when the bar climbs.
The heavy part. Jobs that ask for GPU dies give you fewer moves to find them.
A blob of paste, waiting to go on a heatsink. Behaves like any other part.
Storage. Matches of four or more are where the score really comes from.
Swap any two touching parts to make a line of three or more. Parts above fall down to fill the gap and new ones drop in from the top, so the board never empties.
Tap two parts, or drag oneIf the parts that fall in happen to match on their own, they clear again for free and score double. Chain them and the multiplier keeps climbing.
Costs no movesLeaves a fan piece behind. Clear it in another match and it wipes out the whole row or column it sits in, depending on which way the four lined up.
Green ring on the boardLeaves a surge piece. Swap it with any neighbour and every part of that type is wiped off the board at once.
Pink ring on the boardEvery move heats the board. Matching fans cools it. Let it redline and the job ends, however many moves you had left.
Second fail conditionIf no legal swap is left, the board shuffles itself rather than ending the job. You never lose to a board you did not cause.
AutomaticEach job is a repair with a target: clear so many capacitors, so many GPU dies. The first fifteen are hand-built to teach the mechanics, then it generates them forever, tighter each time. Your job number is saved on this device, so you pick up where you left off.
Endless · progress savedNo move limit and no target. You play until the board redlines, so a good run can go a long while. Score is the only thing that matters and it keeps its own best.
One long sittingIf a desktop has started shutting off under load or refusing to post, it is worth having the board looked at before the power supply takes something else with it.
