Sweet Crush Saga is among the many hottest video games of the fashionable age. With tons of of tens of millions of gamers, it’s a recreation that mixes rest with a compelling “only one extra go” method. You possibly can 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 marvel, then, that right this moment sees the discharge of Sweet Crush Solitaire for iOS and Android units – it’s a mix of Sweet Crush’s vibrant seems and beloved mechanics with Solitaire’s enduring attraction.
“We noticed a possibility to deliver collectively two timeless gaming experiences, Sweet Crush Saga and Solitaire, each of which supply a satisfying stability of rest and problem,” King Govt 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 objective was to create a recent, immersive expertise that retains the strategic depth of Solitaire whereas incorporating the colourful and rewarding gameplay that Sweet Crush Saga is understood for. Step one was figuring out the appropriate kind of solitaire gameplay that will finest align with the Sweet Crush expertise.”
In contrast to the suit-matching solitaire you is likely to be aware of – generally known as Klondike – a key change right here is that Sweet Crush Solitaire bases itself on one other variant, generally known 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, slightly than constructing fits,” explains Cortinas. “This implies gamers can deal with making strategic selections with out being restricted by go well with or shade. It was the appropriate selection for Sweet 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 Sweet Crush franchise.
“Its mechanics present an excellent mix of technique and development, just like how gamers advance in Sweet Crush ranges. From there, we layered within the signature Sweet Crush Saga parts, colourful boosters, participating development, and collectible rewards, guaranteeing that gamers would acknowledge the acquainted sense of accomplishment and enjoyable from our franchise.”
For Sweet Crush gamers, these parts shall be instantly acquainted. The Coloration Bomb and Lollipop Hammer boosters from Saga make appearances right here that can assist you alongside, obstacles in your recreation will (in fact) be candy-themed, and Sweet Crush characters will make appearances alongside the way in which, taking you on an journey exterior of the Sweet Kingdom for the primary time.
Which brings us to a different huge change to Solitaire – development. The unique card recreation tends to be constructed for standalone rounds however, in basic Sweet Crush model, every spherical of Sweet Crush Solitaire is now a part of a sequence of escalating ranges.
“Development in Sweet Crush Solitaire is designed to really feel simply as rewarding as in different Sweet Crush video games,” says Cortinas. “Gamers advance by finishing ranges and unlocking postcards from numerous areas all over the world, including a collectible ingredient 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. Now we have the identical plan for Sweet Crush Solitaire – as with our different dwell video games – of including new ranges every week to assist our gamers maintain progressing by way of the sport and all the time refining and tweaking these ranges, to make sure we’re hitting expectations in terms of delivering the very best quality content material for our gamers.”
The workforce at King is dedicated not solely to including new ranges, however tweaking the sport primarily based on participant suggestions, introducing new gameplay mechanics, and maintaining issues shifting with seasonal occasions, challenges, and rewards. Solitaire is likely to be a static recreation, however Sweet Crush Solitaire actually gained’t be.
As the primary new Sweet Crush recreation since 2018, it’s clearly one thing King could be very happy with, and excited to launch. I ask why this recreation was chosen to proceed the franchise’s lineage:
“We solely launch a brand new recreation after we consider now we have one thing really 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 Sweet Crush gamers and Solitaire followers in a recreation that merges the very best of each worlds. After intensive testing and refinement, we noticed that Sweet 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 part of Microsoft, residence of the model of Solitaire many performed for the very first time. In some methods, this recreation is the continuation of two gaming lineages.
Sweet Crush Solitaire is accessible right this moment for iOS and Android units.
