Sugar!: Instructions
Sugar is a game for two players, who play against one another. Players can either join a game which is already open or start one of their own by clicking the "New Game" button. A small window will appear in which it is possible to, for example, set the desired skill level of the opponent.
Sugar consists of a field full of seven different types of sweets. Any sweet can be switched with an adjacent one using the mouse, providing it forms a row of like sweets. Five points are awarded for every sweet cleared. Clearing means getting three or more sweets of the same type in a row, after which they disappear. Points are given for every sweet in the row.
If a player does not know what to do at any point in the game, he/she can get help by clicking the "Get a Clue" button. The next sweet which can be switched is shown in the field, but this move costs penalty points.
Sweets fall onto the field from different directions. At the start of the game they fall from top to bottom. Other possibilities are right to left, bottom to top or left to right. The direction changes once the player clears four sweets simultaneously.
Rules
Sugar is a game for two players. At the beginning the entire playing field is full of candy. Using the mouse a player can switch the position of two adjacent sweets. If he/she brings three like sweets into a row, they disappear. The remaining sweets move in to fill up the empty space, while new sweets fall onto the field.
Bombs may also fall onto the field. If a player forms a row of at least four sweets, he/she gets a bomb. This bomb contains a countdown from three to one. With every move the countdown goes down by one until it finally explodes at zero and clears all the sweets around it. Should there be another bomb hidden among the sweets, it also explodes. A player gets points for every sweet cleared by the bomb.
The game is over once the player cannot switch any more sweets or once the field is cleared. The game can also be ended by clicking the "Finish" button. There is a limited number of sweets. If there are none left, none are generated.
Points
A player gets 5 points for every sweet cleared. If a player succeeds in forming a row of at least 3 sweets, he/she gets 15 points, and 5 further points for every sweet cleared in a chain reaction. This means that a player receives 15 points for the first group of three sweets, 30 points for the second group, etc. If a bomb explodes the player gets 20 points for every sweet cleared. There is a 50-point penalty for using the "Get a Clue" button.
