Saturday, May 7, 2011

Amazon's Free App of the Day - Gem Miner: Dig Deeper

written by: Nick Kosmides

Gem Miner: Dig Deeper can be downloaded to your Android device free today only.

Its a habit of mine to scope out a game's Options before jumping into gameplay.  My friends would know why, but others would not.  In Options you'll often find out if the game means business or if its a clone of a clone of a clone of an Angry Birds knock off.  In this case I find "Zeemote Controls".  Don't know what that is?  Sweet, then I can be the first to tell you!

Zeemote is an app you can download from the Android Market that allows you to connect a Wii Remote to your Android phone via bluetooth connection.  Sweet!  There are limitations to the apps functionality, if my memory serves me, like Android 2.2.  Some specific devices may also be unsupported.  If you get it to work though, I highly recommend getting some of your old school roms onto your phone, ie: backups of games you own already of course.


What kind of game is Gem Miner?  One short lived session had me pondering this same question.  I couldn't figure it out.  It turns out the premise is simple.  Gather ores and gems and sell them.  Enable the tutorial for starters.  That way you can have a laugh like I did when I read about ladders.  Keep an eye on how many you have in your inventory when digging downward or you may get "stuck".  Ha ha!  Normally, that would not be something allowed when designing a game, but this game warns you about it happening.  So don't be careless.

Can you find the hidden amethyst crystals?  Hit up the Amazon Appstore for the download today.

Gem Miner: Dig Deeper - $1.99 FREE