# Color Matching Game Tips: Eight Tries, Scores of 0 and 1

> Color matching game tips from eight Prismhop tries: tapping alone scored 0, 0, 1, 1 and using the slider first scored 0, 1, 1, 0.

- Source: https://yesthisgame.com/blog/color-matching-game-tips/
- Published: 2026-11-09, updated: 2026-11-09
- Author: Yes This Game (the team that makes the games on the site)

## Key takeaways

- A click or tap launches the ball; a slider at the bottom changes its colour.
- Four tries with a plain tap scored 0, 0, 1 and 1.
- Four tries with the slider moved before the tap scored 0, 1, 1 and 0.
- Every one of the eight tries ended in the first rows; the screen then shows Tap To Restart.

**The first color matching game tip is to look at the colour before you launch: in [Prismhop](https://yesthisgame.com/prismhop/) eight tries, four with a plain tap and four with the slider moved first, all ended in the first rows with scores of 0 or 1.** The game is easy to start and hard to survive, so every point counts.

## How the game works

Prismhop is shown in a tall, phone-style column. Rows of red, yellow, blue-green and green bars cross the screen, a ball waits above a platform and a slider sits at the bottom. A click or tap launches the ball upward. Passing through a part of a bar with the same colour as the ball scores a point and shows a burst of sparks. A wrong colour ends the run and shows Tap To Restart.

## What we measured

We played in a test browser at 1280 by 800 pixels. In the first four tries we only clicked to launch; in the next four we dragged the slider first and then clicked. We read the score from the screen after each try.

*Score after each try*

| Method | Tries | Average |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Click only | 0, 0, 1, 1 | 0.5 |
| Slider first, then click | 0, 1, 1, 0 | 0.5 |

Four tries per method in one test browser; the slider was moved by a fixed distance, not aimed at a colour, so the two methods read the same.

![Bar chart of the scores in eight Prismhop tries: tap only 0, 0, 1 and 1 and slider first 0, 1, 1 and 0, both averaging 0.5](https://yesthisgame.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/prismhop-eight-tries.png)
*Scores in four tries for each method.*

## What is on the screen

The top shows your score and Best. The platform and the ball share a colour that changes with the slider. A sound button sits in the bottom corner.

## 4 tips that follow from the numbers

- **Aim the slider.** Our fixed slider move did not beat a plain click.
- **Choose before you launch.** The ball takes the colour of the platform.
- **Expect short runs at first.** All eight tries ended in the first rows.
- **Restart fast.** A tap on Tap To Restart begins the next try.

## Where to try it

Try it yourself in [Prismhop](https://yesthisgame.com/prismhop/). For another one-tap game, [Puffdash](https://yesthisgame.com/puffdash/) sends a runner along a road of balloons.

## Frequently asked questions

### How do you launch the ball in Prismhop?

With a click or a tap on the play area.

### What does the slider do?

It changes the colour of the platform and the ball, so you can match a bar.

### What did tapping alone score in our tests?

0, 0, 1 and 1 in four tries.

### What did using the slider first score?

0, 1, 1 and 0 in four tries.

### What happens on a wrong colour?

The run ends and Tap To Restart appears.

### Does Prismhop work on a phone?

It is a tall column built for touch; we tested it with a mouse.

## Games in this guide

- [Prismhop](https://yesthisgame.com/prismhop.md): Play Prismhop online: launch a ball through rows of coloured bars, drag the slider to match its colour and score with every matching pass.
- [Glidewave](https://yesthisgame.com/glidewave.md): Play Glidewave online: hold to climb, release to drop and thread a neon arrow through spikes in Classic, Endless and Race modes.
- [Puffdash](https://yesthisgame.com/puffdash.md): Play Puffdash online: drag to steer a runner with a balloon along a floating road, collect balloons, jump ramps and reach the finish.