Episode 1: Candy Town

Candy Crush Soda from King.com Ltd ( https://king.com/play/candycrushsoda ). Captured Figure last updated 21Jun2016

Candy Crush Soda Level 1: Pop the bottles!

Tips: last updated 21Jun2016

• A reduced 5x7 plain game broad with preset pattern of 7 colors.
• 26 normal candies plus 1 fish candy and 8 soda bottles .
• Task is to pop 7 soda bottles so as to increase the horizontal level of soda upward within 15 moves.
• Soda bottle can be crushed by matching color soda bottles with two or more candies of the same color.
• A jumping fish created by crushing a fish candy can be used to pop a bottle.
• All candies (fishes, soda bottles and normal candies) move down freely when the candies below are crushed in the plain area. However, all candies move up freely in the soda area when candies above are crushed.
• The moving strategy is to focus on minimizing the move by foresighting and planning the next 1, or 2 to 3 moves.

Candy Crush Soda Level 2: Pop the bottles!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 restricted soda game broad with random pattern of 5 colors.
• 64 normal candies plus 9 sodaed normal candies, 8 caged soda bottles for practicing matching skills..
• Task is to pop 8 soda bottles so as to increase the horizontal level of soda upward within 25 moves.
• The moving strategies are to focus on matching the upper caged soda bottles before those normal matched color candies falling down and creating fish candy.

Candy Crush Soda Level 3: Pop the bottles!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 holed soda game broad with preset pattern of 6 colors.
• 18 normal candies plus 9 sodaed normal candies, 18 holes, 30 empty squares, 4 caged normal candles and 2 isolated soda bottles for practicing matching skills ..
• Task is to pop 8 soda bottles so as to increase the horizontal level of soda upward within 20 moves.
• The moving strategy is to focus on creating fish candy.

Candy Crush Soda Level 4: Pop the bottles!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 holed and restriced soda game broad with preset pattern of 6 colors.
• 54 normal candies plus 9 sodaed normal candies, 7 holes, 7 caged normal candles, 2 caged soda bottles, 1 fish candy and 1 color bomb for practicing matching skills.
• Task is to pop 8 soda bottles so as to increase the horizontal level of soda upward within 20 moves.
• The key move is to swap the color bomb with the cyan candy so as to change all normal and caged cyan candies to cyan fish candies. All caged cyan candies is therefore crushed and all cyan fish candies are also activated automatically.
• The moving strategy is to focus on creating fish candy.

Candy Crush Soda Level 5: Pop the bottles!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 restricted soda game broad with preset pattern of 7 colors.
• 46 normal candies plus 9 sodaed normal candies, 18 caged normal candles and 8 caged soda bottles for practicing matching skills.
• Task is to pop 8 soda bottles so as to increase the horizontal level of soda upward within 35 moves.
• The key moves are to create a coloring candy and then swap it with an orange candy so as to change all orange candies to green candies. The caged green candies are then matched and crushed with the green candies next to them automatically.
• The moving strategy is to focus on creating fish candy.

Episode 2: Lollipop Meadow

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Candy Crush Soda Level 6 : Find the bears!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A reduced 8x9 holed game broad with random pattern of 6 colors.
• 68 normal candies plus 4 holes, and 19 single ice cubes.
• 1 giant 3x6 bear 1 medium 2x4 bear, 1 small 1x2 bear. Locations of frosting bears are fixed.
• Task is to find and crush ice cubes so as to free all 3 frosting bears within 20 moves.
• The moving strategy is to focus on crushing ice cubes.

Candy Crush Soda Level 7: Find the bears!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 restricted game broad with random pattern of 6 colors.
• 76 normal candies plus 1 caged normal candy, 4 caged fish candy, and 49 single ice cubes.
• 5 small 1x2 bears. Locations of frosting bears are random.
• Task is to find and crush ice cubes so as to free all 5 frosting bears within 20 moves.
• Since the 5 frosting bears are randomly located on the game board, they must be identified first by seeing through single ice cubes carefully.
• The moving strategy is to focus on crushing ice cubes with frosting bear below.
• Don't focus on crushing the caged fish candy, matching candies to create fish candy and other special candies can also be a good move.

Candy Crush Soda Level 8: Find the bears!

Tips: last updated 03Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 blocked game broad with random pattern of 4 colors.
• 15 normal candies plus 3 stripped candies, 2 wrapped candies, 2 fish candies, 59 cupcakes with liners, and 81 double ice cube.
• 1 giant 3x6 bear, 4 medium 2x4 bears, 15 small 1x2 bears. Locations of frosting bears are fixed.
• Task is to find and crush iced cubes so as to free all 20 frosting bears within 25 moves.
• The key moves are to crush cupcakes around the normal candies together with crushing the two wrapped candies or the three stripped so as to increase the number of normal candies for matching.
• In order to crush a large number of blockers in a move, creating color bomb or coloring candy is the first choice, while creating stripped candy or wrapped candy is only the second choice.
• Don't focus on finding the frosting bears, focus on crushing cupcake blockers since all 20 frosting bear already cover 80 squares.

Candy Crush Soda Level 9 : Get the bear above the candy string!

Tips: last updated 06Jul2016

• Three individual game boards

• The first game board

  • A reduced 5x4 plain soda game broad with preset pattern of 6 colors.
  • 19 sodaed normal candies.
  • 1 sodaed bubble bear. Locations of bubble bear is fixed.
  • 1 candy string with 1 buffer square
  • Task is to make the bubble bear across the candy string within 20 moves in 3 game.

• The second game board

  • A reduced 3x6 plain soda game broad with preset pattern of 6 colors.
  • 17 sodaed normal candies.
  • 1 sodaed bubble bear. Locations of bubble bear is fixed.
  • 1 candy string with 1 buffer square
  • Task is to make the bubble bear across the candy string within 20 moves in 3 game.

• The third game board

  • A reduced 7x8plain soda game broad with preset pattern of 6 colors.
  • 55 sodaed normal candies.
  • 1 sodaed bubble bear. Locations of bubble bear is fixed.
  • 1 candy string with 3 buffer square
  • Task is to make the bubble bear across the candy string within 20 moves in 3 game.

Candy Crush Soda Level 10: Get the bear above the candy string!

Tips: last updated 25Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 holed, blocked, and restriced soda game broad with random pattern of 6 colors.
• 65 sodaed normal candies plus 1 sodaed fish candy, 11 holes, 1 sodaed empty cell, 2 sodaed, caged stripped candies, 2 sodaed, caged fish candies, and 2 sodaed liners for practicing matching skills.
• 1 sodaed ,caged bubble bear. The location of bubble bear is fixed.
• 1 candy string with 1 buffer square.
• Task is to crush the cage of bubble bear and the 2 liners such that the bubble bear can move across the candy string within 15 moves.
• The moving strategy is to focus on creating fish candy instead of focusing on crushing the caged candies, especially the stripped candies.
• Matching candies from bottom to top because candies always move up,

Candy Crush Soda Level 11: Get the bear above the candy string!

Tips: last updated 25Jul2016

• A extended 9x24 holed, and blocked soda game broad with random pattern of 6 colors.
•  125 sodaed normal candies plus  34 holes, 1  sodaed wrapped candy,  1 sodaed stripped candy,  2 sodaed color bomb, 2 sodaed fish candies, 10 sodaed cupcake with liners and  39 sodaed liners for practicing matching skills.
• 2 sodaed bubble bear. The locations of bubble bears is fixed.
• 1 candy string with 1 to 3 buffer square.
• Task is to crush all blockers and make bubble bears across the candy string within 20 moves in 2 stages.
• The moving strategy is to focus on crushing blocker and candies along the moving path of bubble bear.
• Matching candies from bottom to top because candies always move up,
• The key move for the second bubble bear is to swap the wrapped candy with the stripped candy so as to crush all shown candies and liners along the moving path of bubble bear.

Candy Crush Soda Level 12: Find the bears!

Tips: last updated 05Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 restricted game broad with random pattern of 6 colors.
• 78 normal candies plus 2 caged stripped candies, 1 caged wrapped candies and 81 double ice cubes.
• 3 small 1x2 bears. Locations of frosting bears are random.
• Task is to find and crush iced cubes so as to free all 3 frosting bears within 25 moves.
• Since the 3 frosting bears are randomly located on the game board, the moving strategy is to focus on crushing double ice cubes such that they can be identified by seeing through single ice cubes carefully.
• Don't focus on crushing the caged stripped candies and caged wrapped candy.
• Matching candies to create color bomb, stripped candy, and wrapped candy are the first choice. While creating fish candy is only the second choice because a jumping fish usually destroy an ice cube one time without frosting bear below in this level.

Candy Crush Soda Level 13: Find the bears!

Tips: last updated 05Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 blocked game broad with random pattern of 5 colors
• 22 normal candies plus 2 stripped candies, 1 wrapped candy, 1 color bomb, 21 liner, 34 cupcakes with liners and 81 single ice cubes.
• 2 giant 3x6 bears. Locations of frosting bears are fixed.
• Task is to find and crush iced cubes so as to free all 2 frosting bears within 30 moves.
• Since the locations of frosting bears are known, the moving strategy is to focus on crushing cupcakes with liners and ice cubes with frosting bear below.

Candy Crush Soda Level 14: Get the bear above the candy string!

Tips: last updated 05Jul2016

• A standard 9x9 holed and blocked game broad with random pattern of 4 colors
• 21 normal candies plus 4 holes, 1 wrapped candy, 2 fish candies, 2 sode bottle and 47 cupcakes with liners.
• 3 bubble bears. Locations of bubble bears are fixed.
• 1 candy string with 1 or 2 buffer squares
• Task is to crush 2 soda bottles to increase the horizontal level of soda crossing the candy string and then make all 3 bubble bears across the candy string within 25 moves.
• Since all buble bears are free to move in soda, the moving strategy is to focus on crushing cupcakes with liners instead of poping bottles.

Candy Crush Soda Level 15: Get the bear above the candy string!

Tips: last updated 05Jul2016

• An extended 9x18 blocked game broad with random pattern of 5 colors
• 106 normal candies plus 8 sode bottles, 12 caged normal candies, 1 caged fish candies, 2 caged stripped candies, 9 caged sode bottle and 23 cupcakes with liners.
• 1 bubble bears. Location of bubble bear is fixed.
• 1 candy string with 3 buffer squares
• Task is to crush 15 soda bottles to increase the horizontal level of soda crossing the candy string and then make the bubble bear across the candy string within 35 moves.
• Since there are only 35 moves, don't focus on crushing cupcakes with liners.
• There are 17 soda bottles on the game board, don't waste moves to crush all the soda bottle.
• Matching candies to create fish candy and crush caged soda bottles along the path are the first choice because a jumping fish usually destroy a caged soda bottle and a soda bottle one time first. While creating color bomb, stripped candy, and wrapped candy are only the second choice.
• The moving strategy is to focus on crushing soda bottle and raising the bubble bear level because the game board will not move down until the bubble bear have ??2 or more buffer squares below??.