Cinderella: Free Fall
Description
Cinderella: Free Fall is a matching puzzle game released as a tie-in to the 2015 American romantic fantasy film Cinderella. The overall structure and many game elements are very similar to the earlier Frozen: Free Fall by a different developer, but the basic gameplay itself is entirely different. The game is played on a board filled with jewels of different colours. To score and remove the jewels, a match needs to be created by drawing a line that connects at least three jewels next to each other. Connections can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal and the entire match does not need to be a straight line. After creating a match the jewels disappear, points are scored and the board is filled up again from the top with new jewels.
Large matches provide power-ups. By connecting at least six jewels a Wish Magic jewel appears. When it is included in a connection it breaks an entire line of jewels. The direction of Wish Magic can be controlled in eight possible directions. Upgraded Wish Magic appears by creating a connection of at least ten jewels. It breaks two lines at once. A Magic Butterfly appears with a connection of at least fifteen jewels. It can be matched with any jewel to remove all jewels of that colour from the board. If a connection is made that surrounds a group of jewels entirely, all jewels inside will be removed as well.
The other game elements are similar to Frozen: Free Fall. There is a level path with ten chapters in total where a new level is unlocked by beating the previous one. Up to three courage pins can be earned based on the performance in a level and with a certain amount Fairy Dust can be earned as a currency to buy power-ups. Power-ups provide additional moves, a Magic Butterfly, a Fairy Wand to remove a single jewel etc. The game is free-to-play and has in-app purchases for additional Fairy Dust, power-ups and more lives tied to an energy/stamina system. A life is lost when a level is not completed. The game has different companions that can be chosen before starting a level. There is also a spinning wheel where bonuses can be earned.
Levels have different objectives. Some are timed based and others offer a limited amount of moves. There are also levels where all dust needs to be removed by creating connections in specific locations, where a certain amount of specific types of jewels need to be matched, and levels where cinder needs to be removed by creating matches next to them.