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aileeniweeni
07-31-13, 03:29 PM
Looks like the yacht is underwater? the swamp creature looks like it has its grip on it.
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/c303fe81-246c-44b1-8a66-106d7241c453_zpsbc1fb4aa.jpg

Level 325... glass moves level with lock & chain, crates, and walls.

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/3a3ac433-543c-4185-b3bf-81b72e749d28_zpsc686318f.jpg

so i've managed to get through this entire region, but still stuck on the last level of it within these past couple days. and i notice for this region the theme seems to be lock & chain. it's a feature in all of the levels except for one. level 325 only has 4JC, so making matches wasn't too terrible. each lock has a count of 36, and only 35 moves to pass the level, so try to make matches that will result in extra matches per move.

i'll post the rest of the levels later... so tired now :)

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 03:34 PM
Level 326... digging moves level with super dirt, lock & chain, and white blocks

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/a9e336d2-7bb4-46da-bd68-ecd7f689550b_zps20249047.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/45569b4b-7a22-4a71-95e3-4eb0bb3429c1_zpsdef8049f.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/c50e8091-330b-492a-9d23-d4fc6d51df08_zps8f2adb11.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/a3c8a3a6-fa2b-4b1f-ad55-3c3595004be2_zps1e5e892f.jpg

75 moves to dig 13 meters down. There are some walls sprinkled here and there. There are a few areas of lock & chain. Locks of 210 in 2 colors at the bottom and locks of 66 in the same colors on top. Just remember which colors you need to focus on as the board scrolls up in the beginning. Try to make as many bomb + blaster combos to take out lots of jewels at one time, and of course dig down. Only 4JC so this level was pretty fun :) oh yea by the time i go below the goal line i got to about 15/13 and the dirt was actually capped off at the bottom! So it ended at 18/13, but i ran out of moves to dig all the way to the bottom! I guess no China?? ;)

Phaedrakiki
08-01-13, 03:53 PM
Level 326 (...) the dirt was actually capped off at the bottom! So it ended at 18/13, but i ran out of moves to dig all the way to the bottom! I guess no China?? ;)
Weird! Wonder why? :confused: Should be something to do for those who dig though quickly... :)

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 03:57 PM
Level 327... timed fire level with lock & chain, white blocks and walls

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/d56a8baf-41db-4d25-ace4-99e93473f9f1_zps212886e4.jpg

6 areas of lock & chain. In the above picture, there are locks of yellow & red with counts: 21, 39, and 60. 1:15 to clear out all the fire. There is fire in the bottom 4 lock & chain areas that needs to be put out. So try to clear out the fire on the main board first, then make those blasters or bomb + blasters to get the fire that gets unlocked on the sides. The very top lock & chain isn't that important to get unlocked, but it gives you more board space once you get rid of the white blocks. But i didn't really do much with it.

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 04:22 PM
Level 328... timed digging level with super dirt, restricted jewels, and white blocks

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/13483c1d-3fdf-494f-9bc1-00b9c2450128_zps038c46fc.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/b51b93d4-5046-42f6-9d5d-8b8260fad054_zpsa8321592.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/3cddc4c6-a92e-4105-b40b-fd4f258b833c_zpsa039fc85.jpg
http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/8f605508-9c3f-44c6-8fcf-1a97b47f30fa_zps6271f4e8.jpg

Here's the only level in this region that doesn't have lock & chain. 2:30 to dig down 16 meters. This level was lots of fun with 4JC and lots of bombs and blasters to be made :D

Phaedrakiki
08-01-13, 04:36 PM
328 looks very cool! :cool:

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 04:49 PM
Level 329... glass moves level with lock & chain and white blocks.

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/c7bef548-3640-486d-b2e3-2ddb36e6501e_zps84b8a08b.jpg

There are 5JC on the board and 4 lock & chain areas. Each L&C area has a different color lock, so that leaves out one color from the 5JC, in this above picture, only yellow is left out. The top two areas have counts of 21 and the bottom areas have counts of 42. So i tried focusing on aqua and red. The entire board has glass including the locked areas that have white blocks in it. Some areas are single-glassed and some areas are double-glassed. 50 moves to break all the glass, so try making special jewels: bombs, blasters, diamonds or moves that will get you extra matches per move.

*note: i just recently deleted the JM app and reinstalled it to get the proper "lock" display (no difference in function). thanks to schnuffles for the advice! just in case anyone is wondering why my pictures of the locks are suddenly different

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 05:04 PM
Level 330... timed glass level with lock & chain, crates, black jewels, walls!!, and portals

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/9989c9b0-c3cc-4b45-8640-01db22a94e0f_zpsae355460.jpg

oh boy. this level is a doozy! so you have 2:45 on the clock to get that stack of crates unlocked and then break all the glass underneath them and on the entire board. there are 2 locks with counts of 42 each, the colors will change from round to round. Both of them must be unlocked for the entire thing to open. There are walls all over the board, following the same pattern of the crates, sort of in the shape of steps. so the most challenging thing is to find matches, but also to find matches of the colors of the locks. black jewels also drop in as you play, so they can sometimes get in the way, especially once you have the crates unlocked and are trying to break them open. this level took me many tries! and it's quite challenging (at least it was for me).
oh yea and there are portals. so the jewels can sometimes be continuously moving which is good and bad. sometimes you have to wait for all the jewels to fill in before you can make more matches, so that can eat at the clock. but staring at the board and searching for matches also eats away at the clock :p i definitely made lots of "illegal swaps" while i played this level!! i only had super close calls a few times. I'd say to try and get it unlocked with a minimum of 1:00 left on the clock to get a good shot at breaking all the crates & glass. it all depends on if you get on a good roll. but once you start getting the crates broken, it felt like the matching started getting easier, since there's more board space. but yea my eyes were bouncing all over the place. i think bean dog should give us a treat for passing this one!! :p

aileeniweeni
08-01-13, 05:20 PM
Weird! Wonder why? :confused: Should be something to do for those who dig though quickly... :)

here's how it looks:

http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/aileeniweeni/910e4d11-2a68-4635-bb19-5517c0f8e83d_zps0e5ac0ae.jpg

hopefully when you get there you'll have a bunch of extra moves left to see if anything happens!!


328 looks very cool! :cool:

i've noticed you like the patterns the restricted jewels make! i agree, very cool looking :)

and yay i'm moving on to the next region: Lizard Marsh (http://forum.storm8.com/showthread.php?56504-Lizard-Marsh-Levels-331-336).

schnuffles
08-01-13, 06:07 PM
*note: i just recently deleted the JM app and reinstalled it to get the proper "lock" display (no difference in function). thanks to schnuffles for the advice! just in case anyone is wondering why my pictures of the locks are suddenly different

I trust your enjoyment of Jewel Mania has now increased ten-fold, right? :cool: Glad to see it worked!!

finnth12
08-28-13, 12:41 PM
Bugs!!!! After I combined diamond and blaster this is what happened until it stop there and didn't go down anymore.

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/7df0e276db09a557e19beb6c4c4a3557_zps66cc3add.jpg

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/835036b45a6b81c635eb39fe9a5bcc07_zpsb855e296.jpg

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/ffe4143837547c6f5875d26a8b43a8e3_zps5f87af21.jpg

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/ba9e60d8d68e69e725a5f8a6127b7e71_zpse2c0b8bb.jpg

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/2cabe5403cc09d728529d0acde353bb9_zpse0d361a2.jpg

Bugs bugs bugs, lol. Oh and there's hole too....

Phaedrakiki
08-28-13, 04:08 PM
Hi finnth,
Oh, wow! That's happened to me before a couple times, too (think I posted photos the first time, @ Unicorn Summit.) I force-closed Jewel Mania and hard-restarted my phone--seemed to fix the problem. And it didn't happen again...for a long time, anyway, lol. I hope you weren't close to passing (makes it more frustrating, for sure!)

Nowadays, I try to force-close the game (daily) & restart my phone on a regular basis (at least every week) as a preventative measure--I don't want this or anything else to happen when I'm close to passing a difficult level (*horrors!*) :eek: Still, they need to know about this stuff. I'm sure a dev or mod will read your post and appreciate the photos (or you could post about this in the JM | Bugs & Issues (http://forum.storm8.com/forumdisplay.php?118-Jewel-Mania-Bugs-amp-Issues) section, jik.) I hope this is already fixed for you, though...and that it doesn't happen again!
Good luck! ;)

schnuffles
08-28-13, 04:19 PM
Still, they need to know about this stuff. I'm sure a dev or mod will read your post and appreciate the photos (or you could post about this in the JM | Bugs & Issues (http://forum.storm8.com/forumdisplay.php?118-Jewel-Mania-Bugs-amp-Issues) section, jik.) I hope this is already fixed for you, though...and that it doesn't happen again!
Good luck! ;)

A dev does appreciate the photos! Finnth: Phaedrakiki's suggestion is definitely the first step to take. If you are still having issues after that, please let us know in the JM | Bugs & Issues section Phaedrakiki linked you to. We're investigating to see if there are any issues on our end; thanks for the post! :cool:

Phaedrakiki
08-28-13, 07:00 PM
Level 325: 52 glass in 35 moves (4JC.) This level was fun, especially with only 4 jewel colors. But challenging, too--it def took me a lot of tries! You have to get the L&C open early, so you have enough moves left to break the crates (glass underneath.) So it basically comes down (as usual) to getting some good special jewels & combo opportunities to take out large numbers of jewels. On some rounds, I noticed that there were very few of my "target lock" colors on the screen. So I'd pause, then restart the level (using the back arrow button.) I didn't want to waste moves on other colors (unless a special jewel was involved, lol!)

Prior to opening the L&C, if you make a match under the crates, the jewels do not refill properly, leaving the glass blank (blocked by the crates.) Don't be alarmed, lol. ;) On most levels, jewels fall in from directly above. If something's in the way (like crates, fire, snakes, etc.,) you're left with a blank until the obstruction's removed. It happened to me several times, as shown in the 2 photos below. In photo 1, you can see it happened the very 1st move. This isn't good--gives you less jewels to work with, so to speak. But there's not much you can do about it, as most times there are only a few moves on screen anyway (and a reshuffle or 2, or more, until you get the L&C open.) Just break those crates as quickly as you can--gotta get some jewels on that glass to break it!

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag81/Beadsbykat/JMD%20175%20plus/0f1be81e-0370-4921-80cf-49f2963dc248_zpsa74d82b1.jpg http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag81/Beadsbykat/JMD%20175%20plus/1a7d53ef-a3e2-4351-8c1d-3a4a00dcd221_zps6015aeb5.jpg

I finally passed by getting a diamond pretty early in my last round, then swapped it w/one of my L&C colors. Got the other locked/target color opened pretty quickly after that, and still had a decent amount of moves left. Then I got a blaster + bomb near the remaining crates. Similar to photo 2, but that was from an earlier attempt (had more than 6 moves left this time!) I was about to swap 'em, when saw a diamond opportunity right above. Made the diamond, thinking "which combo would work best here?" But the blaster dropped down--removing my "decision," lol. So I swapped the diamond + bomb, and it worked beautifully. Still had a couple glass here & there, but found easy matches for them. Whew! Guess I made the right choice, lol! Btw, another thing to notice in photo 2 is the hard-to-reach areas, like the left & right glass on the top row, as well as corners, etc. Keep an eye out for matches in those spots.
Good luck, and enjoy! :D

Phaedrakiki
08-28-13, 07:31 PM
Forgot to mention, there were no changes to 325 (or 326) since the Aileeni's orig. posts.

Level 326: Dig 13 meters in 75 moves (4JC.) Passed on my first try, and it was so much fun! The 4 jewel colors meant lots of special jewels--diamonds galore! The windows and weird cutouts make for some slightly tricky areas while digging, but all those great combos made navigation easier. Really enjoyed this one. I got down to 14/13, and had 2 diamonds next to each other with 1 move left. So I swapped them, of course. I took the screenshots below (hope Gramps isn't camera shy.) ;) The screen would've scrolled after that, giving me a chance to see the "capped off" bottom Aileeni mentioned. But I forgot to look, darn it. Wish I'd taken a 3rd photo...an "after the dust had settled" shot would've shown me that 18 meter-mark.

http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag81/Beadsbykat/JMD%20175%20plus/15d27fca-511e-4344-b831-bbc9d985ad02_zps6aaeae54.jpg http://i1300.photobucket.com/albums/ag81/Beadsbykat/JMD%20175%20plus/517dd8ab-1fe9-48f2-a200-2b9efb4f653d_zps92b52f8c.jpg

Phaedrakiki
08-28-13, 08:12 PM
Level 327: 16 fire in 1:30 (4JC.) They added 15 seconds to this one, and I'm grateful they did! This actually wasn't too bad for timed level. A little stressful (as all timed fire levels are, IMHO,) but not as bad as some. Took me lots of tries, but I finally passed by setting off a blaster + bomb combo in each of the two fire areas (after opening the L&C.) In an earlier round, I extinguished most of the flames using only horizontal blasters--but close doesn't cut it, lol. When the round starts, try to push the fire back right away. The sooner you put out the flames on the main board, the easier it is to concentrate on making blasters or a combo to get the side fires out. And it's way less stress, cuz you don't have to worry about the side fires spreading. FYI, The ice blocks from the unlocked upper areas will fall into the lower fire pits after you put the flames out. It's nothing to worry about (just describing what I saw, lol :confused:.) :p Good luck!

Phaedrakiki
08-28-13, 11:06 PM
Level 328: Dig 16 meters in 2:55 (4JC.) They added 25 sec. to this beautiful, but crazy level! I wasn't sweatin' it when I checked out the screenshot, thinking it was rather cool-looking. But man, those pretty ******s are murder! All those little window cutouts, and the way you have to start digging on the right instead of the left--insanity! I didn't realize how hard it would be. You do get to have all the special jewels you want, they're extremely plentiful. You have to be careful what you set off, though; so many of the combos create chains that there's no time for! I don't have the hang of it yet (not even close.) The furthest I've got is like 7 meters...but mostly just 5. I need to stop with the diamonds already! (Yes, swapping 2 clears the board, but how often can you get two next to each other?) Anyway, this is definitely going to take some time...

Phaedrakiki
08-29-13, 05:07 AM
I just squeezed through the goal at the last second on 328. I had an area where I swapped two diamonds, and a couple places where the falling jewels were practically digging all by themselves. But blaster + bomb combos are still the best for digging his kind of level, so I used lots of them too (and they come together so easily on this level!) Only got one star, so I'll try for more later. Unfortunately that means no more energy to check out the next level, either. This really wasn't bad for a timed level--though very challenging! I'd play again now if they added more time. In fact, if anyone notices an increase, please post, lol! Guess I'll go to sleep now...like I should have hours ago! ;)

Phaedrakiki
08-29-13, 08:01 PM
Level 329: 56 glass in 55 moves (5JC.) They added 5 moves to this, which seems to be just about the right amount to make it challenging, yet not crazy difficult. You can't waste your moves, and you may have to wait to get the right combo opportunities. It took me 5 or 6 attempts to pass (I kept getting 49+ glass each time--55/56 once.) I had two diamond + blaster combos, as well as a blaster + bomb to help me finally pass. The upper L&C always seemed to open-up first (of course,) and I'd try to color-change the ice/white blocks inside to one of the lower L&C colors if I could...hoping to speed-up the unlocking process. (I didn't waste moves trying to arrange it, though--but if I had a choice about colors...) Really enjoyed this level! :D

Phaedrakiki
08-30-13, 03:41 AM
Level 330: 64 glass in 3:20 (5JC.) Aileeni's right--there's a lot going on here! They added a little time since her post, but it's very much needed! It's still a mad rush trying to get those L&C open, then try to break down the crates to get to the glass. You really do end up spending lots of time searching for the one or two matches on the board, followed by a reshuffle. Or you have to wait for the jewels to fall in, since they have the "stair-step" maze of wood walls to go thru, not to mention portals to keep it even more interesting. It's a crazy level, but I finally passed after about 10(?) attempts. It was the only time I even got close, probably because I was able to do a diamond + blaster, then a blaster + bomb after the crates were exposed (it was also the first time I did any big combos on this level!) So I got really lucky, even down to the last few matches--they fell into place perfectly, giving me exactly what I needed to break the last glasses. Guess the JM gods were ready to let me move on to Lizard Marsh (http://forum.storm8.com/showthread.php?56504-Lizard-Marsh-Levels-331-336). Thanks for the fun island! :D

finnth12
09-06-13, 12:58 PM
Level 326, my favorite level when it comes to dig, lol. And always with favorite combo diamond and blaster, it worked better for me. I could go down to 20/13 then the computer did the rest of it until 22/13.

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/53b110fb508406626f37fcadb9dcceb0_zps570544d4.jpg

finnth12
09-06-13, 12:59 PM
This level 326, with 22/13. I pushed the post button so quick and forgot to put the pic on it:p

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/1a692e65c31dbfe0216546d0c0c6b6cf_zpsbb396447.jpg

It was fun level.

finnth12
09-06-13, 01:03 PM
I had to go through this level several times, with fire and time and chains, it wasn't fun at all, but I got lucky, yay I passed this 3 stars :) strategy, first thing first, try to open the chains, mean time put off the fires too, you gotta be quick or fire will eat your jewel up.

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/e391c80e08d3bf21e657716b6260bb4c_zps38249f96.jpg

Weird things is 3 stars don't give you 1 gold anymore??????

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/5c966a5d837534ba17738d1ac6813ca1_zps4784768d.jpg

finnth12
09-06-13, 01:14 PM
I have never gotten any bugs on my iPad, but this is the second one I got it at the same island just different level.

http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/d52eb51eea2e65703403ca7a3999d16f_zpsca9c50fd.jpg


http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/f52dab8f48bae79544701b765c32b4f1_zpse787cf4f.jpg


http://i1342.photobucket.com/albums/o763/finnth12/58ce8a44ab85da4a8a7a2274afe5f453_zps18bd2054.jpg


That's because of the diamond and blaster combo. It was stuck there, I couldn't move the jewel but the time was moving. So yeah, I just closed it and restart again, but it's really annoying cos you lost 1 energy cos this. And also, the time was moving fast but the jewels that came down were very slow, so used your time wisely. The jewels color made my eyes hurt too, and the wall made it's hard to make a match, but good luck anyway.

I don't remember I think I passed with one star, I wouldn't go back on this one, not like it. :p

Phaedrakiki
09-06-13, 07:43 PM
(...)Weird things is 3 stars don't give you 1 gold anymore??? (...)
Yeah, I don't know what the rule is on the gold. Sometimes I get it, sometimes not. Everthing I thought might dictate whether you earn gold or not has been proven wrong. I thought it might be about 1st place/beating Paul's score. But I've earned gold in 2nd place, and not got it in 1st. Also thought there was a 1 per day limit, but that's def not the only criteria, anyway. Maybe it's totally random...? Idk, but I just got one yesterday, so it hasn't stopped, at least! ;)

limonepledge
11-01-13, 11:44 AM
328 is crazy! It's still at 2:55, which was really tight. Somehow I managed to complete it on my second try and get 2 stars. Not really sure what I did, but there was a lot of random swiping. Still super fun though!

limonepledge
11-01-13, 01:20 PM
Got maybe 6 moves into 329 and the game crashed on me! When I opened it back up I had lost an energy on top of not being able to continue the level. After seeing finnth's photos, which are different, I'm convinced this island is bug riddled. I restarted my ipad before I started the level (for other reasons) but I guess I'll be doing it again to see if that helps. Frustrating to lose energy and not be able to play.

limonepledge
11-01-13, 08:54 PM
Crashed a couple more times... Seems to do it when I swap a blaster + bomb, although I assume it's just a coincidence. It seems like that's going to be the only way to beat it so I hope so. Restarting the game and ipad seems to do nothing so maybe reinstalling the game... Urg.

Phaedrakiki
11-03-13, 04:40 PM
Crashed a couple more times... Seems to do it when I swap a blaster + bomb, although I assume it's just a coincidence. It seems like that's going to be the only way to beat it so I hope so. Restarting the game and ipad seems to do nothing so maybe reinstalling the game... Urg.
Bummer! Crashing sucks, and losing energy--no fair! :mad: Yeah, if you've tried the usual force-closing the game & restarting your device, it's time to delete/reinstall. Your progress is saved on their servers, so it's super easy. Also, make sure your game is updated (current is 1.1.9 Halloween, I think,) as well as your device software. Good luck! :)