Jewels

Looking for support? Read the instructions from down below before emailing me. Thanks! :)

Jewels is my latest creation –  a simple yet polished match-3 game similar to the original Bejeweled and the Russian game Shariki. The game has been available for the Google Android -platform for a good while through the Android Market, and is now available at the App Store as well for Apple devices! It has gathered lots of active players and is in the top-3 free games for Android! Try it if you like puzzle / match-3 games, it can be quite addictive! It’s free (although ad-supported) as well. :)

Jewels is finally available on the App Store, for iPhone and iPod touch (also works with iPad), with several improvements over the Android-version. More information below!

iJewels for iOS features:

  • Colorful, crisp graphics
    (pixel perfect support for the Retina Display!)
  • Smooth and polished game play
    (runs nicely at around 60 FPS on iPhone 3GS and iPhone 4, but also works fine on older devices)
  • Global High Scores / Leaderboards (cross-platform) — compete with players around the world! (courtesy of Scoreloop)
  • Game Center support, too!
    (on iPhone 3GS or later, iPod touch 2nd gen. or later, running iOS 4.1)
  • Four game modes: Normal, Timed, Quick and Infinite
  • Calm and soothing music, including more intensive tracks for the Timed-mode
  • Supports iOS multitasking / fast app switching, automatically saves the game state on older OS versions as well
Available on the Android Market

Jewels for Android features:

  • Global High Scores / Leaderboards (cross-platform) — compete with players around the world! (courtesy of Scoreloop)
  • Three game modes: Normal, Timed and Infinite
  • Nice, clean graphics and polished game play

There is also the original PC-version of Jewels, done in 2007 as an exercise in XNA / C# programming. However, I will most definitely recommend the Android-version, as the game works quite a lot better as a casual mobile game.

Downloads

Android

Download Jewels for Android (through AppBrain)

Download Jewels for Android (through Amazon Appstore)

Jewels for Android on Android Market

Don’t let the “> 250,000 downloads” fool you, the actual number is over 14 million downloads (as of May 2011).. ;)

iPhone, iPod touch and iPad

iJewels is the Jewels for iPhone, iPod touch + iPad, and it has several improvements over the Android-version. It is available for free on the App Store, right now!
Download iJewels (through the App Store)

Windows

Remember to read the README for installation instructions, I will not be providing more support for this! It should work when you do the installation correctly.

Download Jewels v1.0 (installer) (2.0 MB, Windows only)
Download Jewels v1.0 (zip) (2.5 MB, Windows only)

Screenshots

Support

Before contacting me for support, make sure you read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) list completely. Read the FAQ from here. I will not answer any questions that are answered on the FAQ. I cannot promise an answer in any case, as I get lots of Jewels-related mail every day — I just don’t have the time. :) Also, if your question is related to the game mechanics, please read the included Help (Main menu -> More… -> Help).

After you have read the FAQ (and the Help), you can contact me at the following address for support. Do include which phone you’re on / are you running the Android-version or the iOS-version, and other details that might help. Saying “the game freezes!” doesn’t help anyone, you need to specify where it freezes and how, if it can be reproduced, etc. Thanks for understanding. :)

  1. Lasse
    March 18th, 2011 at 00:34 | #1

    HI! I really find your game Jewels very nice and amusing. However, a phenomena occurs like every second time that I play it. In the middle of the game suddenly a message window comes up, saying somrthing like “Congratulation, you reached a new high score”. Does this happen when there are no moves left, or it is a bug?
    Best regards//Lasse

    • March 19th, 2011 at 11:26 | #2

      If it comes up frequently, it sounds like a bug. Haven’t seen that myself, though.

  2. Ann M. Sosa
    March 19th, 2011 at 20:32 | #3

    I tried to download the window version several times an got the same notice that the program is not working. Can you look into this cause i have jewels on my phone an enjoy it an would like to have it on my notebook too.

    Thank you, Ann M. Sosa

  3. Lasse
    March 21st, 2011 at 01:36 | #4

    HI again! Concerning my comment from March 18th about the game being interrupted by a message saying “Congratulation, you reached a new high score”.
    I’ve now noticed that this happens when there are no moves left. So everything is OK, but one could wish that the message “No moves left” was a bit bigger and visible for a couple of seconds more, I guess I’m not the only one who have missed it. BUT anyhow, it’s a great game & I really like it!
    Best regards//Lasse

  4. Ann M. Sosa
    March 24th, 2011 at 20:16 | #5

    Well I finally installed jewels on my notebook. It took a while for me to figure it out, an download all the things that needed for windows. Thank you so much for. making this game Mika. It is so much fun to play.

    Thank you, Ann

  5. Pashtet
    March 31st, 2011 at 14:17 | #6

    Great game -release in java virtual mashine please!!!

  6. Ronnie
    April 12th, 2011 at 18:09 | #7

    Started playing game and became addicted immediately. However two weird things keep occurring. One is I get no more moves message after just a few minutes, and secondly I cannot use continue “continue game”. My scores are very very low, however a few days ago I got to over three hundred thousand which goes against everything I have been doing up til now.

    Any help you can give me will be most appreciated

    DVDs
    Ronnie

  7. Mako
    May 4th, 2011 at 19:14 | #8

    Unable to open on windows xp sp 3. Downloaded all things necessary in read me file but still a no go. Works great on my Droid X though.

  8. May 6th, 2011 at 21:07 | #9

    wow … I’m so happy now, best game of all <3 keep it up. when will the descendants of Jewels game?

  9. Pam
    May 7th, 2011 at 03:54 | #10

    I also have tried several times to download the window version, to no avail. Works great on my Droid. Wish I could get it on my laptop.

  10. Bhuwan
    May 25th, 2011 at 05:44 | #11

    After being addicted to the android version, I tried to download the windows ver of your game. It does not work. I tried both the zip and installer. I tried on both, win Xp and win7, but no luck. Please release a working version of Jewels for windows please!

    • May 26th, 2011 at 07:59 | #12

      It does work (atleast did when I last tried), if you follow the installation instructions outlined in the README. But you’re not missing much (except for some eye candy), the gameplay it self is better on the mobile versions. :)

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