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Candy Box!

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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. For example, candy can be eaten or used to purchase items.
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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.
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s curious combination of ASCII 'graphics', role-playing elements and resource management has caught on with hundreds of thousands." According to
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was developed over a period of two months by independent developer "aniwey", a 19-year-old student from
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Surreal ASCII-based RPG sequel Candy Box 2 is out now - Will occupy a tab in your browser for ages.
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editor Shaun Prescott found the game particularly addictive, describing it as "
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review in October 2013 with the words "Play this right now".
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It received broad public reception and was recommended in a
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has become one of the most well-known incremental games.
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by Megan Farokhmanesh on Polygon.com (Oct 23, 2013)
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Browser-based clicker Candy Box 2 launches tomorrow
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Developer(s)
Platform(s)
Browser
Genre(s)
Incremental
role-playing
Single-player
incremental
online text-based role-playing game
web browser
ASCII art

save button
Caen
Kotaku
Mashable
PC Gamer
Cow Clicker
RPG
IGN
A Dark Room
Cookie Clicker
Rock, Paper, Shotgun
17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences
Casual Game of the Year
source code
TypeScript
GPLv3
PC World

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