My Little Pony: Puzzle Party

My Little Pony: Puzzle Party is a Hasbro-licensed mobile app game by Backflip Studios. It is a free-to-play match-three puzzle game featuring gameplay similar to Candy Crush Saga. The game was released for iOS and Android devices on October 13, 2016.

The current version of the game has 143 levels in total.

Development
A behind-the-scenes video of Andrea Libman recording voiceover for the game was published on the My Little Pony Facebook page on October 10, 2016.

Gameplay
Puzzle Party is a level-based puzzle game in which each level is a board of colored cubes. Gameplay consists mainly of tapping sets of two or more adjacent cubes of the same color to remove them from the board. Each level has a "goal" that must be met in order for the level to be cleared, which usually involves removing a specified number of colored cubes but sometimes involves clearing away level-specific obstacles or bringing objects from the top of the screen to the bottom.

The player has a set number of moves to make (or a time limit) to meet the goal requirements and clear the level, and they can hold up to a standard maximum of five lives. If the player runs out of moves (or time), they can attain additional moves with bits (in-game currency). Otherwise, they fail the level and lose a life. Additional lives are gained automatically over time (every thirty minutes in real time) and can be bought through in-app purchases.

Based on the player post-level score, they are rated on a one- to three-star scoring system. Higher scores nets the player additional bits.

Power-ups
The game features three standard power-ups to assist the player with clearing levels:
 * Lightning Jar: Acquired by clearing away five or six adjacent cubes of the same color. When activated, it removes all cubes in a vertical or horizontal line.
 * Exploding Cauldron: Acquired by clearing away seven or eight adjacent cubes of the same color. When activated, it removes all surrounding cubes in a 3x3 grid.
 * Parasprite Swarm: Acquired by clearing away nine or more adjacent cubes of the same color. When activated, it removes all cubes of the same color on the screen.

Power-ups can also be combined if they are adjacent to each other when activated:
 * Lightning Jar + Lightning Jar: Removes all cubes both vertically and horizontally.
 * Lightning Jar + Exploding Cauldron: Removes all cubes both vertically and horizontally in rows and columns three cubes wide.
 * Lightning Jar + Parasprite Swarm: Converts all cubes of the same color on the screen into a Lightning Jar.
 * Exploding Cauldron + Exploding Cauldron: Removes all surrounding cubes in a 9x9 grid.
 * Exploding Cauldron + Parasprite Swarm: Converts all cubes of the same color on the screen into an Exploding Cauldron.
 * Parasprite Swarm + Parasprite Swarm: Removes every single cube currently on the screen.

If the player has moves remaining when the level is cleared, one cube on the screen converts into a Lightning Jar for each move remaining, netting the player a substantial score bonus.

Additionally, there are six power-ups corresponding to each of the Mane Six that are unlocked at certain levels and are activated by clearing away cubes corresponding to each pony's color:
 * Apple Buck: Unlocked at Level 12, and charged by clearing away orange cubes. When activated, it removes any single cube or obstacle of the player's choice from the screen.
 * Sonic Rainboom: Unlocked at Level 22, and charged by clearing away blue cubes. When activated, it removes all cubes in a single vertical column.

In-app purchases
Though the game is free-to-play, it is primarily monetized through freemium content and in-app purchases. Purchases include additional lives with which to play levels (plus a permanent six-life cap raise), bits to retry levels after failing, power-ups to use at the beginning of levels, and other bonuses.

Sound and music
The game features new recorded dialogue for the Mane Six and Spike from Tara Strong, Ashleigh Ball, Andrea Libman, Tabitha St. Germain, and Cathy Weseluck, as well as re-recorded dialogue from series episodes. It also includes instrumental versions of music from the series that plays at key moments:


 * The Success Song (level select menu)
 * Apples to the Core (levels 1-11, 21)
 * Raise This Barn (levels 12-20)
 * Let the Rainbow Remind You (levels 22-30)
 * My Little Pony theme song (level cleared)
 * The Failure Song (level failed)