First update - added difficulty / duration options

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...

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...