First update - added difficulty / duration options

Since the build is all but complete, I've captured 4 new videos which showcase aspects of the gameplay that I'll launch with. They cover: Almost all of the t...

A lot has happened in the last 2 weeks, or so. In no particular order ... EDIT: I realized I haven't previously posted the latest UI - enjoy. Gem Smash is fu...

As you can see from the image, some aspects are complete and ready to go while others need a lot more work. There were a couple of tasks to get to this point...

So, yup, been a coupla weeks since I've posted an update. There's been a few reasons. But excuses are lame, so moving on. The good news is that I finally ma...

It's been a little slow here lately - I've missed some of my "post per day" cadence. What that's reflecting is my ongoing battle with trying to create my gam...

I could have started with something easier, but I chose to start "asset month" by replacing the gem images that I don't have licenses for. To make my life ev...

Month 2 of 12. In my rough plan, February has been designated Asset month - the month in which I need to get my game assets sorted out. As a non-artist, this...

As promised I managed to grab some footage of the Gem Smash prototype in action. Here it is ... The demo illustrates one of the "special" gems - the Cross. T...

The build is complete. The UI has had a small polish (I'm aiming for minimal). I have sound effects for most game actions. I'm seriously pleased about how it...

It's a holiday weekend here, in Australia, so just a brief update. I'm trying to complete the build-out of all the prototype's features by the end of January...

I just couldn't live with my dodgy graphics any more. The screenshots in some previous posts have made me cringe! So I took some time to add a little polish ...

In a recent post, I mentioned that I've been finalising the code/test for the special gems in my game. This is progressing well, but has shown up an issue wi...

A bunch of small, but important things got done today. I need to check if it's already taken, but I'm liking "Gem Crush" as the name for my App. It's a lot p...

A couple of days ago, I promised to talk about why I've decided to start with a prototype. The obvious argument against prototyping is that time / resource w...

In my last post I flagged that I wanted to talk about the motivation for the prototype I'm working on. I've changed my mind! Instead I've decided to add more...

It's a relatively simple game, similar to (but quite different from) Bejewelled or Candy Crush Saga. The game involves matching symbols (gems) in various com...

Every year I set myself a challenge. My challenge for 2019 is to create an App and get it published and hopefully make a little money from it. My background ...