On my grocery list this week I have grapes, cherries, limes, oranges, kiwi, peaches . . . oh wait, that’s not my grocery list; that’s just I Want Watermelon.

I Want Watermelon—or more commonly known as “Watermelon”—is a fruit merge game that’s has become a popular strategy game among Beaver Area High School students.

Apple iOS and Android merge games have been around since the early 2010’s with the genre’s pioneer games being 2048 in 2014 and Merge Dragons in 2017.

I Want Watermelon from the company Lazycell Inc. is kind of a mix of games like 2048, Tetris, and Fruit Ninja all combined into one amazing game, a fruit salad of fun if you will.

Where Watermelon differs from other common merge games, instead of sliding fruit together, I Want Watermelon works by dropping fruits onto each other.

Similar to 2048, Watermelon’s goal is to match the smaller fruits together to create a bigger fruit all the way up the ladder until you get a massive watermelon. For example, two grapes make a cherry, two cherries get a lime, two limes make an orange, and this goes on for a while until you combine two coconuts to make a watermelon.

The watermelon gets collected into your point total for a bonus 100 points as well as clearing the watermelon to make room for more fruit merges.

My explanation of how to play might seem complicated, but it’s actually much simpler than it sounds. I’m not saying it’s a game for a child, but they sure could figure it out.

The danger of this game is that it’s totally addicting. I personally have spent too much of my free time merging that fruit and so have many other Beaver Area students.

Sophomore Cali Coups has been one of the game’s many enthusiasts, “Watermelon is my favorite game, and I love to play it in my free time. My high score is 9715, so I’m very passionate.”

Not to brag, but I managed to get 15 watermelons in one game which I think is pretty impressive especially since the average is about three before loosing.

Overall, Watermelon is both free and a great game to either pass time or spend your next three hours trying to beat my high score.