# Match3 Game on the Fruit Jam and Adafruit Metro RP2350 ## Overview ![](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/136/268/medium800/gaming_match3_guide_hero.png?1744641875 ) This CircuitPython project brings a game inspired by the [Set card game](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Set_(card_game)) to the Adafruit Fruit Jam, and Metro RP2350. A [CH334F USB Hub](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5999) allows two mice to be connected to the Metro at once. The game can be displayed on any HDMI compatible display using the HSTX ribbon connector on the Metro and a DVI breakout.  The Fruit Jam has the DVI connector and USB Hub ports built-in to the main board so peripherals can be connected directly. Players face off with each other searching for sets of 3 cards that either all match or all differ in each of four different properties: shape, color, count, and fill. Players use right click on their mouse to buzz in, declaring that they've found a set. Then they click on the 3 cards they've found. If it was a valid set the cards are removed, the player is awarded a point and more cards are dealt. If all players indicate that they cannot find any sets then new cards are dealt.  ![Match3 gameplay with two mice visible. One player declares set and clicks 3 cards. The player is awarded a point and new cards are dealt in their places.](https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/assets/assets/000/136/278/medium640thumb/gaming_match3_gameplay_800x600.jpg?1744653362) ### Parts ### Adafruit Fruit Jam - Mini RP2350 Computer [Adafruit Fruit Jam - Mini RP2350 Computer](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6200) We were catching up on a recent [hackaday hackchat with eben upton](https://hackaday.io/event/202122-raspberry-pi-hack-chat-with-eben-upton) and learned some fun facts: such as the DVI hack for the RP2040 was inspired by Out of Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6200) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6200/guides) ![Angled shot of assembled mini computer PCB with plate.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/6200-10.jpg) ### Adafruit Metro RP2350 with PSRAM [Adafruit Metro RP2350 with PSRAM](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6267) Choo! Choo! This is the RP2350 Metro Line, making all station stops at "Dual Cortex M33 mountain", "528K RAM round-about" and "16 Megabytes of Flash town" and a bonus stop at "8 Megabytes of PSRAM village". This train is piled high with hardware that... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6267) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6267/guides) ![Angled shot of black, credit card-sized microcontroller.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/6267-00.jpg) ### Adafruit RP2350 22-pin FPC HSTX to DVI Adapter for HDMI Displays [Adafruit RP2350 22-pin FPC HSTX to DVI Adapter for HDMI Displays](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6055) You may have noticed that our [RP2350 Feather](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6000) has an FPC output connector on the end for accessing the HSTX (High Speed Transmission) peripheral. This new capability, not available on the RP2040, is specifically designed to allow the... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6055) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6055/guides) ![black, square-shaped breakout board with DVI and 22-pin FPC connectors connected to a black, rectangular microcontroller.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/6055-01.jpg) ### Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub Breakout [Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub Breakout](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5999) Sometimes, you've got something with a USB host, like an embedded Linux board, and you want to connect more than one thing. Or maybe you want to turn something like a keyboard into a multi-device USB peripheral. The  **Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub...** In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5999) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/5999/guides) ![Angled shot of black, square-shaped USB breakout board.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/5999-04.jpg) 2x USB Type A Jack Breakout: ### USB Type A Jack Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers [USB Type A Jack Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4449) If you'd like to connect a USB-host-capable chip to your USB peripheral, this cable will make the task very simple.  **There is no converter chip in this cable!**  It's basically a plain USB cable that's cut in half and with jumper sockets on the power and data... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4449) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4449/guides) ![USB Type A Socket Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/4449-02.jpg) ### Break-away 0.1" 36-pin strip male header - Black - 10 pack [Break-away 0.1" 36-pin strip male header - Black - 10 pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/392) Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. It's great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breakout or breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how handy they are, we'd offer them in a pack of ten! In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/392) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/392/guides) ![10 pieces of Break-away 0.1 inch 36-pin strip male header](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/392-01.jpg) ### Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 20 x 3" (75mm) [Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 20 x 3" (75mm)](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1951) These female-female premium jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. They're 3" (75mm) long and come in a 'strip' of 20 (2 pieces of each of ten rainbow colors). They have 0.1" female header contacts on either end... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1951) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1951/guides) ![Angled shot of Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 20 x 3 (75mm)](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/1951-01.jpg) ### 22-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Flex Cable for DSI CSI or HSTX - 20cm [22-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Flex Cable for DSI CSI or HSTX - 20cm](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6036) Connect this to that when a 22-pin FPC connector is needed. This 20 cm long cable is made of a flexible PCB. It's A-B style, meaning that pin one on one side will match with pin one on the other. How handy! [We're stocking this to...](https://www.adafruit.com/category/360) In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6036) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6036/guides) ![Angled shot of 20cm long, 22-pin FPC cable.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/6036-00.jpg) ### USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long [USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474) As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This   **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop. USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4474/guides) ![Angled shot of a coiled black, USB-C to USB-A cable.](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/4474-02.jpg) ### HDMI Cable - 1 meter [HDMI Cable - 1 meter](https://www.adafruit.com/product/608) Connect two HDMI devices together with this basic HDMI cable. It has nice molded grips for easy installation, and is 1 meter long (about 3 feet). This is a HDMI 1.3 cable. We're now stocking a very fancy Official Raspberry Pi cable with overmolding and a Pi logo. Please note... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/608) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/608/guides) ![Official Raspberry Pi HDMI Cable - 1 meter](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/608-03.jpg) ### USB Wired Mouse - Two Buttons plus Wheel [USB Wired Mouse - Two Buttons plus Wheel](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2025) This is a mouse.  A nice, simple mouse.  No bells or whistles.  Just a mouse. But that doesn't mean it's not the best simple mouse!  We compared a few and liked this one quite a bit.  It's optical for good resolution and precision, has two... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/2025) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/2025/guides) ![Angled Shot of the USB Wired Mouse - Two Buttons plus Wheel](https://cdn-shop.adafruit.com/640x480/2025-05.jpg) - [Next Page](https://learn.adafruit.com/match3-game-on-metro-rp2350/preparing-the-metro-rp2350.md) ## Featured Products ### Adafruit Metro RP2350 with PSRAM [Adafruit Metro RP2350 with PSRAM](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6267) Choo! Choo! This is the RP2350 Metro Line, making all station stops at "Dual Cortex M33 mountain", "528K RAM round-about" and "16 Megabytes of Flash town" and a bonus stop at "8 Megabytes of PSRAM village". This train is piled high with hardware that... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6267) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6267/guides) ### Adafruit RP2350 22-pin FPC HSTX to DVI Adapter for HDMI Displays [Adafruit RP2350 22-pin FPC HSTX to DVI Adapter for HDMI Displays](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6055) You may have noticed that our [RP2350 Feather](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6000) has an FPC output connector on the end for accessing the HSTX (High Speed Transmission) peripheral. This new capability, not available on the RP2040, is specifically designed to allow the... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6055) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6055/guides) ### Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub Breakout [Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub Breakout](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5999) Sometimes, you've got something with a USB host, like an embedded Linux board, and you want to connect more than one thing. Or maybe you want to turn something like a keyboard into a multi-device USB peripheral. The  **Adafruit CH334F Mini 2-Port USB Hub...** In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/5999) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/5999/guides) ### USB Type A Jack Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers [USB Type A Jack Breakout Cable with Premium Female Jumpers](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4449) If you'd like to connect a USB-host-capable chip to your USB peripheral, this cable will make the task very simple.  **There is no converter chip in this cable!**  It's basically a plain USB cable that's cut in half and with jumper sockets on the power and data... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4449) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4449/guides) ### Break-away 0.1" 36-pin strip male header - Black - 10 pack [Break-away 0.1" 36-pin strip male header - Black - 10 pack](https://www.adafruit.com/product/392) Breakaway header is like the duct tape of electronics. It's great for connecting things together, soldering to perf-boards, fits into any breakout or breadboard, etc. We go through these guys real fast, and thought that given how handy they are, we'd offer them in a pack of ten! In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/392) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/392/guides) ### Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 20 x 3" (75mm) [Premium Female/Female Jumper Wires - 20 x 3" (75mm)](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1951) These female-female premium jumper wires are handy for making wire harnesses or jumpering between headers on PCB's. They're 3" (75mm) long and come in a 'strip' of 20 (2 pieces of each of ten rainbow colors). They have 0.1" female header contacts on either end... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/1951) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/1951/guides) ### 22-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Flex Cable for DSI CSI or HSTX - 20cm [22-pin 0.5mm pitch FPC Flex Cable for DSI CSI or HSTX - 20cm](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6036) Connect this to that when a 22-pin FPC connector is needed. This 20 cm long cable is made of a flexible PCB. It's A-B style, meaning that pin one on one side will match with pin one on the other. How handy! [We're stocking this to...](https://www.adafruit.com/category/360) In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/6036) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/6036/guides) ### USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long [USB Type A to Type C Cable - approx 1 meter / 3 ft long](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474) As technology changes and adapts, so does Adafruit. This   **USB Type A to Type C** cable will help you with the transition to USB C, even if you're still totin' around a USB Type A hub, computer or laptop. USB C is the latest industry-standard connector for... In Stock [Buy Now](https://www.adafruit.com/product/4474) [Related Guides to the Product](https://learn.adafruit.com/products/4474/guides) ## Related Guides - [Adafruit CH334F Mini USB Hub Breakouts](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-ch334f-mini-4-port-usb-hub-breakout.md) - [Adafruit RP2350 22-pin FPC HSTX to DVI Adapter](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-rp2350-22-pin-fpc-hstx-to-dvi-adapter.md) - [Adafruit Metro RP2350](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-metro-rp2350.md) - [Using a Mouse with USB Host](https://learn.adafruit.com/using-a-mouse-with-usb-host.md) - [Adafruit Fruit Jam](https://learn.adafruit.com/adafruit-fruit-jam.md) - [Snake Game on Metro RP2350](https://learn.adafruit.com/snake-game-on-metro-rp2350.md) - [Chip's Challenge on Fruit Jam and Metro RP2350](https://learn.adafruit.com/256-color-gaming-on-the-metro-rp2350.md) - [Tile-Matching Game on the Fruit Jam and Metro RP2350](https://learn.adafruit.com/tile-matching-game-on-the-adafruit-metro-rp2350.md) - [Flappy Nyan Cat Game on Fruit Jam and Metro RP2350](https://learn.adafruit.com/flappy-nyan-cat-game-on-metro-rp2350.md) - [Larsio Paint Music](https://learn.adafruit.com/larsio-paint-music.md) - [Using DVI Video in CircuitPython](https://learn.adafruit.com/using-dvi-video-in-circuitpython.md) - [DOOM Keeb](https://learn.adafruit.com/doom-keeb.md) - [USB Game Controller with SNES-like Layout](https://learn.adafruit.com/usb-game-controller-with-snes-like-layout.md) - [AD8495 Analog Output K-Type Thermocouple Amplifier](https://learn.adafruit.com/ad8495-thermocouple-amplifier.md) - [Ethernet for CircuitPython with Wiznet5K](https://learn.adafruit.com/ethernet-for-circuitpython.md) - [Circuit Playground Express Automatic Sunglasses](https://learn.adafruit.com/circuit-playground-express-auto-sunglasses.md) - [ScoutMakes DRV5032 Hall Sensor](https://learn.adafruit.com/scoutmakes-drv5032-hall-sensor.md)