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Destruct-O-Match II Guide
Written by hoshino_shira_megami
Welcome to my guide to Destruct-o-Match II! This guide should help you get better scores for more neopoints, and the avatar if you’re
trying to score 2500+. As a starter tip, at the start screen if you click on the bottom to the second bone, the all too familiar orange shirted
programmer will pop up. :)
The object of this game is simple enough; destroy all of or as many of the boulders as you can on the screen. You get a 250 point bonus for
clearing the screen completely! If you leave 1 boulder you get a 200 point bonus, 2 boulders gives you 150, 3 is 100, and 4 gives 50 points
extra. So you see, it’s important to try and clear all the boulders you can! This requires some strategies, so hopefully my guide will give you
tips that help you clear the board easier.
Now, I’ll explain the types of boulders:
Colored boulders: These are the basic, single color blocks. When two or more of these are connected, you double click them to destroy them.
Morph boulders: These boulders have the standard colors, but you have fifteen seconds to get rid of them before they become a black boulder
with crossbones on them, also known as an Indestructible boulder. The only way to destroy them after they change is to use the fire boulder,
which I’ll explain in a minute. It’s best to try to destroy these boulders first, so you won’t have to worry about them.
Question Mark boulder: This boulder, when activated, causes another row of boulders to fall from the top. Nothing to cheer about, eh? Well, if
you destroy these as early as possible, it’s not so bad. If you wait until later, it could cause you to get a much lower score for the round,
as it’ll be harder to clear the board.
Fire boulder: This boulder is black, with a flame on it, and you get one every time you get to a new level. When clicked on, it destroys the
boulders closest to it. I’d recommend saving this until the very end, when you run out of matches, for no matter how many boulders you destroy
with it, it only gives you one point. Also, if you only have one or two boulders left, it can help you clear the board and get a bonus!
Overkill boulder: This boulder has a circle in the middle, with arrows pointing out from it. If you match it with a boulder of the same color,
it will destroy all boulders of the same color on the screen! This is a very useful boulder, but here’s a helpful tip when using it. Say you
get a new board and your overkill boulder is blue. Once you match up with another blue boulder, go ahead and destroy all the blue matches on the
screen, making sure your overkill boulder is still matched with a blue boulder so you can use it.
The reason for this, is that when you use the overkill boulder, you only get points for the match with the overkill boulder. So, if you only
match it with one blue boulder and destroy it, you get 2 points and lose the points of all the other blue boulders on the screen. This can
sometimes cause the end of a game, because you don’t achieve enough points to proceed, so try to get rid of all the matches you can before using
you’re overkill!
Multiplier boulder: This is also a very useful and important boulder. It appears on the screen with ‘3x’ on it, which means you get three
times the points for destroying this boulder with its matching color! Though it may seem like a good idea to devote your whole level to getting as
many boulders connected to this boulder as possible, remember that you get a generous sum of points for clearing the board! It’s near
impossible to clear if you only focus on your multiplier. Only in later rounds would I recommend doing this, when it’s almost impossible to clear the
board anyway.
That’s all of the boulders! Now, I’ll give you some tips that help me clear the board and score more points. First off, and most importantly,
don’t just destroy the boulders randomly hoping they fall into place! It’s nearly impossible to clear the board this way, and you’ll only end
up with a jumbled mess that you can do nothing with. This game is a puzzle game, and it requires a little more thought.
Secondly, always start from the top destroying boulders, unless you’re going for the Morph boulder or the Question mark. If you go for the
bottom, it’s quite likely you’ll mess up the connections at the top and end up with towers of single boulders you can do nothing with. Move to
the bottom when you need to, to line up the boulders at the top and get rid of them.
Third, when you’ve destroyed half or most of the boulders, it’s time to start strategizing on how you’re going to clear the board completely.
What I do is simple, try to completely destroy one color at a time. Say you have green, orange, and blue boulders left, plus your fire boulder
if you followed my earlier advice. Try to destroy, say, all of the orange boulders first, and if you effectively do this, it leaves you with
only green and blue. Then you try to destroy all of the green, and you’ll be left with only blue. If you miss one or two, don’t worry, because
you’ll still have your fire boulder to destroy the left over.
Fourth, if you’re trying for the avatar, or trying to score a lot of neopoints, I’d recommend clearing the first level and getting the 250
bonus. If you don’t get close to 400 points on the first level, I’d suggest starting over, because the first level is the easiest.
There are only two secrets in this game I know of, aside from the orange shirt guy I mentioned at the top. If you type ‘destroyboulders’
during a level, it will completely destroy all boulders of one color, kind of like the Overkill boulder. The color it destroys is random though.
The other secret is if you type ‘boohooiwanttheoldgameback’ a playable, scoring version of the original Destruct-O-Match will pop up, though the
points are extremely low.
That’s my guide to Destruct-O-Match II! Neomail me at hoshino_shira_megami if you want to tell me it sucks, or it helped you, or if you have
any tips or things you’d like to add! I’ll certainly give you credit.
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