---
title: "Bejeweled / Candy Crush Tutorial"
subtitle: "How to Create a Candy Crush or Bejeweled Game"
date: 2015-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
category: tutorial
url: https://phaser.io/news/2015/10/bejeweled-candy-crush-tutorial
site: Phaser - https://phaser.io
copyright: © 2026 Phaser Studio Inc. All rights reserved.
---

# Bejeweled / Candy Crush Tutorial

*How to Create a Candy Crush or Bejeweled Game*

![image](bejeweled-candy-crush-tutorial.gif)

"In this tutorial we will be creating a basic Bejeweled / Candy Crush style game which will consist of:

* A grid of any size
* Different tile types
* The ability to swap two tiles
* If there are three or more tiles of the same type in a row they will be removed
* The tiles should fall down after other tiles are removed
* New tiles should be added from the top to fill the gaps

Although quite a few parts are different in this tutorial when compared to Bombevo, it is still heavily based on it (especially the match finding algorithm and tile resetting) so a big thanks to the creator harsanalif. The end result of our version of the game will look like this ..."

[Read More](http://www.joshmorony.com/how-to-create-a-candy-crush-or-bejeweled-game-in-phaser/)

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