▲ 106 r/candycrush
Game designer here- Candy Crush has gone off the rails recently
Hi, I'm not really one to post stuff on Reddit (except for perhaps the occasional meme or thought to share), but Candy Crush has become atrocious in the recent years. I only have it on my iPad that's approaching 10 years old now, and since I have a part-time job and I'm busy with life and my master's, I don't play it much, except when it crosses my mind or I'm travelling on a long flight or something.
I don't usually like reading long complaint posts, so I'll try to keep this relatively entertaining and short.
I've been playing Candy Crush since I was about twelve, wayyyy back in the day on Facebook. It's always had a special place in my heart. I remember going to my grandparents' house with my extended family for a lil' garden party one late Summer evening and playing Candy Crush with my older cousin. I also used to draw Candy Crush levels on pieces of paper. I cherish these memories several years later.
I came back to it yesterday and I had to go through 1 minute and 38 seconds of purchase prompts, episode races I couldn't care about, classic chocolate box, daily reward A, daily reward B, daily reward C, etc., freaking trading cards???! and from the perspective of a game designer, this is poor game design. There are too many things happening at once and too many different things that weakens the coherity of the game. It is extremely overstimulating. I want to play levels, not be forced to go through 5000 different prompts.
I could be hanging onto old stuff here, but I don't like how they redesigned many of the visual elements and blockers, too. Objectively, they don't look bad but they don't have the same special charm that they used to have. They also seemed to remove Candy Bombs, Chameleon Candy :'( and other stuff.
On top of that, they've removed the lovely, unique episode names and replaced it with a generic 3D map now. When I was younger, that was one of my favourite parts of the game. From what I'm reading, they removed it because of optimization purposes ... but with all the useless stuff they're adding now, I'd rather attribute the purpose of removal of the episodes because they had poor optimization and structure (what I'm trying to say is they could optimize the map in such a way it is not laggy, but took the easy way out). Of course, game design is only a hobby for me, so I could be missing something. But perhaps most upsetting is they replaced the old music with... very depressing sounding stuff. These songs are still bangers.
Also, Yeti's facial expressions in the top right irritate me so much, and I don't even know why. There's just something upsetting about every single expression he makes. One moment he's like OOOOOH YEAH! and the next one it looks like he's getting murdered.
Seems like most stuff in my message is a shared opinion and seems like King couldn't care less, but I just had to get my own thoughts out there. Thanks for reading.
u/liszzzzzt — 26 days ago
▲ 100 r/classical_circlejerk
Music is a primal art form, used since ancient times, to express yourself with the body. So glad FIFA took the opportunity to promote Mozart at one of the most watched sporting events in the world ❤️
u/liszzzzzt — 1 month ago
Posting my Jailbreak Hot (Ass) Takes Until the Heat Death of the Universe Day 1- All cars that go over 150 MPH should be removed
Hello boys and girls, it's ya boi, Boy McJailbreak, and we're back at it with another hot ass take. So buckle your seat belts and come along on this ride.
You: Erm please let this me a normal field trip!
Me: With an Asimo3089? No way?
You: awwww.......
Today, I am going to advocate for why cars over 150 MPH should be removed. Actually, let's make it 60 MPH. First of all, it is unrealistic. Who tf actually goes more than like 100 MPH on a highway. I think 60 MPH is being generous here. It is a clearly very woke leftist liberal propagated idea that you can go over 60 MPH and not get k*lled once you run into a cliff or a building or something like that. The Jetski goes way too fast for me eyes.Second, this sets bad examples. Back in 2014, a man known as Assemoh drove his bike (which he called a volt bike) into a building. This is because he was a Jailbreak player. Therefore, this is setting a bad precedent for what should be acceptable in real life, because some Jailbreak players can't discern the difference. Also, it makes the game too difficult. Have you ever successfully navigated a turn over 60 MPH? No, it's impossible. The jetski is dumb too because it goes to 600 MPH. Why do the roads bend and curve if it's impossible to navigate the curves when 99% of the cars go over 60 MPH? Exactly, that's what I thought. And no, I'm not talking about nerfing these cars, I'm talking about outright removing them. The jetski keeps getting faster for some reason.They have caused too much damage to the game, it is best if the game is wiped clean. Now, with that in mind, I am advocating for the use of generative A.I. when it comes to making cars. I think this could save a lot of time (and make vehicles way quicker now) and bring in a layer of fun, intrigue and interest in the game. The jetski invented AIDS. This is my conclusion. The End.
u/liszzzzzt — 2 months ago