Level 617

Level 617 is the twelfth level of Cereal Sea and the 270th jelly level. To pass this level, you must clear 49 single and 17 double jelly squares and score at least 100,000 points in 50 moves or fewer. When you complete the level, Sugar Crush is activated.

Difficulty

 * There are a lot of hard-to-reach jellies, especially in the corners.
 * Regular icing blocks the upper part of the board
 * With 6 colours present and an awkwardly-shaped board, making special candies can be very hard.

Strategy

 * If possible, break the icing at the top row first. It is almost impossible to complete the level if you consume some of the candies on the right but leave the icing intact, as there would be insufficient candies in that half to create special candies, since no more could fall in from the top.
 * Make a wrapped + striped candy combination to clear more jellies. Color bomb + striped candy can also be useful.

Earning More Stars

 *  Difficulty: Very Hard
 *  Difficulty: Very Hard

Reason

 * The presence of six colours makes it hard to create special candies.
 * The jellies are worth 83,000 points ((49 single jellies × 1,000 points per single jelly) + (17 double jellies x 2 single jellies per double jelly x 1,000 points per single jelly) = 83,000 points). Hence, additional 117,000 points for two stars and additional 217,000 points for three stars have to be earned through matching of candies.
 * There are insufficient jellies to sustain huge point cascades.
 * The blockers are hard to clear especially the ones at the lower half, reducing the number of moves available for sugar crush.
 * Although colour bombs are more powerful when they hit jellied squares directly, all the blockers on the board are colour bomb proof as regular icings are not affected by colour bombs.
 * Even after the blockers are cleared, it is still hard to create special candies and most of the available jellies would have been cleared by then.

Trivia

 * This level resembles Level 475 with identical two target and three star target scores but with fewer jellies, six colours, and no chocolate spawner. The Icing, however, was not present.