# Coding up Dr. Mario

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coding-up-dr-mario/257868>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [April 17, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coding-up-dr-mario/257868 "2008-04-17T20:09:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![zanemx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/46a35a/32.png) [@zanemx](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/zanemx)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2008, 8:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/coding-up-dr-mario/257868/1 "2008-04-17T20:09:38Z")

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Hi everyone!!! I’ve just started working on recreating the popular video game Dr. Mario using AS3. I need some help from the experts. Pills drop into a bottle and there are little viruses inside the bottle and you have to match the pills with the color of the virus. when you have a row or column of 4 or more of the same color, that color row or column disappears.

I would like to know what direction to go in the code. How could I store the colors and location of the pills. And when pills are removed I need to drop other pills to the bottom of the bottle. Works like gravity.

I’m not that clear on what I want because I’m not sure yet. I created a pong game and that was easy compared to this. Any input would be great. Thanks…