A computer device configured to: (a) render a game level in which a game board comprises a plurality of user selectable game elements of at least two types; (b) detect that a user has caused two user selectable game elements of the same type to be removed; (c) execute a refill process to refill vacancies on the game board after the game elements have been removed; (d) detect that a user has attained at least one objective of the game level by causing removal of certain user selectable game elements after a refill process; (e) access from a store a first portion of an object to be rendered on the display, the first portion associated with the at least one objective of the game level; and (f) in an environment view, render the first portion of the object within a representation of the virtual environment.

This invention provides motifs, kits and methods for playing emergent pattern games. The motifs lack various types of symmetry and may be bilaterally symmetric, such as when including two or more parallel rectangles. The motifs do not extend fully to a theoretical bounding box containing the motif, nor do they represent or form, singularly or in pairs, regular polygons or basic shapes. Motifs may extend to varying amounts of the sides of the box, and some edge of the box must be open. Motifs also extend to at least one corner of the box. Motifs can be configured as electronic files to be printed, printed or drawn on paper, as stamps, as tiles with a matching shape base or a larger base. Motifs are provided as sets of matching and unique motifs and as kits with instructions for playing emergent pattern games with them. Kits are provided with instructions and optionally cards for directing play. The methods for playing include providing motifs, playing the motifs to form patterns in clusters, and playing or moving/removing motifs to change patterns and block the ability to repeat patterns in a direction. Stamp motifs provide more options, such as overlapping them. Methods optionally include assessing playing tendencies and reactions and predicting psychological, personality or collaboration characteristics of players. Methods are provided for one or several people playing with one or many unique motifs and for additional instructions directing play, such as from a deck of cards or from another player or facilitator.

Systems and methods for determining relationships between units are described. An illustrative system may include a semantic knowledge base having information regarding stored relationships between a plurality of units associated with content, a processor and a non-transitory, processor-readable storage medium in communication with the processor. The storage medium may include one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to direct a display to present the plurality of units to one or more users, receive an input from each of the one or more users, compare the input with the information in the semantic knowledge base and determine whether the input corresponds to a stored relationship and provide a notification to each of the one or more users based upon the determining. The input may correspond to a determination of a relationship between the plurality of units based upon the content of each unit by a user.

A computer device has a user interface which presents a gameboard to a user and detects user input when a user engages with a user selectable game element of the game board. A processor receives a detected user input and detects a qualifying match game condition. The matched elements are removed and new user selectable game elements are provided to replenish the gameboard. The present disclosure provides an activation mode to selectively activate a segment of the gameboard, the segment comprising a subset of gameboard tiles. On detection of a qualifying match game condition, if any of the tiles supporting the user selectable game elements of the match belong to the activated segment, a booster game element is generated.

Presented herein is an electronic gaming device comprising a first axle with a first center cubelet rotatably coupled to the first axle, a first sensor operatively coupled to the first axle to detect rotation of the first cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the first cubelet, transmit a first signal, a second axle with a second center cubelet rotatably coupled to the second axle, a second sensor operatively coupled to the second axle to detect rotation of the second cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the second cubelet, transmit a second signal, a third axle with a third center cubelet rotatably coupled to the third axle, a third sensor operatively coupled to the third axle to detect rotation of the third cubelet, and responsive to detecting rotation of the third cubelet, transmit a third signal, a plurality of interchangeable cubelets positioned about the first, second, and third axle such that mechanical rotation of a set of the interchangeable cubelets having a common plane causes one of the first, second, and third sensors to transmit one of the first, second, and third signals, storage for storing a position of each of the plurality of interchangeable cubelets, and a processor configured to receive signals from one of the first, second, and third sensors, determine changes in the position of the some of the cubelets, and write the changed positions for the some of the cubelets in the storage.

A smart cube is disclosed. An embodiment of the present disclosure may provide a smart cube, comprising: a main frame; and a plurality of unit blocks coupled to the main frame and constituting six faces of a regular hexahedron, wherein the unit block comprises: a display unit disposed on a surface of the unit block that is exposed to an outside; and a plurality of terminals disposed on a facing surface of the unit block facing another unit block for transferring electric power and data for the display unit, wherein the terminal is retrievably disposed in an insertion hole formed on the facing surface of the unit block, and wherein the terminal includes a permanent magnet for allowing a polarity of a retrieved end of the terminal to be opposite to a polarity of a retrieved end of a terminal of the other unit block such that the terminal is retrieved from the insertion hole and adhered to the terminal of the other unit block by a magnetic force.

The present invention discloses a surface orientation sensing structure, where six printed circuit boards are combined to form a regular hexahedron as the axis of an intelligent magic cube, and a main control chipset can recognize layer rotation by simply sweeping a copper foil through a brush sheet to cause a level change, so that the position change of the layer can be recognized more accurately, a step loss rate is reduced, parts are reduced, and the assembly process is simplified. The present invention further discloses an intelligent magic cube, where all the parts related to orientation sensing are concentrated on the axis, so that the intelligent magic cube can be operated more easily and smoothly, the intelligent functions of the intelligent magic cube can be used more smoothly, and user experience is improved.

One embodiment of a puzzle device comprising a current puzzle state represented by a modulo-M number of N digits, a set of N indicators each capable of indicating one digit of the current puzzle state, an array of N arithmetic and/or logical operations with each operation in the array corresponding to one of said set of indicators, and a control means of selecting one of said set of N indicators. When one of said set of N indicators is selected, its corresponding operation in the array of arithmetic and/or logical operations is selected, applied to the current puzzle state's modulo-M number of N digits, and the new current puzzle state indicated by said set of N indicators. The puzzle game may be played on a dedicated device or as part of a video game on a computer, mobile phone, or game console. Other embodiments are described and shown.

The present invention discloses a surface orientation sensing structure, where six printed circuit boards are combined to form a regular hexahedron as the axis of an intelligent magic cube, and a main control chipset can recognize layer rotation by simply sweeping a copper foil through a brush sheet to cause a level change, so that the position change of the layer can be recognized more accurately, a step loss rate is reduced, parts are reduced, and the assembly process is simplified. The present invention further discloses an intelligent magic cube, where all the parts related to orientation sensing are concentrated on the axis, so that the intelligent magic cube can be operated more easily and smoothly, the intelligent functions of the intelligent magic cube can be used more smoothly, and user experience is improved.

A puzzle cube includes a core having a plurality of center cubies movably associated thereto, a plurality of edge cubies, and a plurality of corner cubies, each of the center, edge and corner cubies having respectively one, two and three facelets in view. The core includes a plurality of turrets, to which the center cubies are rotatably engaged, and each edge cubie is rotatably draggable with one of the two center cubies, the facelet of which is coplanar with one of the two facelets of the edge cubie. Each corner cubie is rotatably draggable with one of the three center cubies, the facelet of which is coplanar with one of the three facelets of the corner cubie, and each of the facelets of the edge cubies and of the corner cubies can change from an inactive condition to an active condition when coplanar to a facelet of a predetermined center cubie, with which it is associated. The active and inactive conditions of the facelets are distinguishable, and in the inactive condition the facelets are indistinguishable from each other.