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I have the same ask with several people’s comments on SAT scoreboard: how did folks getting 1000+ scores? I considered myself a fairly good player, and my average score is between 600 and 700: on a good day I could get 900, but that’s considered extremely lucky.
For those who can’t get 500, here’s my tips:

a faster phone with bigger screen. I have 2 android phones: a 320×480 G1, and a 480×800 faster one. The game is a lot snappier on the latter one. I’m not asking you to buy a newer phone just for this game (haha, I’d be very flattered if you do). I’m sorry this is not very fair for ppl with slower phones. I’m still working on ways to improve my algorithm.
Try to avoid clicking on 2 connected tiles: you only gain 1 point for this move. Check around if there’s a valid path between some other …

General Rule:
The goal of this game is to eliminate all image tiles from the board by pairing up all the identical tiles. A connecting path will be drawn between the paring tiles. Here’s some simple rules about the path:

A path can can only go through the empty spaces
A path can have at most 2 turning points
A path can only go horizontally or vertically, not diagonally.

Here’s few examples of valid path:
Scoring:
You will score as you play, which is based on the time and lengths of the connecting paths: the faster you play, the more points you get; the longer the path is, the higher the score is.
Other Help:
While playing, you can get hint, shuffle the tiles, or pause the game. Just click the menu at any time to get more help. Shuffling can also to done by shaking the phone (you’ll feel the phone vibrated once shuffle is done).
You can pick …