Geode Rush

Crack open the Keokuk bluffs. Match the crystals. Find the rare ones.

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About Geode Rush

Geode Rush is set in the bluffs above the Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa, a place famous for geodes. Round, rough rocks sit above the board. Swing the pickaxe to crack one open and its crystals drop onto the grid below.

Tap a group of two or more matching crystals to collect them and build a combo. Every match buys a little more daylight, and the day is the clock. Mixed in with the common stones are rare ones: Sphalerite, Goethite and Millerite. Tap a rare crystal to add it to your collection.

It is a relaxed puzzler with a hunting streak: you are always choosing between a safe match now and cracking another geode to find something better.

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How to play

Round, rough geodes sit in the bluff above the Mississippi as it flows past Keokuk. Swing your pickaxe to crack them open and the crystals inside pop out onto the board below. Tap groups of matching crystals to collect them and build a combo, and tap the rare ones, Sphalerite, Goethite and Millerite, to add them to your collection. Every match buys a little more daylight.

Click or tap a geode to swing the pickaxe, or press 1 to 4. Click or tap a group of two or more matching crystals to collect it, or use the arrow keys and Space. Tap a rare crystal to keep it. P pauses and M mutes.

Levels and goals

Levels are set by how many geodes you crack in one run: level 2 at 15 geodes, level 3 at 45, level 4 at 90, and so on. The pill at the top shows how many geodes you still need.

Tips

Crack a geode before the board is empty, not after. An empty board wastes daylight.
Bigger groups score more than several small ones. Let clusters grow when you have the time.
Rare crystals are worth the tap even in the middle of a combo.
Use the number keys 1 to 4 to swing the pickaxe quickly on a keyboard.

Features

Real Keokuk setting
Combo scoring and daylight clock
Three rare crystals to collect
Pickaxe and match play in one view

Guide

Cracking geodes

PickaxeTap a geode on the bluff to swing the pickaxe. Each swing adds cracks. Most geodes break in two or three hits, and tougher ones show up as your run goes on.

Pop outWhen a geode splits, its crystals fly out and land on the board below. Cracking a geode also scores 50 points.

New geodesA fresh geode grows in the same spot right after one breaks, so there are always four to crack.

Matching crystals

GroupsTap any crystal that touches one of the same kind to collect the whole connected group. Bigger groups score much more: the score is the group size squared times 10, times your combo.

ComboCollect again within about two and a half seconds to raise the combo, up to x5.

Common crystalsQuartz, Calcite, Dolomite, Pyrite and Chalcedony. Each geode leans toward one or two kinds, so matches are easy to build.

Rare crystals

Rare findsAbout one geode in eleven hides a rare crystal, and it glows on the bluff before you crack it. Tap the rare crystal on the board to keep it.

ValuesSphalerite is worth 800 points, Goethite 1,500 and Millerite 3,000. Each one also adds 4 seconds, and your combo multiplies the score up to x3.

CollectionRare finds are saved on the title screen so you can fill out the set.