{"id":3678,"date":"2023-12-18T14:12:06","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:12:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/?p=3678"},"modified":"2023-12-18T14:12:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T19:12:07","slug":"i-want-watermelon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/i-want-watermelon\/","title":{"rendered":"I Want Watermelon"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s taking the school by storm. Students who originally downloaded the game just to try it can\u2019t tear their eyes away from the screen. Desperate students are spotted vigorously shaking their phones in hopes that they will achieve their goal: getting a watermelon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Want Watermelon <\/em>is a game where the player continuously taps the screen to control where each fruit will fall. The goal is to match the fruits that come together to create a bigger fruit, eventually becoming a watermelon. The only catch is that if one of the fruits passes the line at the top of the screen, you lose and are forced to start from the beginning. Occasionally a button will appear, labeled \u201cshaker.\u201d If you get this option and choose to use it, you are then directed to an ad in exchange for five seconds of shaking your device in an attempt to get the fruits closer together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the fruits drop, the device will lightly vibrate and make a popping sound, made to provide relaxation to the player. \u201cIt\u2019s a really good game to just unwind and mindlessly play,\u201d says senior Divya Kumar. Sophomore Abi Asante disagrees, relaying that the game \u201cis a bit stressful at times.\u201d While the game involves some strategic thinking when deciding where to place the fruits, which might be stressful in a way, it also has a relaxing aspect to it. Many play this game when feeling stressed or in an attempt to unwind, like chemistry teacher Ms. Wester who says that she \u201cjust kind of [plays] it to relax a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While some found the game to be difficult and struggled to get their first watermelon, others found that the game came naturally to them. \u201cIt\u2019s really addicting but it\u2019s also really hard,\u201d says junior Rachel Bowers.\u201c My high score is 1,710 and I have one watermelon,\u201d she shares. Abi Asante, who reportedly also began playing the watermelon game a couple of weeks ago, conveys that her \u201chigh score is 4,607 and [that she has] 75 watermelons.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many students share their mixed opinions about the game. \u201cI would rate it an eight because it\u2019s satisfying. It lost two points because of how difficult it is.\u201d junior Aliyah Ally communicates. Kumar gives a similar rating stating that she gives \u201cit a good 8.5. It\u2019s a solid game. The only bad part is that it has some ads.\u201d freshman Anjali Jain disagrees. \u201cI think it’s like a six.\u201d she says \u201cIt\u2019s fun but I played it for a few days then it got kinda boring. I still play it sometimes though.\u201d

While opinions on I Want Watermelon <\/em>differ, it is clear that its popularity at River Hill is tremendous.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Ayah Hassan, Staff Writer It\u2019s taking the school by storm. Students who originally downloaded the game just to try it can\u2019t tear their eyes away from the screen. Desperate students are spotted vigorously shaking their phones in hopes that they will achieve their goal: getting a watermelon. I Want Watermelon is a game where…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":3679,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[848,280,736,847,286,269,211,285],"class_list":["post-3678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-app","tag-feature","tag-game","tag-i-want-watermelon","tag-journalism","tag-rhhs","tag-river-hill","tag-river-hill-high-school"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/unnamed-2-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3678"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3680,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3678\/revisions\/3680"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}