Mole Rush

**Mole Rush — Fast Whacks, Clean Pressure**

Mole Rush is a lightweight arcade whack-a-mole game built for short, replayable sessions. The core loop is simple: tap appearing moles fast, grab bonus stars, avoid bombs, and keep your combo alive as the round becomes more intense over time.

**Gameplay**

- A 3×3 board is used as the main play field

- Moles give score when tapped

- Stars grant bonus score and help push combos higher

- Bombs punish mistakes and break momentum

- The round runs on a timer, with pressure increasing as time passes

**Difficulty Curve**

- Early phase stays readable and forgiving

- Mid phase speeds up target refresh and shortens reaction windows

- Late phase becomes tighter, faster, and more demanding

- The game now uses a staged time-based difficulty curve instead of a flat spawn rhythm

**Assist Systems**

- Auto Hit: automatically strikes the current active target once

- Freeze Time: adds extra seconds to the round

- Spotlight Hint: highlights the hottest target position

- Rewarded ads can refill helper counts when they run out

**Player Feedback**

- Larger hammer strike animation with impact hold and retreat

- Strong tap feedback including slam, shake, and burst effects

- Targets pop in and collapse out with arcade-style motion

- Haptic feedback follows the vibration setting

**Pages & Navigation**

- HomeActivity

- GameActivity

- HistoryActivity

- SettingsActivity

- HowToPlayActivity

- StatisticsActivity

- Secondary pages return to home, and the home page uses double-back to exit

**UX Notes**

- Pure multi-Activity navigation, no bottom tab structure

- Custom title bar on secondary pages

- Edge-to-edge adaptation for status bar and bottom system area

- Fixed, non-scrolling home layout

- How To Play page now focuses on explanation only, without a bottom Play Now button

**Ad Integration**

- TradPlus SDK integrated through an independent module

- Rewarded ads: helper refill and boosted restart moments

- Interstitial ads: pause exit and result-to-home transitions

- Ad readiness is surfaced in a user-friendly way without blocking the loop

**Technical Notes**

- Kotlin

- XML Layout

- ViewBinding

- MVVM-style state management

- Multi-Activity architecture

- SharedPreferences persistence for settings, history, and stats

- Java 17

- minSdk 26 / targetSdk 36 / compileSdk 36

- Release signing configured with local keystore and minify disabled