Candylicious
From caramels to sherbets, lollipops to fruit pops, who doesn’t love to indulge their sweet tooth with candy treats every now and then? Now, imagine if you could do that without gaining a single calorie or cavity? The great news is that you can!
Okay it may be a case of virtual sweeties, but let's be fair, Candylicious, a masterpiece amongst the free pokies designed by Gameplay Interactive, provides all the sugar rush anyone could want packed into a feel good, upbeat game for all to enjoy.
The visuals and symbols
While Candylicious may be a 3 x 3 reel pokie it looks nothing like those you are used to, as the symbols in this game are positioned against a backdrop of a huge, wobbly and incredibly succulent-looking crème caramel. Look out for a variety of chewy, hard, or chocolate-based candy symbols, including orange gummy bears, jelly cups, green stripy mints, gobstoppers, blue flying saucers, jelly beans and a chocolate sprinkle ball (which is also the scatter).
It’s like every big kid’s dream in a video pokie! This may be a fairly simple game compared to many out there, but of course not every moment in life must be spent engaging with the complicated. Plus, Candylicious contains enough quirky elements in each play, to more than justify the lack of quite commonplace extras. As an example, watch what happens to the pudding backdrop when you press spin!
Fun and easy to play
The catchy xylophone background music, the ‘boing’ that replaces the traditional sound of a reel rolling, and the fanfare of fuss that each win heralds, combine to make this offbeat game incredibly engaging. It’s pretty much perfect for those new to pokies, as well as seasoned online players.
In keeping with the theme, the control buttons for bets, auto-spin and similar appear on 3D neon blocks, with information on totals bet and won cleverly displayed on candy wrappers. In much smaller typeface underneath are links to help and information on the game’s layout.
Payouts and rewards
Candylicious is a basic game, so there are no extras like free games or spins, no jackpots, wilds, multipliers or huge progressive rollovers. In fact, the only bonus of any sort comes via the scatter symbol, (the chocolate ball covered in sprinkles), which promises a mega 10,000x credit if you manage to land 9 of them at the same time.
There are also payouts for anyone who spins between 3-8 scatters in one turn. Matching 3 of any of the remaining icons triggers a reward, with the highest payer being the orange gummy bears at 1000x, followed by blue flying saucers at 600x, with the red-orange jelly heart at 300x. The remaining symbols reward 3 matches with a multiplier somewhere between 15 - 80x.
Candylicious is a great pokie to keep in mind for those days when you simply want to turn off and relax for a while, play a simple game with an upbeat feel and have a little time for yourself.
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