Gameplay

(This article is a short description. For more verbose explanation, look at Introduction )

In a typical game of Gem Tower Defense, prospective players picks their difficulty.

Then that player starts their turn by making a pick and chooses their gem ,which then damages enemy waves as they attempt to pass through the 6 checkpoints and then leave the map, targeting first one that appears in range.

As they are killed, player is granted money for each one and bonus for surviving the wave. This money is then used to upgrade chances, upgrade special gems and to buy lives.

On difficulties other than Survival, this goes on until players beats 41 waves of enemy units, upon which they have won the game on that difficulty.

Should player not defeat all enemy units in a wave, they will pass to exit and cost player lives. When lives are depleted, player has lost the game on that difficulty.

Either winning or losing prompts player to submit their score to the highscore board.

New game can be started by clicking "Reset Game" or Pressing X key on keyboard, then clicking Yes on the prompt that appears.