Gems of War

A trailer for Gems of War, by Infinity Plus Two.

Overview

Official description from the 505 Games website:

“From the creators of Puzzle Quest, comes the Puzzle/RPG/Strategy mash-up you’ve been waiting for, GEMS OF WAR! Embark on an epic journey across the realms Krystara where heroes can take on a world of adventure unlike any other. Battle your foes not just with swords and sorcery, but with a puzzle board! Match gems to power your spells, and match skulls to smite your enemies! Then take the spoils of war and forge a mighty empire. It’s highly addictive, easy to learn, and filled with crazy combos and tons of depth.“

Development

Gems of War is a puzzle game that mixes match-3 gameplay with trading card game elements. Developed by Infinity Plus Two in Unity, it was released in 2015. Gems of War is currently available on Steam, Android, Amazon, iOS, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch.

I worked at Infinity Plus Two as a Software Engineer (initially as a Junior Software Engineer) on their Gems of War team, from May 2021 to December 2023. I contributed to updates 5.6 through 7.3, implementing new features on the client and server, testing for and fixing bugs, and helping the community team to resolve player issues that required developer intervention. Some of the features I contributed to include:

Many Heroic Gems
Adventurer’s Path, and Advanced Hero Paths
Dungeon Altars and Traps, and PvP Talismans
Choice Spells
Intro Questline
Auto-Play
Journey Events
Soulforge Levels 11-20
Dungeon and PvP Shops
The Deep Shrine, Wandering Merchant, Weapon Cache, Menagerie and Lucky Lamp offers
Adding several new resources
Adding some achievements

Copyright Disclaimer

Gems of War is the intellectual property of 505 Games and Infinity Plus Two. I do not own any of the assets shown on this page. They are included only to showcase my contributions to the game. The trailer linked is its Nintendo Switch release trailer from 2019 (I couldn’t find anything more recent). The images shown were copied from the internet (cover image) or the game’s source files (background), or screenshotted from the latest (as of December 2023) test version of the game for developers and beta testers.