In order to keep the ball sitting evenly while you are waiting for
the right color to come up, tap at a rate of about 2 taps per second, or
120 beats per minute, in order to keep it bouncing at the same level.
Tap faster when it’s time to go through the matching color, but don’t
tap too fast or you might run into the other side of the shape before
the right color comes back around to the other side.
Take you time going through each shape. There is no time limit to
this game; you can wait as long as you want for the right color to come
around. Plus, with certain shapes, they change directions, so this will
allow you to sit back and watch the patterns and predict them, so that
you can jump through them without accidentally smashing yourself on the
wrong color.
The toughest shape to get through is the circle with multiple hands
in it, like a clock, that are moving backwards. You have to wait for two
sets of shapes to coordinate with this one since they won’t
automatically do it all by themselves, so take your time on this one and
watch for the colors to line up, or at least for the wrong colors to
get out of the way.
Tap on the red bar graph to see who has the highest scores in the
world at this game. You will have to scroll down through all of the fake
scores in order to get to the real ones, but there are only a handful
of fake (999) scores. 999 is the highest known score that is currently
possible for this game.
If you start to get too frustrated, you’ll end up making bad taps and
your scores will drop. So make sure to take a break from the game every
once in awhile. Whether it’s only for half an hour or for a day, taking
a break will help increase your performance.
There is now a level based game mode called the challenge mode that
has been added since the most recent update to the game. This mode is
actually quite similar to the endless mode, but there are one or two
designated types of obstacles that you have to bounce the ball through.
They will be the same every time you play that specific level.
Also, for the challenge mode, unlike the endless mode, you will only
have to go through a specific number of circles before crossing the
finish line and beating the level. Generally it will be between three
and five circles depending on the level; however, for easier levels it
can be less and for harder levels it can be more. Currently there are
just over 100 challenge levels. Expect more of them to be added to the
game with each successive update.
You have an easy set of levels, a
medium set of levels, and a heart set of levels. Go to this mode
anytime you want to in order to practice specific obstacles, especially
the hard ones as they will give you really fast reflexes. All of these
new obstacles can now show up in the endless mode as well, so you will
have to be ready for them.
In addition to this new game mode, there is now a type of currency in
the game as well as something that you can purchase with it. Stars are
the new form of currency that have been added to Color Switch, and the
higher the score that you earn, the more diamonds that you will get in
the level. It is generally much easier to get a lot of stars on the
endless levels as opposed to the challenge stages.
When you earn enough stars, you will be
able to purchase a new shape for your ball. All that the purchase really
does is to change the appearance of the ball; the levels all continue
to look the same, and continue to play the same. Some balls are cheap,
costing as little as 20 stars; other levels cost a whole lot more. One
specific ball costs 999 stars to purchase.
If you go to the bottom of the
new circles store, you will find a set of them that cannot be unlocked
by paying with them with stars. The only way to unlock these circles is
to complete a specific number of challenges. One particular circle can
be unlocked by completing 10 challenges; there are a number more of
them, including the toughest circle to earn, which is unlocked by
beating every single challenge mode level in the game.