Judging by the outcomes of a recent Facebook Game Face-off, you guys and gals really--I mean, really--dig Ruby Blast. Zynga's many recent arcade game on the network needs far more skill and finesse than the developer's 'Ville games. You might think you have the maximum score, and you likely do. Well, at least the maximum score among your friends, but have you met Berto?
The name's Berto Alvaro, a lead designer on Zynga Poker who just so happens to hold the maximum Ruby Blast score within all of Zynga: 9,009,390. (For those keeping score, that's among some 3,000 plus employees.) So, among Alvaro and the Ruby Blast teams at Zynga Seattle and Zynga China, we are absolutely certain that their tips can give you a much required edge against your buddies:
Nova Flare, Starfall, and Cherry Bombs are the fastest way to help you take to the marker. Finding matching groups are less frequent the deeper you go, so try to save Shuffle Magic for deeper areas of the mine. You can also use this to help take passed the line, but it's not as instantaneous as one of the explosive power-ups.
Save "regular bombs", drills, Nova Flares, Starfall and Cherry Bombs for the last 10 seconds to help drill downward. Spend time learning what every one does, and you will rapidly pick up how to conserve them better over time.
Focus on matching as most gems in a row as possible. Click 10 sets in a row (with no pauses in between) and you will hit "blast mode". Click 10 more throughout blast mode, and the row above and below the line gets blasted. This is helpful for clear those tough-to-blast obstacles in the mine.
Speaking of, beware of non-purple rocks: Those rocks need 2 blasts, so try and use a power-up when one comes up.
Focus on sets at the bottom at the line. These'll blast the un-bricked areas around them and get you passed the line. Remember, the further down you get, the less frequent sets appear. So, working the bottom increases your chances of getting sets since more bricks shift around when cleared.
Have any tips of your own for how to best play Ruby Blast? Share with us in the comments.
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