Glimmer Stones

Puzzle · 1 player

How to play

Six kinds of cut gems wait in a velvet jewel case: ruby, citrine, emerald, sapphire, amethyst and moonstone. Line up three of the same stone, turn four into a light band and five into a color orb. Across sixty levels in four regions, melt the ice, snap the chains, crack the stone crates and bring old heirlooms down to the bottom of the board.

1. 1Swap two neighboring stones: swipe with your finger, or tap one and then its neighbor. Three or more of the same stone in a line break.
2. 2Four in a row creates a light band that clears its whole row or column. An L or T shape creates a light halo (it blasts the area around it), and five in a row creates a color orb.
3. 3Swap a color orb with any stone and every stone of that color breaks. Swap two special stones with each other and their effects combine.
4. 4Each level's goal is shown on the panel at the top: a score, a number of one kind of stone, all the ice, or bringing the heirlooms down. Finish the goal before you run out of moves; leftover moves turn into a shower of light.
5. 5Ice melts as the stones on top of it break (thick ice takes two). A chained stone can't move; make a match with it to snap the chain. A stone crate cracks when you match next to it.
6. 6The Hammer breaks a single stone or crate, Shuffle mixes up the board, and +5 Moves gives you five more moves. Every new star earns you a helper.
7. 7Wait 5 seconds without moving and two stones glow to show you a move. If no move is left, the stones shuffle by themselves.