Earth Matters - Coming April 22, 2025
Earth Matters is a puzzle game with a twist(er). Intended to help clean up pollution worldwide, by playing this game you become a part of the solution. If you happen to make an in-game purhcase, part of the proceeds go to charities focused on nature and the environment.
How to Play
Press on the Air, Earth, Fire and Water elemental buttons on the left or right side of the screen to launch that type of elemental. Touch an elemental to halt its movement until you touch it again. This enables you to position where reactions occur.
The goal is to get the Pollution elementals to the recycle bins. This is done by launching Air, Earth, Fire and Water elementals, and through the clever use of their reactions when they collide.
There are achievements and prizes that can be earned and collected along the way
Reactions
Use the chart to figure out what type of reaction will occur. For example a Water and a Fire elemental will combine to become Steam. One thing to note, Pollution is also an elemental, and will trigger reactions when they touch other elementals.
| Reaction | Description | Reactants |
|---|---|---|
| Tornado | will launch elementals upward when they come into contact with a tornado | Air + Air |
| Dust | used to absorb(remove) the oil pollution | Air + Earth |
| Wind | will fling elementals quickly forward, which can be used to cross large gaps | Air + Fire |
| Rain | used to wash away(remove) toxic soil pollution | Air + Water |
| Boulder | elementals will reverse direction when they run into a boulder | Earth + Earth |
| Lava | can be used to dig down vertically through the ground | Earth + Fire |
| Plants | used to absorb(remove) radiation | Earth + Water |
| Explode | can be used to remove non pollution reactions like boulders, tornados, plants, etc. | Fire + Fire |
| Steam | used to eliminate(remove) smog | Fire + Water |
| Wave | can be used to dig left or right horizontally through the ground | Water + Water |
| Smog | blocks the removal of other pollution reactions. Smog must be removed first | Air + Pollution |
| Toxic Soil | slows elemental movement. Can be removed with rain | Earth + Pollution |
| Bottles | get in the way, and should be recycled in the bins | Fire + Pollution |
| Oil | prevent stopping elementals at a certain spot. Can be removed with dust | Water + Pollution |
| Radiation | destroys your elementals. Can be removed with plants | Pollution + Pollution |
Positioning reactions correctly is key to completing each level.
User Interface
Special Thanks:
At Gold Medal Games we really appreciate friends and family that are helping test Earth Matters.Features:
- 9 areas each with 15 levels of increasing challenge
- 28 unlockable achievements
- 10 player triggerable elemental reactions; 15 total
- 126 collectable prizes
- Varying gravity strength and direction on Space levels
- Melting terrain on Antarctica levels