Sweet Crush Saga is among the many hottest video games of the fashionable age. With lots of of thousands and thousands of gamers, it’s a sport that mixes rest with a compelling “only one extra go” strategy. You might say a lot the identical factor about informal gaming basic, Microsoft Solitaire, the sport that launched many people to the beloved solo card sport when it was included on Home windows PCs from 1990.
Maybe it’s no marvel, then, that at present sees the discharge of Sweet Crush Solitaire for iOS and Android units – it’s a mixture of Sweet Crush’s vibrant seems and beloved mechanics with Solitaire’s enduring attraction.
“We noticed a chance to carry collectively two timeless gaming experiences, Sweet Crush Saga and Solitaire, each of which supply 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 understood for. Step one was figuring out the correct sort of solitaire gameplay that might finest align with the Sweet Crush expertise.”
Not like the suit-matching solitaire you may be conversant in – 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, somewhat than constructing fits,” explains Cortinas. “This implies gamers can give attention to making strategic selections with out being restricted by swimsuit or shade. It was the correct 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 amazing 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, 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 parts shall be instantly acquainted. The Shade Bomb and Lollipop Hammer boosters from Saga make appearances right here that can assist you alongside, obstacles in your sport will (in fact) be candy-themed, and Sweet Crush characters will make appearances alongside the best way, 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 sport 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 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 varied places world wide, 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. We now 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 preserve progressing by means of the sport and all the time refining and tweaking these ranges, to make sure we’re hitting expectations in relation to delivering the highest 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 conserving issues shifting with seasonal occasions, challenges, and rewards. Solitaire may be a static sport, however Sweet Crush Solitaire actually gained’t be.
As the primary new Sweet Crush sport since 2018, it’s clearly one thing King could be very happy with, and excited to launch. I ask why this sport was chosen to proceed the franchise’s lineage:
“We solely launch a brand new sport 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 sport 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, dwelling of the model of Solitaire many performed for the very first time. In some methods, this sport is the continuation of two gaming lineages.
Sweet Crush Solitaire is accessible at present for iOS and Android units.
