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—GEM STAIR is a puzzle game where your goal is to get rid of all the gems in your hand by using abilities on tarot cards. There are 3 types of gems, they have numbers, and you can place them in ascending order!
GEM STAIR
SteamGEM STAIR is a stage-based puzzle game.
0. Gem

The object with a number in the center that you see above is called a gem.
1. Select a stage

Select the desired stage from the screen above to start,
you must clear the previous stage before you can select the next stage.
2. Select a Tarot card

When you start a stage, you'll start with the tarot card selection screen shown above.
Tarot cards are essential to completing the stage, and you can choose between one and three per stage to start.

Tarot cards are also available via the above object in the lower right corner,
to view and select the current stage situation.
3. Player Turns

Once you have finished selecting your Tarot cards, you will start the game with a player turn.
Player turn does not end until you place a gem,
This is when you can play your tarot cards.
4. Playing Tarot Cards

You can drag and drop Tarot cards to change the situation on the stage.
5. Place a Gem

Gems can be placed via drag and drop when conditions are met.
The conditions are as follows
1. the gems must be of the same type
2. the number written on the gem must be higher than the number placed on the far right.
6. CPU Turn

The CPU turn begins immediately after a player places a gem,
The CPU tries to place the leftmost gem they have.
If this is not possible, it will try to place the next gem.
7. Repeat
When the CPU's turn ends, the player's turn begins again,
and the cycle continues to repeat.
8. win and lose conditions

The player wins when all gems in the player's hand are eliminated,

If any of the CPU's get rid of all their gems, they lose.
9. In this game...

There are gems that have special effects.
There are also

special gems themselves.
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