Sumico

## Description

_Sumico_ is a math based puzzle game. The game is played on a board full of
hexagonal tiles with numbers and operators on them and the player’s task is to
link these together so that new numbers are created. This is done by making
swipes between adjacent numbers and operators. To progress in the game the
player has to reach specific targets. So for example to reach a target of 5
the player can swipe 3 + 2. However, the more steps used in an operation the
more points the player will score. Therefore the player instead might choose
to swipe 3 x 2 – 1 and get more points. By doing operations in multiple steps
it’s possible to create chains which is necessary to get a higher rating on
some levels. As operations are made tiles are removed from the board until no
more operations can be made. Therefore it’s important to plan ahead so that
all operators aren’t used up. Once all targets have been reached more tiles
will be dropped onto the board and new targets will be introduced.

The game has two modes: campaign and endless. Campaign consists of levels that
are beaten by reaching a certain number of targets. For each level the player
will get a star rating depending on how well he has performed and can then
move on to the next level. The campaign is divided into stages and to advance
to the next stage a certain number of stars has to earned. Endless, as can be
expected, goes on until there are no more operations to be made and the aim is
to get as high score as possible. Here the player can choose which operators
to include in the game with multiplications, divisions and squares being
optional. There is also a junior mode which disables negative targets and an
educational mode where actions follow the Order of Operations.

Sumico