Level goals
Reading the goal panel before you touch the board
Four goal families exist, they want opposite things, and the panel above the board tells you which one you are in.
Last checked · 8 min readCascade puzzle notes · Auckland
Candy and fruit cascade boards, read before they are played
Isokromexid is a small independent site about the sweet-coloured cascade puzzles almost everyone has on their phone. Most of what decides a level happens before the first move: what the goal panel is really asking, how the board was laid out, and whether the level can be won at all from where you are standing.
How this site works
Three rules. They shape what is here and explain the questions that get a flat no.
Played first, written second
Every board described here was played long enough for the pattern to repeat. Where behaviour differed between updates, the guide says so rather than presenting one version as the rule.
Store links go to the developer
Download links point at the official New Zealand Google Play and App Store listings. Nothing is hosted here, and no modified build is linked from any page.
No in-game items, at all
Isokromexid cannot grant lives, gold bars, coins or boosters and does not sell them. The one thing sold here is a PDF written by the publisher; every guide stays free.
Start here
Reading the goal panel before you touch the board
Every level in this genre belongs to one of four goal families, and each family rewards a habit that would lose you the level in another. The panel above the board announces which one before you make a move, and reading it is the cheapest three seconds available in these games.
All guides
Four guides. Filter by whichever part of the level is currently going wrong.
Board layout
How a level is laid out before you touch it
The board you are given at the start was designed by hand. Everything after it is drawn at random, and the two need different treatment.
Last checked · 7 min read
Planning
Hard, or actually impossible: telling the two apart
A level that is behind at the halfway point rarely turns around. Knowing that early turns a four-minute loss into a ten-second one.
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Practical
Playing offline, and what these games cost in data
Most of these games play fine offline. The parts that do not are the parts that cost you data, and they are separable.
Last checked · 7 min readGames these guides refer to
Free to install in New Zealand, each with optional in-app purchases. Every link opens the developer's official listing.
| Game | Studio | What the board asks for | Board style | Official listing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Candy Crush Soda Saga |
King | Goals that alter the board itself, such as raising a liquid level | Square grid, swap two neighbours | Google Play App Store |
 Farm Heroes Saga |
King | Gather a stated number of crops inside a move limit | Square grid, collect goals | Google Play App Store |
 Candy Crush Jelly Saga |
King | Spread jelly across squares, sometimes against a timed opponent | Square grid, area-coverage goals | Google Play App Store |
 Fruit Ninja 2 |
Halfbrick | Slice what is thrown, leave the hazards alone | No grid, timing arcade | Google Play App Store |
Ratings, download counts and prices are not copied onto this page: they change weekly and a stale number reads as a current one. The listing shows today's figures for New Zealand.
From the same desk · NZ$15
The Cascade Board Handbook
Every mechanic on this site in one PDF, with the worked levels and printable checklists a web page has no room for. Requested by form, paid by bank transfer away from the site, delivered by email. The guides here stay free whether you buy it or not.
Common questions
Is Isokromexid an official site for any of these games?
No. It is an independent guide site written by one person in Auckland. There is no relationship with King, Halfbrick, Apple or Google, and nothing here can change anything inside a game account.
Do you hand out lives, gold bars or boosters?
No. Those are issued by the game and nowhere else. A site offering them in exchange for an account login is trying to take the account rather than help you.
Why is there no ratings column in the table?
Because ratings move week to week. A figure typed here in August would be wrong by September, and a wrong number that looks authoritative is worse than no number at all.
Do the guides apply to both iPhone and Android?
The board rules behave the same on both. Menu layout, event timing and the purchase flow differ, and the guides point that out where it changes what you should do.
Are these games free in New Zealand?
All four are free to install and all four sell optional extras inside. Some also show advertising. The store listing states both before you install anything.
What is the handbook, and does it change the free guides?
It is a PDF written by the publisher, sold for NZ$15 and delivered by email after a bank transfer. It is the only thing sold here, and every guide on the site stays free and complete either way.