Level 18

Level 18 is the eighth level in Candy Factory and the ninth jelly level. To pass this level, the player must clear 20 double jelly squares and score at least 40,000 points in 16 moves or fewer. If the player clears all the jelly and has extra moves left in the level, Sugar Crush will activate and three jelly fish for every remaining move will swim onto the screen to eat candies at random and the player will score additional points.

Difficulty

 * It is possible to fail this level as there are 16 moves for you to clear 20 double jelly squares. Despite this, there are only 4 types of candies, making it easy to make special candies, helping you to advance this level.
 * Double jelly needs you to match on it TWICE, not once.
 * The holes in the middle of the board can prove troublesome.

Strategy

 * There are only 4 colours, making it easy to trigger multiple cascades. Make as many special candies from the top and to the bottom. A colour bomb + striped candy combination is recommended.

Getting Three Stars (For Daring Players)

 * Difficulty: Very easy

Reason

 * Four colours make it easy to create special candies.
 * The jellies are worth 40,000 points (20 double jellies x 2 single jellies per double jelly x 1,000 points per single jelly = 40,000 points). Hence, clearing the jellies alone leaves the player having to earn an additional 45,000 points.
 * The jellies are positioned in such a way that make it hard to sustain huge point cascades. With four colours though, cascades should easily occur.
 * 16 moves are limited to create a huge amount of points due to sugar crush and the limiting of the number of special candies created via regular matches. However, this point is less critical due to the ease of creating huge cascades with only four candy colours.

Possible Strategy

 * Work around the centre and bottom portions of the board to cause cascades at the top of the board.

Trivia

 * This is the first level that introduces the double jelly.
 * Clearing the jellies gives the player enough points to meet the target score.