Orbit Pop

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Make your first 300-point pop

Orbit Pop uses an ordered color chain. The wrapping rows are only a screen layout: matching is based on neighboring entries in the chain, not orbs that merely look close vertically. Choose a gap to insert the launcher’s color.

1. The opening chain is Mint, Coral, Coral, Sky, Gold, Gold, Mint, Sky. The first launcher orb is Coral.
2. Insert Coral beside or between the two neighboring Coral orbs. The resulting run has three Coral entries, so those three disappear.
3. Your score becomes 300, your combo becomes 1, and the chain has six orbs. The next launcher is also Coral, but no Coral pair remains: this next placement is a setup move, not an immediate pop.

What the game actually checks

Each removed orb gives 100 points. A consecutive successful pop adds 25 points for each previous pop in the streak: a second three-orb pop adds 325, not 600. A move with no pop resets the streak. Only the run touching the inserted orb is removed; newly joined neighbors do not trigger an automatic cascade.

Stuck? Check the symptom

The glowing gap did not remove anything

When no immediate match exists, the highlighted gap is only a suggested setup position. Read its setup label and plan a pair for a future orb. It is not a guaranteed winning move.

The chain looks connected but did not match

Colors must form a consecutive run of at least three after insertion. A nearby orb on the next visual row may not be its chain neighbor.

When does the round finish?

Clear every orb to win. A chain of 16 or more ends the round. The launcher repeats Coral, Coral, Gold, Gold, Mint, Mint, Sky, Sky; there is no countdown.

Get the opening pop, then deliberately compare a setup move with an immediate matching move. New orbit restarts the fixed opening; it is not a random new level. Your best completed-round score saves locally when storage is available.