What’s
the highest prime number you can think of? According to some mathematicians,
it’s 2 to the power of 57,885,161. It’s a number that has over 17 million
digits, and while most of us can’t think past number like 113 or so as being
the highest, challenge yourself to see how high you can get in a new game
called Triple Prime.
Ok,
so this game is not meant for mathematicians, but rather, those who love a good
tile sliding game and can match. You don’t even have to know what a prime
number is, because the game takes care of that for you. All you have to do is
match up tiles and group them together by sliding them across the gameboard.
You
do this by swiping up, down, left or right. But beware, each swipe will move
all tiles the farthest they can go in whatever direction you are swiping. This
may mean they go all the way to the edge, or just one block over. It depends on
how many empty spots are on its path when you swipe. If there is only one empty
spot to move into, then it will move only one space over. You’ll see what I
mean when you play.
Download
the free app that works on both the iPhone and iPad. Once it’s on your device
you open the app and it shows a main screen from which you can choose to:
·
Make
in-app purchases
·
Connect
into GameCenter (if you are already logged in)
·
Run
a tutorial
·
Turn
sound OFF or ON
The
only in-app purchase you can make at the very beginning is the ability to turn
off ads, which will set you back a whopping $.99. The highlight of the icons
that lie at the bottom of the main screen is the tutorial. The app’s website
page does not give much in terms of what you are aiming for or how to play, so
this tutorial is the perfect way to see what you are expected to do, how to
group tiles and then collapse them into one. After you have started a game, and
you come back into the app, you have the choice to resume the previous game or
start a new one.
What
is perplexing to me is the single tile that sits at the top center of the
gameplay screen. It seems to show the highest prime number that is currently on
your game board, but it also has, in very small font, the work NEXT at the
bottom of the tile. I am not sure what this is for, and it can be confusing
because you start thinking it’s a number you are now aiming for. Not really
sure, and I wish there was an explanation for it.
Otherwise,
this is a pretty fun game. It took a few rounds of play involving lots of
blockouts where I filled my game board and was unable to move any tile, and was
still stuck at ‘5’. Kind of pathetic, but when I put more forethought into my
moves, things started to go more in my favor. Give Triple
Prime
a try!
