The year 2013 definitely gave us a lot to talk about but one thing that’s got everyone too preoccupied to even look up from their phones was a little game called Candy Crush.

The Candy Crush Saga began on Facebook in 2012, but began to grow and grow in popularity over the year. The game even surpassed Farmville, another addictive Facebook game. With 46 million monthly users, developers “King” released the game on Nov. 14, 2012 as an app on smartphones. To this day, Candy Crush has become the highest grossing app in all app stores.

The game is simplistic yet captivating which draws gamers in with every swipe of their fingers. Each level has a unique board of a variation of different types of candy and has a different goal to reach every time.

The rules are easy, get as many candies in a row and gain points. The catch is, that they only give you five “lives” to use in order to move on to higher levels. If a player fails at the level, a life is deducted. The lives are restored after a certain amount of time.

“My favorite part is getting the donuts, because it gets you a lot of points,” junior Alexis Drabkin said.

Candy Crush also offers special boosters and charms for each levels. Most of these special candies cost real money but when you first download the game, for ex- ample, you get one free Lollipop Hammer. The Lollipop Hammer will eliminate any candy that you want off the board.

The Color bomb, another booster, can be obtained when you match five or more of the same colored candies in a row. The Coconut Wheel or the donuts, are also a powerful booster. The wheel combined with candy either gives you special striped candies or can also create powerful power ups.

“I love playing Candy Crush because once you start playing, you can’t stop,” sophomore Samuel Noorigian said.