Gems Swipe

Why We Picked Gems Swipe

The problem Gems Swipe sets is narrow: swiping to move, with the space running out faster than the plan. It asks for patience and pays it back in small, visible increments. It is swiping to move at heart, and the difficulty comes from the size of the space rather than from speed. The shelf keeps it for the same reason players do: it is short, solvable, and never as easy as it looks. On the record: 308 plays, 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, and 136 of 172 on the puzzle shelf.

How to Play

The page documents very little, so these are the things worth knowing before you spend time on it:

• Reader mode strips embedded frames, so the game area stays blank until it is switched off.
• The board starts solvable and ends solved, and the middle part is your planning.
• Read the whole board before the first move; the shape of the space is the puzzle.

Editor’s Note

Nothing carries over between sessions, which is either refreshing or the whole problem. It is the sort of puzzle you close and then reopen an hour later, still thinking about it.

Written by the UGFJD editorial team for this page. The publisher’s own description follows below, unedited.