Tetris Gems
- Not to be confused with Tetris Gems, a jewelry line from 2009
| Tetris Gems | |
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| Developer(s) | The Tetris Company |
| Publisher(s) | The Tetris Company |
| Platform(s) | Web |
| Release | March, 2019 |
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| Next pieces | 1 |
| Playfield size | 10 × 20 |
| Hold piece | Yes |
| Hard drop | Yes |
| Rotation system | SRS |
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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 a highscores by clearing big cascades before the time runs out. The game begins with 5 lines of garbage 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 storing, 100 × lines × multiplier. The player increases the multiplier by clearing lines with orange gems.
Gems
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Red gems add 5 seconds to the countdown clock. Red gems appear randomly in the garbage, and when clearing a Tetris. |
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Orange gems increase the score multiplier by one. Orange gems appear every 10 garbage rows. |
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Green gems create a shockwave. They only activate after the first case cade 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.