Tetris Gems

Not to be confused with Tetris Gems, a jewelry line from 2009

Tetris Gems
Developer(s)	Blue Planet Software
Publisher(s)	The Tetris Company
Platform(s)	Web
Release	February 28 or March 1, 2019
Gameplay info
Next pieces	1
Playfield size	10 × 20
Hold piece	Yes
Hard drop	Yes
Rotation system	SRS

Tetris Gems is a cascade game currently in beta. It can be played at tetris.com/play-tetrisgems.

Gameplay

The player starts with 1 minute. The objective is to get highscores by clearing big cascades before the time runs out. The game begins with five lines of garbage, some of which with gems in the stack. Clearing lines with gems activates their effect. Unlike regular Tetris, when a line is completed it doesn't clear. Instead, the line splits into 10 minos which have gravity applied to them causing a cascade, where lines can clear.

Cascades end when a hole in the garbage has no minos above it. This means with a sufficiently large stack, there is always a chance that the garbage hole might end up in the column with the player's well and prematurely end the cascade.

Scoring

Scoring uses regular guideline scoring, with the addition of a multiplier instead of levels, and cascade scoring 100 × lines × multiplier. The player increases the multiplier by clearing lines with orange gems.

Gems

	Red gems add five seconds to the countdown clock. Red gems appear randomly in the garbage, and when clearing a Tetris.
	Orange gems increase the score multiplier by one. Orange gems appear every ten garbage rows.
	Green gems create a shockwave. They only activate after the first cascade ends, turning the entire stack into loose minos, starting a second cascade. They only appear when clearing a Tetris.

See also

• Tetris Dimensions, another game using similar mechanics.
• Tetris (tetris.com), a game using the same engine.
• Tetris M1ND BEND3R, another game using the same engine.

External links

• Play Tetris Gems