Sweet Merge Puzzle

Sweet Merge Puzzle uses the slide-and-combine idea with candy in place of numbers. You swipe to slide the candies, and two of the same kind that meet merge into the next tier. There are 12 tiers in all, starting at a small bonbon and finishing at a candy castle. Because each merge takes two candies of one tier to make one of the next, reaching the castle takes a long run of merges.

Merging several times in a row builds a Sugar Rush combo, so the order of your swipes matters as well as their direction. There are four power candies, and the developer advises using them strategically. Two ways to play are on offer: a classic endless mode, and a challenge mode with 25 challenges. On top of that there are three difficulty settings, and progress is saved in full. The frame is wide, at 1920 by 1080.

Swipe to slide the candies. When two identical candies are brought together they merge into the next of the 12 tiers. Chain merges one after another to build Sugar Rush combos, and use the four power candies when they will help most. Choose the endless mode to play for as long as you can, or work through the 25 challenges.

Combos come from consecutive merges, so before swiping, look for a direction that brings together more than one pair. The developer stresses using the four power candies strategically, so think about when each one will do the most. If the difficulty feels wrong, there are three settings to choose between.

A swipe-to-slide candy merge puzzle in a landscape frame. It has 12 tiers, four power candies, an endless mode, a challenge mode with 25 challenges and three difficulty settings. Progress is saved.

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