Gemcrate is, at its core, an attempt to recapture some of the fun and magic had when playing similar match-3 games in the golden era of Mac shareware. The result is a faithful adaption of those games, brought into the modern age of indie gamedev.
This project was something I personally wanted to see, but surprisingly little existed that fit my memories. So I put in the work and time necessary to make what I wanted to play.
Some gameplay footage:
I also made a posting about it on my website, which goes into a little more detail on the tools used to create it, and the exact reasons I created the game.