GEMSEED

Dig, appraise, display. GEMSEED is a first-person mining game about finding gems among about 4.3 billion possibilities. ■ Dig a mine and find gems Choose a mine and dig the wall. When you strike a vein, part of the face glows in the color of the mineral. Chisel the ore out, bring it back, and appraise it on the appraisal table: one certificate shows its name, rarity and market value. The deeper you dig, the better the stones — but the mine collapses more easily, and a collapse costs you all the ore from that trip (the gems you already own are safe). Turn back, or dig a little more. It is your call. ■ The same GEMSEED, the same gem Every gem has an 8-digit hexadecimal code, its GEMSEED. The same GEMSEED always makes exactly the same gem — its shape, color, inner clouds and traits. Gems you appraise and keep are recorded, so on the detail screen you can see how many players found each gem…