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Candy Box
Type of site
Role-playing video game
Owneraniwey
Created byaniwey
URLcandies.aniwey.net
CommercialNo
RegistrationYes

Candy Box is a incremental browser video game series featuring ASCII art.

Development

Candy Box was developed over a period of two months by indie game developer "aniwey",[2] a 19-year-old student from Caen, France, and released in April 2013.

A sequel, titled Candy Box 2, was released on October 24, 2013.[3] The typescript source code of Candybox2 was released under the GPLv3.[4]

Gameplay

Candy Box starts with no more than a save button and a candy counter.

The game revolves around candies, which players begin to receive at a rate of one per second; however this number may increase with further gameplay. Gameplay appears very sparse initially, but options appear as the player performs actions.[2] For example, candy can be eaten or used to purchase items.[5] Players can eventually undertake quests and kill monsters in order to gain candy. By performing quests, the player obtains items which can be accessed in their inventory.

Reception

Kotaku noted that "Candy Box's curious combination of ASCII 'graphics', role-playing elements and resource management has caught on with hundreds of thousands."[6] According to Mashable, the "charming ASCII art style belies a very deep game that can quickly get addictive".[7] PC Gamer editor Shaun Prescott found the game particularly addictive, describing it as "Cow Clicker as RPG."[5] Justin Davis of IGN stated that, together with A Dark Room and Cookie Clicker, Candy Box has become one of the most well-known incremental games.[8]

The successor Candbox 2 received broad public reception[9][10][11][12] and was recommended in a PC World review in October 2013 with the words "Play this right now".[13]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Aniwey.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  2. ^ a b "Candy Box Browser Game Features Lots of Delicious Candies". Geekosystem. 3 May 2013.
  3. ^ Matulef, Jeffrey (2013-10-25). "Surreal ASCII-based RPG sequel Candy Box 2 is out now". Eurogamer. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ source code on candybox2.net
  5. ^ a b Prescott, Shaun (2013-05-02). "Candies is an ASCII browser game about questing and candy". PC Gamer. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  6. ^ Good, Owen (2013-05-03). "Candy Box: A Game That's Simple, Sweet, and Strangely Compelling". Kotaku.
  7. ^ Stark, Chelsea (2013-05-03). "Questing Meets Candy in This Odd ASCII Browser Game". Mashable.
  8. ^ Davis, Justin (2013-10-10). "Inside Cookie Clicker and The Idle Game Movement". IGN. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  9. ^ candy-box-2-and-beauty-smart-stupid-game
  10. ^ Surreal ASCII-based RPG sequel Candy Box 2 is out now - Will occupy a tab in your browser for ages. By Jeffrey Matulef (25/10/2013)
  11. ^ Browser-based clicker Candy Box 2 launches tomorrow By Megan Farokhmanesh (Oct 23, 2013)
  12. ^ Ye New Sweet Shoppe: Candy Box 2 Is Out Now by Graham Smith (October 24th, 2013)
  13. ^ Play This Right Now: Candy Box 2 by Nate Ralph on Pcworld.com (Oct 24, 2013)
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