How Tiki Boom Boom works

Tikis are trapped inside ancient Spirit Stones. Fire colored pieces onto the board, match five to clear a path, and hit each Spirit Stone twice to set its Tiki free. Free every Tiki to beat the level.

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Shooting

Pick a spot on the edge of the board and fire. Your piece slides in a straight line until it runs into something, and stops in the last empty space.
On a phone: touch the board, slide your finger to aim (a dotted line shows where the piece will go), and lift to fire.
You can see what's coming: your piece, plus the next three in order.
Nothing falls. Pieces stay where they land. A piece that slides all the way across closes that lane, so careless shots can wall off a Tiki.
Each shot uses one move. Special pieces don't.

Matching

Five or more pieces of one color, touching side by side, make a match and disappear. Any shape counts; diagonals don't.
Only the piece you just fired can set off a match, and the whole connected group clears with it.
Bigger matches score much more. Groups of four are your friends: one more piece and they go.

Freeing Tikis

Every Spirit Stone takes two hits. The first wakes the Tiki. The second sets it free.
A hit means firing a piece straight into the Spirit Stone. Matches next to it don't count.
After the first hit, your piece sits against that side. Hit it again from another side, or clear that piece away with a match.

Big shots and bonuses

Tiki Boom: make a match with the same shot that wakes or frees a Tiki, and the match scores extra: double for waking, triple for freeing.
Skill Shot: one shot that makes a match, frees the last Tiki and wins the level earns a big bonus.
Watch for the words Big Match!, Skill Shot! and Phew! when you pull off something special.

Stars and points

Clearing a level earns stars, from one to three, based on your total:
- Points from matches and freed Tikis
- Move bonus for every move you have left
- Speed bonus for finishing quickly. Going slow never costs you anything.
- Skill bonus from a Skill Shot
Fewer moves means more stars. Replay any level to beat your best.
The 🏆 counter adds up your best score on every level.

Things on the board

Gray stones block shots and never clear in a match. Dig around them, or break them with the right tool.
Buried treasure: some pieces carry a gem 💎 or a +3 moves. Match the piece to collect it. Each one pays once, so digging it out is a choice: treasure now, or a faster, higher-scoring finish.

Special pieces

Special pieces arrive in your queue now and then. They're free: they don't use a move.

Wild ★ (from level 15): turns into the color of the piece it hits, perfect for finishing a group of four. Fired into a Spirit Stone, it counts as a hit.
Boulder ● (from level 30): smashes the first thing in its path, even a gray stone. Fired at a Spirit Stone, it wakes or frees it.
Stone Bonker (from level 50): tap a gray stone to break it.

Helpers

Helpers sit beside the board once you unlock them. Some are free at first; after that they cost gems.

Undo last shot (after level 15): take back a shot you regret.
+3 moves (after level 22): add moves when a level runs long. Your first one is free.
Swap for next (from level 40): skip your current piece and use the next one.
Keep going (from level 25): ran out of moves? Buy five more and finish what you started.

Gems

Gems come from level rewards and buried treasure. Spend them on helpers when you need a hand. You start with a few, and some levels hand out more.

The map

After level 20 you discover the map of Tiki Island: the Beach, the Jungle, the Ruins, the Volcano and the Lagoon. Hidden rewards wait along the trail, and the mist hides what's next. Tap 🗺 any time to explore.

Tips

Look before you shoot: find the groups of four.
Think about where a piece will stop, not just where it starts.
Don't close a lane you'll need later.
Save the Boulder for the stone that's really in your way.
Didn't make it? Trying again is free.

Tiki Boom Boom is in beta. Levels, numbers and rewards are still being tuned, so some details here may change.