Candy Defense

Candy Defense is a cute vertical tower defense with a roguelike twist that you play with one thumb. Sweet-hungry gummy bears, ant trains, splitting jelly slimes and armoured cookie golems march down a candy-tiled path toward Mocha's dessert counter. Her cream cannon fires by itself at whatever comes closest; tap anywhere on the path to focus fire on that lane for a few seconds. Every popped monster gives candy, and every level up offers three skills to pick one: faster or stronger cream, a fan of shots, piercing and bouncing shots, lucky critical sprinkles, four turret seats for a chocolate cannon, a marshmallow carpet, popping-candy lightning, a candy-cane laser and cream frost, a sturdier counter, and combos such as frost and lightning that shatter frozen monsters. Ten waves make a stage, with the Gummy King at wave 5 and the candy-thief raccoon at wave 10. Climb the stage ladder, play the daily stage everyone shares, or challenge a friend to the same run.

1. Mocha's cream cannon and the turrets on the counter fire by themselves at the monsters marching down.
2. Popped monsters give candy: fill the bar to level up and pick one of three skills (keys 1–3). Click a monster to focus fire on it; ← → move the focus, ↑ locks on the boss. P or Esc pauses.
3. Hold the counter through ten waves: the Gummy King comes at wave 5, the candy-thief raccoon at wave 10.

Tips

• Tap the boss as soon as it walks in: the cannon locks on and every shot goes to it, while the turrets keep the small fry off the counter.
• Get a turret early and grow it. Two turrets that make a combo (frost and lightning, chocolate and marshmallow) are worth more than four loose ones.
• Watch the counter's bar: once monsters start nibbling, Thick Frosting or a Fresh Batch buys the time your build needs.

Questions

Is Candy Defense free, and does it work on a phone?

Yes. It is free with no ads, no download and no sign-up, in any browser on a phone or a computer and inside Telegram through @MatsuriGamesBot. It is made for one thumb: everything fires by itself, and a tap focuses fire.

How do I play Candy Defense?

Monsters march down the path toward Mocha's dessert counter while her cream cannon and the turrets fire on their own. Popped monsters give candy, and each level up lets you pick one of three skills. Tap a monster to focus fire on it for five seconds. Keep the counter standing through ten waves to clear the stage.

What are the stages and the level ladder?

A stage is ten waves, with the Gummy King at wave 5 and the candy-thief raccoon at wave 10. Clearing stage n opens stage n + 1, where the monsters are tougher and come in bigger numbers, and every tenth stage cleared for the first time pays 100 candy. The daily stage is the same for everyone.

How is the score counted?

Every monster popped scores points (a gummy bear 10, a cookie golem 40, the Gummy King 600, the raccoon 1500) and every wave cleared 100; clearing the stage adds 1500, up to 1000 more for the counter's health left and 10 for every second under four minutes. The server replays every run from your taps to check the score.