Nyr2k2

fwiw this method seems to have been patched in recent updates

Disregard this. I looked in my Google Play Games app and it shows the various achievement levels for everything. This worked for me. Thanks. Very, very awesome. Your tutorial also taught me how to use GG in ways I didn't before know.

Wow, great! Unfortunately however that's an achievement I've completed, and even if I create a new character the achievement is still completed. I'd have to delete everything and start over which I don't want to do. Do you know the number levels I would use for achievement Firestarter, Tesla, Combo or 24 seconds? I could still complete those ones.

i assume at this point that the game is un-hackable.

I gave it a shot and ended up with the same results as described above. No luck. Thanks for your suggestions.

I can do a search, either known values or fuzzy, and pin down the address of the gems. Say I have 208, I'll find a couple variables, pick up a couple gems, keep tracking until I'm sure of which variable it is. I can then edit the value and lock it, but it doesn't change the value in-game. In fact, I'll go back into GG, and the variable, despite being locked, will have changed to something else. I just can't get anything to stick. On a couple occasions I've been able to get the gems to change on the HUD, but not to a static number--it will just rapidly scroll between thousands of numbers. And either way, it doesn't actual reflect my gem totals when I go to make a gem purchase. I've tried some other things, like pinpointing the value of the gem cost of a chest, changing it to a negative value, and still nothing. I just don't know what to do.

well, that's why I'm here. i've put about 3 hours the last two nights into trying to crack it, but I've exhausted every technique i know. I can identify the variable that controls the gems but i can't get any changes to stick (even locking the value). idk if it's because it's done server-side or what...

i've tried all the usual GG tricks on this app and can't get anything to work. any other suggestions for cracking this? it's a fun game even without relying on IAPs, but if i could max out my gems my enjoyment of this would skyrocket.