Get Your Jewels From Gem Shop

Enjoy matching up jewels in this colorful and fun puzzle game.

I like the thought of making money. I also like jewels. I mean, what gal doesn't? so when I spotted Gem Shop on the web, I thought I just had to give it a try. You get a screen with a whole load of different gems (they're more or less the same shapes but it's a ton of different colors: gold, ruby, diamond, topaz, emerald. You have to move the gem stones around to form 3 in a row. Once you have 3 in a row they are knocked out. Knocking them out means you make a sale and you get money in to your bank. The problem is, the only way you can join 3 in a row is by a vertical movement. It is possible to make more than one place move at a time (it doesn't just have to be one spot) but it is only vertical that is allowed.

Getting a Sale in Gem Shop

Moving the gems around to knock them off the board is how you make a customer happy and get a sale in Gem Shop. At first I thought it was going to be real simple, since I was joining 3 in a row easily. But then I got stuck. And that was when I realized (almost too late but not quite) that Gem Shop also requires strategy. You have to think ahead to your next move. It's all very well getting 3 rubies lined up together to knock them off the board, but if you have nothing for your next move, you're screwed. So you have to bear that in mind.

Great Winnings in Gem Shop

Yet even on my first game, at the first level I made $4,310 and by the second level I was up to $12,080 on my sales. It's not just about moving the gems around though - you have to keep the customers happy (as in any good shop) so you have to give them special treats so they stay with you and you get the sale.