Candy Crush coded not to finish game.

JerryRE

Have you all noticed how when you play a game, even when candies are matched the game ends without finishing? Here's an example. See the candies matched on bottom, the game should have gone further.

jrpagern

this game is too hard to play without spending money to play, think I will find another game, not going to spend that much to play a game

christinewupp

https://community.king.com/en/candy-crush-saga/discussion/482249/candy-crush-coded-not-to-finish-game

Yes, @JerryRE This is a known phenomenon. The last few moves of the game are pre written into the game. There are three possible sequences:

1. We fail and need to buy extra moves

2. We get the chance to pass if we play the required booster such as a single lollipop or single UFO

3. We are given the chance to pass, either by choosing our last moves carefully or by being nudged to pass with lots of lucky combos appearing

In all of those three scenarios once the game has determined how it will end, which may be with our last move, or with a few moves spare if we are lucky, the final cascade changes and is cut short. In your screenshot the game has determined that you failed and there is no need to continue to drop more candies and finish the cascades. But this also happens when we pass a level: The game makes sure there are no long cascades to give us points for events by dropping candies the wrong colour and finishing the game quickly and it no longer plays out the cascade following the last move.