Candy crush saga has launched a new feature that is designed to keep people on the app for longer
Stressed out users of the game Candy crush should be able to look forward to a 30-second slot of respite with the launch of a new feature.
The latest update for Candy crush Saga allows users to set a self-imposed time limit to try and stop them playing for longer than they should.
Over the past month, Candy crush players have voiced concerns they are committing hours of time to the game only to become irritated by it.
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Now with this new feature, they can set a deadline for when they want to be done for the day, and so the theory is the game might be left alone and still available for them to play.
A feature that allows players to set a self-imposed limit on the amount of time they spend playing the game was added to the game on Friday. This means that a user could set a daily limit of 30 seconds
'After playing for so many years, I get really frustrated by Candy Crush so I thought I'd make some changes to curb that frustration,' Jan Hurskamp, vice president of design at King, told the New York Times.
According to King, there were around 400,000 complaints about the game over the past year and as such the team decided to redesign the game to make it less addictive.
But some are still very concerned about the game, and have even begun petitioning for it to be banned in the UK.
‘We shouldn’t be paying people to sit and do nothing,’ one person wrote on the petition.
There have been almost 400,000 complaints about the game over the past year and as such the team decided to redesign the game to make it less addictive. However, some are still very concerned about the game and have even begun petitioning for it to be banned in the UK
‘It is plain that the incentive is there to prolong play, at which point you just end up obsessively checking your device again and again.’
Another added: ‘You get to the point where you spend all of your time playing the game, coming online to do quick rounds when you can.’
While a third one said: ‘Is anyone even this mad about Candy Crush?! I’m going to give this my full support – we need to save our youth! We need to make our children into productive human beings again.’
Candy Crush has been downloaded more than 300 million times since it was launched on Facebook and Android in 2012.
However, it has been criticised for being too addictive and having the potential to be harmful to young people's mental health.
It is free to download on iOS and Android apps, and players usually pay £4.99 a month for an upgrade to the full game.
The last update to the game, Candy crush Friends Saga, which was launched in April, was initially released exclusively to iOS and the game was also made free to download on Android.
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Candy Crush fans have been given a new excuse to play the addictive puzzle game.
Candy Crush got a new update (Picture: King)
King has just launched the biggest update since the launch of Candy Crush Saga and have released the new Candy Crush Friends Saga in both Android and iOS.
Candy Crush Friends Saga is a brand new story which involves Prince Candy, who joins the game with the help of Candy Princess and Candy Joker and their mission to save the Candy Kingdom.
Candy crush isn't as popular as it was a few years ago (Picture: King)
When you first fire the game up you'll notice it's similar to the original Candy Crush game, however there's a slight difference.
You have three lives to play each level before you progress to the next one.
Every day you get to play a new level of the Candy Crush Friends Saga (Picture: King)
You will also have the ability to control your favourite characters in the game and a lot more is being added to the game.
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While the original Candy Crush was downloaded over 200 million times, Candy Crush Friends Saga has been downloaded more than 8 million times.
Candy Crush is said to be the UK's most downloaded and played game.
While fans have been waiting for the update, people have been playing other puzzle games like Final Fantasy Brave Exvius and Alto's Adventure.
Do you remember the series? It's not as popular as it used to be (Picture: Sony)
Candy Crush Friends Saga is now available for free on both Android and iOS.
If you're still pining for the classic Candy Crush Saga, you can download it here.
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Candy Crush saga game maker King Digital Entertainment plc KING, +0.88% is one of the largest mobile game publishers in the world. King, which is backed by private equity firms, licenses its games and characters to other companies that then create and distribute the games themselves.
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