The Codex

A small encyclopaedia: terminology, mini-histories and game-world lore.

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Cascade

A chain reaction in a match-3 board where falling tiles form new matches without player input.

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Cluster Pop

Removing three or more touching bubbles of one colour in a single shot.

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Dead Tube

A sorting tube that can no longer accept the colour you need because its space is…

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Float Isolation

Cutting a group of pieces away from the ceiling or the main body so that gravity…

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Hitbox

The invisible rectangle a game actually uses for collision, which is usually smaller than the sprite.

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Input Buffering

Recording a press slightly before the game can use it, then acting on it at the…

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Letterbox Canvas

Drawing a game at a fixed logical size and scaling it to fill the screen while…

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Seed

The starting number that decides how a randomly generated level will be laid out.

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Speedrun

Playing for completion time instead of score.

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Streak

A run of consecutive successful actions that increases the reward for each one.

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