Trove Math

Overview of the Games:

Mirror is made up of 24 individual tiles, divided into two groups of 12 tiles each. The goal is to move the individual tiles around between the two groups to restore the composite image.  

Pivot is made up of 28 individual tiles, divided into four groups called Top, Bottom, Center, and Pivot. The goal is to move the individual tiles around among the four groups to restore the composite image.  

Whirlpool is made up of 32 individual tiles, divided into four groups called Top, Bottom, Left, and Right. The goal is to move the individual tiles around among the four groups to restore the composite image.  

How to play the games:

Each game has two states: the Starting state and the Rotating state. The pattern shows in the Starting state is the pattern that the player needs to recover after the tiles are shuffled. The player has two choices.

The player could press the START button to start the game without shuffling the tiles. The player could rotate any group of tiles and swap the tiles. However, the Win state will not be awarded.

The player could press the SHUFFLE button to shuffle the tiles. Then the player needs to rotate the group of tiles and swap the tiles to recover the original pattern. When the original pattern appears, the Win window will be shown.

Mirror

 Figure 1: The Starting state of the Mirror game

Figure 2: The Shuffled Rotating state of the Mirror game

Pivot

Figure 3: The Starting state of the Pivot game

Figure 4: The Shuffled Rotating state of the Pivot game 

Whirlpool

Figure 5: The Starting state of the Whirlpool game 

Figure 6: The Shuffled Rotating state of the Whirlpool game

Help

Figure 7: The Help window of the Rotating state of the Whirlpool game

The help (?) button will show the player the possible actions he/she can take.

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