Again, there are 36 boards to play, with each play-through increasing in difficulty. After each level, the player advances along a map representing a journey in Africa. Likewise, if the player fails to complete a level within the time frame, encouraging quotes will be used. All other 'journal entries' are quotes or sayings to encourage the player. After the 'Explorer' level, new information is given only at the end of the 36th level, and once after playing the 1-2 grid during the second run-through. After playing the 36th grid, the totem 'speaks' in addition to there being a written blurb. During the first run-through, 'Explorer,' the player is given pieces of storyline in the form of 'journal entries' to read after completing each grid, with an additional snippet before the beginning of each level.

There are 36 grids and they are played through, in succession, five times, with each play-through adding a new level of difficulty. Jewel Quest has 180 levels and is set within the Mayan culture. Failing to do so within the given time limit, or reaching a situation in which no more swaps are possible, costs one life and sends the player back to the start of that level.Īs the game progresses, new variations are introduced to make gameplay increasingly difficult: irregularly-shaped grids, squares in hard-to-reach places, tokens that must be matched multiple times to clear them from the board, etc. The player must turn every square on the board to gold in order to complete the level. Whenever tiles disappear, the background grid positions turn gold. The matched set disappears, allowing tokens to drop into the gaps from above if more matched sets form as a result, they disappear as well. The player may swap any two adjacent tiles, as long as the swap results in a horizontal or vertical line of three or more matching tokens. Jewel Quest is a 'match 3' puzzle played on a grid filled with various tokens, such as diamonds, gold nuggets, coins, and skulls.

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