Sweet Crush Saga is among the many hottest video games of the trendy age. With a whole bunch of hundreds of thousands 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 gadgets – it’s a mix of Sweet Crush’s vibrant appears and beloved mechanics with Solitaire’s enduring enchantment.
“We noticed a chance to deliver collectively two timeless gaming experiences, Sweet Crush Saga and Solitaire, each of which provide a satisfying steadiness of rest and problem,” King Govt Producer Marta Cortinas tells me. “In depth analysis and participant testing confirmed sturdy demand for a product that mixes strategic card play with partaking 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 Sweet Crush Saga is thought for. Step one was figuring out the best kind of solitaire gameplay that might greatest align with the Sweet Crush expertise.”
In contrast to the suit-matching solitaire you is perhaps accustomed to – 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 enjoying playing cards in ascending or descending order, reasonably than constructing fits,” explains Cortinas. “This implies gamers can give attention to making strategic choices with out being restricted by swimsuit or colour. It was the best alternative 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, much like how gamers advance in Sweet Crush ranges. From there, we layered within the signature Sweet Crush Saga components, colourful boosters, partaking development, and collectible rewards, guaranteeing that gamers would acknowledge the acquainted sense of accomplishment and enjoyable from our franchise.”
For Sweet Crush gamers, these components might 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 large change to Solitaire – development. The unique card recreation tends to be constructed for standalone rounds however, in basic Sweet Crush fashion, every spherical of Sweet Crush Solitaire is now a part of a collection 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 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. Now we have the identical plan for Sweet Crush Solitaire – as with our different stay video games – of including new ranges every week to assist our gamers preserve progressing via the sport and all the time refining and tweaking these ranges, to make sure we’re hitting expectations in the case of 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 based mostly on participant suggestions, introducing new gameplay mechanics, and protecting issues shifting with seasonal occasions, challenges, and rewards. Solitaire is perhaps a static recreation, however Sweet Crush Solitaire definitely gained’t be.
As the primary new Sweet Crush recreation since 2018, it’s clearly one thing King could 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 brand new recreation once we imagine we’ve 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 most effective 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 most effective 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, 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.
Sweet Crush Solitaire is obtainable right this moment for iOS and Android gadgets.