Candy Crush Saga

Candy Crush Saga ( or short: Candy Crush ) is a puzzle video game. It is playable online and available as an app, which was originally developed by King on 12 April 2012 for the social network Facebook and 14 November 2012 for smartphones. In March 2013 Candy Crush Saga Farmville 2 replaced as the most played game on Facebook with 46 million monthly average users.

Gameplay

Each level consists of a game board filled with different colored candy and obstacles. These different colored sweets include the "Red Jelly Bean ", the " orange lolly ", "Yellow Lemon Drops", the "green chewy ", the "blue lollipop - piece " and the " purple grape". The player can collect on the screen each candy pairs of 3 ( or more ) by horizontal and or vertical wipe. Each level provides the player a certain purpose, which must be completed in a limited number of features, or in a given time. Some levels contain additional obstacles, such as, among others, blocks, meringue or licorice swirls, chocolate and bombs. So-called booster can be earned or acquired to assist the player in the level.

Various extra candy can be created from both 4 or 5 combinations in a certain position. Among them are a " wrapped candy ", a " candy striped " and a " color - bomb." Said special sweets can also be put together to produce a particular effect, such as the color bomb crossed with a striped candy all candy transformed into striped candies, which are then automatically given to the player.

The game is financed by " in-app offers" ( which can be paid in to Facebook on a credit card). The player starts with five game lives that are lost when a level is not completed. Does the player has no life, he can either ask a " friend " to new life, wait until they have returned "charged", or to buy new life. Boosters can also be purchased through Facebook.

Characters

• Tiffi: Tiffi is (short for Toffette ) of the main character in the game. She's a blonde haired girl with pigtails. It is playable from the first chapter.
• Mr. Toffee: Mr. Toffee is a great man with orange hair. It helps the player when he starts playing Candy Crush Saga. He leads the player through the tutorial.
• Easter Bunny: The Easter Bunny is a rabbit that introduces the player to Candy Order level.

However, the characters are not relevant for the game.

Reception

• Candy Crush Saga has been downloaded over 10 million times in December 2012.
• Candy Crush Saga was " geliket " on the official page over 60 million times. It is also the app with the largest sales in the App Store and the Google Play Store.
• The game appeared in Psys Music Video gentleman.
• Candy Crush Saga attendant publicity in the media in Hong Kong. It was reported that the game of every seventh citizen in Hong Kong is played.
• In July 2013 Candy Crush Saga had over 6.7 million active users. The game took a total of only about $ 633,000 per day in the U.S. App Store.
• In October 2013 Candy Crush Saga was the third most popular app with the most sales in the Google Play Store.
• In November 2013, the game has been installed over 500 million times on Facebook and Android devices.
• In December 2013 King.com shone on Japanese television commercials from for their game. Because of this advertising the game 100 most downloaded apps jumped in the first week of December 2013 from a position outside of the top in the first place. The game of number 83 jumped to 23 in the category of most downloaded apps on Android.

The reviews aggregator Metacritic assigns Candy Crush Saga an overall score of 79 /100 and thus a more positive assessment.

The game received by Ellie Gibson Eurogamer.de of the video game titles of the year 2013.