What’s happened to Candy Crush?

@Brashbeauty You state you have been left with "one square left more times than you can count". Yes, that is the new Candy Crush. You have to collect lollipop hammers from events (they can be collected for free in Season Pass, daily spin and some other events that can be played using old levels), and keep them to use on these levels. That is now engrained into the level design and the way the game is meant to be played. It has changed from how the game was years ago. We need to change our strategy along with the way the game has changed, or quit playing. Those are the two choices we have.

Geez, some of you have been playing for years?!? I started Feb 2023 & got to 9500ish ... then Treasure Hunt disappeared (after spending $0.99) & with no gold bars I was toast, I quit last April.

Bored & missing CC, I started over late April ... 3 months ago & I'm now almost at 4000 with 500 gold bars, haven't lost an episode race since I started. Hoarding your gold bars is key.

Totally agree with your point of view ! It's totally ridiculous what candy crush is doing right now. I have been stuck as well for many weeks now so ..... candy give us back our old game of playing !