Candy Box!

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Candy Box!
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Candy Box! is an incremental online text-based role-playing game that runs in web browser. It was developed by a 19-year-old French student using the pseudonym "aniwey" and released in April 2013. Candy Box! uses ASCII art for the visuals.

A sequel, Candy Box 2, was released on October 24, 2013.

Gameplay

Candy Box! starts with only a save button and a candy counter.

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.[1] For example, candy can be eaten or used to purchase items.[2] 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.

Development

Candy Box! was developed over a period of two months by independent developer "aniwey",[1] a 19-year-old student from Caen, France. It was released in April 2013.

Reception

Kotaku noted that "Candy Box!'s curious combination of ASCII 'graphics', role-playing elements and resource management has caught on with hundreds of thousands."[3] According to Mashable, the "charming ASCII art style belies a very deep game that can quickly get addictive".[4] PC Gamer editor Shaun Prescott found the game particularly addictive, describing it as "Cow Clicker as RPG."[2] Justin Davis of IGN stated that, together with A Dark Room and Cookie Clicker, Candy Box! has become one of the most well-known incremental games.[5] Rock, Paper, Shotgun named Candy Box! number 21 of The 50 Best Free Games on PC in 2016.[6] During the 17th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards, the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences nominated Candy Box! for "Casual Game of the Year".[7]

Legacy

A sequel, titled Candy Box 2, was released on October 24, 2013.[8] The source code of Candy Box 2, written in TypeScript, was released under the GPLv3.[9] It received broad public reception[10][11][12][13] and was recommended in a PC World review in October 2013 with the words "Play this right now".[14] Julien "Orteil" Thiennot, developer of Cookie Clicker, one of the most popular idle games of all time, has cited Candy Box as one of his main inspirations.[citation needed]

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  1. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Bishop, Rollin (3 May 2013). "Candy Box Browser Game Features Lots of Delicious Candies". Geekosystem. Archived from the original on 19 December 2013. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prescott, Shaun (2013-05-02). "Candies is an ASCII browser game about questing and candy". PC Gamer.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Good, Owen (2013-05-03). "Candy Box: A Game That's Simple, Sweet, and Strangely Compelling". Kotaku. Archived from the original on 2013-05-08. Retrieved 2013-05-07.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Stark, Chelsea (2013-05-03). "Questing Meets Candy in This Odd ASCII Browser Game". Mashable.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Davis, Justin (2013-10-10). "Inside Cookie Clicker and The Idle Game Movement". IGN. Archived from the original on 2016-02-15. Retrieved 2016-02-09.
  6. ^ the-50-best-free-games-on-pc on Rock, Paper, Shotgun (2016)
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."2014 Awards Category Details Casual Game of the Year". interactive.org. Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matulef, Jeffrey (2013-10-25). "Surreal ASCII-based RPG sequel Candy Box 2 is out now". Eurogamer.
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  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mcgowan, Colin (2013-11-04). "Candy Box 2 and the beauty of the smart stupid game". Killscreen. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Matulef, Jeffrey (2013-10-25). "Surreal ASCII-based RPG sequel Candy Box 2 is out now". Eurogamer.net. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Farokhmanesh, Megan (2013-10-23). "Browser-based clicker Candy Box 2 launches tomorrow". Polygon. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Smith, Graham (2013-10-24). "Ye New Sweet Shoppe: Candy Box 2 Is Out Now". Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Retrieved 2025-10-27.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Ralph, Nate (2013-10-24). "Play This Right Now: Candy Box 2". PCWorld. Archived from the original on 2016-09-29.

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