Candy Crush Saga is among the many hottest video games of the fashionable age. With a whole lot of hundreds of thousands of gamers, it’s a recreation that mixes rest with a compelling “only one extra go” method. You could possibly say a lot the identical factor about informal gaming basic, Microsoft Solitaire, the sport that launched many people to the beloved solo card recreation when it was included on Home windows PCs from 1990.
Maybe it’s no surprise, then, that in the present day sees the discharge of Candy Crush Solitaire for iOS and Android units – it’s a mixture of Candy Crush’s vibrant seems and beloved mechanics with Solitaire’s enduring attraction.
“We noticed a chance to carry collectively two timeless gaming experiences, Candy Crush Saga and Solitaire, each of which supply a satisfying steadiness of rest and problem,” King Government Producer Marta Cortinas tells me. “Intensive analysis and participant testing confirmed sturdy demand for a product that mixes strategic card play with participating visuals and inventive mechanics. The purpose was to create a recent, immersive expertise that retains the strategic depth of Solitaire whereas incorporating the colourful and rewarding gameplay that Candy Crush Saga is understood for. Step one was figuring out the fitting sort of solitaire gameplay that may finest align with the Candy Crush expertise.”
Not like the suit-matching solitaire you is perhaps conversant in – referred to as Klondike – a key change right here is that Candy Crush Solitaire bases itself on one other variant, referred to as TriPeaks.
“TriPeaks Solitaire differs from Klondike in that it focuses extra on clearing a board by taking part in playing cards in ascending or descending order, moderately than constructing fits,” explains Cortinas. “This implies gamers can focus on making strategic choices with out being restricted by swimsuit or coloration. It was the fitting selection for Candy Crush Solitaire as a result of it permits for a faster-paced, extra intuitive gameplay expertise that aligns with the rewarding, pick-up-and-play nature of the Candy Crush franchise.
“Its mechanics present a nice mix of technique and development, much like how gamers advance in Candy Crush ranges. From there, we layered within the signature Candy Crush Saga components, colourful boosters, participating development, and collectible rewards, guaranteeing that gamers would acknowledge the acquainted sense of accomplishment and enjoyable from our franchise.”
For Candy Crush gamers, these components can be instantly acquainted. The Coloration Bomb and Lollipop Hammer boosters from Saga make appearances right here that will help you alongside, obstacles in your recreation will (after all) be candy-themed, and Candy Crush characters will make appearances alongside the best way, taking you on an journey outdoors of the Candy Kingdom for the primary time.
Which brings us to a different large change to Solitaire – development. The unique card recreation tends to be constructed for standalone rounds however, in basic Candy Crush fashion, every spherical of Candy Crush Solitaire is now a part of a sequence of escalating ranges.
“Development in Candy Crush Solitaire is designed to really feel simply as rewarding as in different Candy Crush video games,” says Cortinas. “Gamers advance by finishing ranges and unlocking postcards from varied areas around the globe, including a collectible component to the sport. Moreover, we’ve launched the ‘Maintain Slot’ mechanic, which permits gamers to strategically put aside a card for later use, including one other layer of development and planning. We now have the identical plan for Candy Crush Solitaire – as with our different dwell video games – of including new ranges every week to assist our gamers preserve progressing by way of the sport and at all times refining and tweaking these ranges, to make sure we’re hitting expectations with regards to delivering the very best quality content material for our gamers.”
The group at King is dedicated not solely to including new ranges, however tweaking the sport primarily based on participant suggestions, introducing new gameplay mechanics, and preserving issues shifting with seasonal occasions, challenges, and rewards. Solitaire is perhaps a static recreation, however Candy Crush Solitaire actually received’t be.
As the primary new Candy Crush recreation since 2018, it’s clearly one thing King may be very pleased with, and excited to launch. I ask why this recreation was chosen to proceed the franchise’s lineage:
“We solely launch a new recreation once we consider we have now one thing actually particular to supply,” enthuses Cortinas. “Our enterprise is constructed on testing and studying, to make sure the expertise we’re giving our gamers is the very best we will ship. The Solitaire style has been rising, and our analysis confirmed sturdy curiosity from each Candy Crush gamers and Solitaire followers in a recreation that merges the very best of each worlds. After intensive testing and refinement, we noticed that Candy Crush Solitaire had the potential to be a significant and fascinating addition to the franchise.”
It’s all of the extra particular that King is now a a part of Microsoft, house of the model of Solitaire many performed for the very first time. In some methods, this recreation is the continuation of two gaming lineages.
Candy Crush Solitaire is out there in the present day for iOS and Android units.