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GAME DESCRIPTION
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Each game starts with 1 minute on the clock
How to play
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Player enters their initials using on-screen keyboard
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Player enters multiplayer “lobby” with option to drop out to single player game
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1:00 minute game time is awarded and game begins
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Unlimited “hints” available if you cannot see a match (Hint Button on screen)
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Auto “hint” if you do not make a match
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Players use the touch screen to swap one gem with an adjacent one to form a chain of three or
more gems of the same colour (horizontally or vertically). When this occurs the gems disappear
and new gems drop from above to fill up the empty space. When falling gems automatically line-
up a chain reaction known as a “cascade” is caused.
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If a player matches a “Time Gem” with a numeric time value marked on it they are awarded
additional game time
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Time gems drop from above, when matched they add either 5 or 10 seconds (as stated
on the gem) to the game. If unmatched at the end of the round, a 5-second gem
becomes a flame gem, while a 10-second gem becomes a star gem
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Match 4 or more gems to create “Power Gems” with special properties
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A Flame Gem, which appears to be a gem on fire, forms when a player matches four
gems in a row. When matched, it explodes all gems adjacent horizontally, vertically, or
diagonally
8-5 SINGLE GAME PLAY
