Author Archives: Peter

Both mana shards and beacons got some new tricks to help make the game more varied. First of all, as you already know, both shards and beacons can appear in the middle of the battle, you can get shards via … Continue reading →

Shrines have gone through many changes since GCL. The current (work-in-progress, might change) system takes the variety of GC0 shrines, adds variable areas of effect (see below in a moment), and variable charging times (some shrines will charge up quickly, … Continue reading →

With strike spells, you can support your gems to maximize the devastation among the lines of the upcoming monsters. These spells don’t kill any monsters themselves, but rather make them more vulnerable against gems, or in extreme cases, prepare them … Continue reading →

In this post I mention some of the latest changes and things left out previously; random thoughts follow in random order:

Let’s start today’s post with the rapid gem bombing feature: in GCL you could shift-click the gem bomb spell (or shift+B on the keyboard) and then, keeping shift pressed, click on the battlefield or wave stones to quickly get rid … Continue reading →

Hey Everyone, Today I talk about sparks and monsters (and how the game got faster).

Hey Everyone, It’s only the second post in the series I just started 2 weeks ago, but I’m already thinking of revisiting previous topics in future posts for updates and more insight because the game still changes so drastically each … Continue reading →

Hey Everyone, Finally, here is the first of the series of blogposts paving a long path, at the end of which GemCraft chapter 2: Chasing Shadows will be released. 🙂 If you missed my last post, a short recap: starting … Continue reading →