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Session Name: Candy Crush Postmortem: Luck in the Right Places
Speaker(s): Tommy Palm
Company Name(s): King.com
Track / Format: Free to Play Design & Business Summit

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Overview: This postmortem will walk the audience through the making of "Candy Crush Saga," one of the most successful casual games in the world. The talk will describe how King removed luck from the game making process, while sprinkling it in balanced proportions throughout the map and levels of the game. The talk will give an updated account of the games success.

GDC Europe 2013

Tommy Palm

King.com

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