‘Sugar Match’ Puts a Crypto Twist on ‘Candy Crush’ via Tezos Etherlink Network

Sweet Crush Saga’s shiny, streamlined tackle match-3 puzzling has racked up greater than 1 billion cellular downloads—and now the method is getting a contemporary crypto spin with the launch of Sugar Match, a recreation constructed on the Tezos layer-2 community, Etherlink. 

The iOS and Android recreation, constructed by Sugar Gaming Studios, goals to distinguish itself from different match-3 video games—puzzle video games that process customers with shifting objects to attach and clear three or extra like objects—with its aggressive player-versus-player (PvP) mode and skill-based crypto earnings, leveling up the expertise.

“Match-3 video games are one of the confirmed and profitable genres in cellular gaming,” a spokesperson for Sugar Match advised Decrypt, including that the style’s accessibility is “essential” to its capability to onboard thousands and thousands of gamers from Web2 to Web3.

“Crypto provides an additional layer of worth and pleasure,” they added. “In Web2, gamers spend billions on in-app purchases however hardly ever obtain any lasting worth again. That’s the place play-to-earn aligns completely: It offers informal gamers a brand new dimension of engagement whereas conserving the identical enjoyable, addictive gameplay loop they already love.”

Sugar Match pairs that gameplay loop with play-to-earn mechanics, highlighted by its PvP mode that pits three gamers towards one another in a real-time puzzle race throughout 5 timed rounds. Every participant pays an entry price to affix, and the winner walks away with all the CNDY tokens. 

Gamers can even be capable to earn the token through seasonal tournaments, leaderboard competitions, and loyalty applications.

“This construction solves the sustainability drawback most Web3 video games face,” mentioned the spokesperson. “Rewards aren’t coming from a treasury or inflationary token printing—they arrive from honest aggressive gameplay. It’s enjoyable, it’s social, and it’s clear.”

The gaming studio beforehand raised $1 million to construct Sugar Match on Etherlink, a Tezos layer-2 community that has Ethereum Digital Machine (EVM) compatibility. The sport’s spokesperson defined why the studio opted to construct on the Tezos layer-2 over different competing blockchain networks.

“This was a really acutely aware resolution,” they mentioned. Additionally they highlighted the velocity, scalability, and low-cost nature of the chain, as nicely, however mentioned finally the choice was about greater than technical attributes.

“However greater than tech, it’s about partnership,” the spokesperson added. “The groups within the Etherlink and Tezos neighborhood have been extremely supportive by way of ecosystem collaboration, advertising and marketing, and technical integration. We didn’t need to be simply one other recreation misplaced within the noise of an enormous chain—we wished to be a flagship venture in an ecosystem that values sustainable progress.”

Following this week’s launch within the Google Play Retailer and Apple App Retailer, they mentioned that “the main focus now could be on scaling and delivering new options that preserve the neighborhood engaged.” Over the long term, the workforce goals to construct an interconnected ecosystem of 5 totally different Web3 video games, and hopes to draw one million gamers to Sugar Match throughout the first six to 12 months.