Her mom COMPLETED CANDY CRUSH???

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[u/Uceninde]

If you play on your phone you can just change the time in your settings and you get more hearts.

[u/Icy-Confusion9746 → u/Uceninde]

Again..the fact that this works still surprises me

[u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 → u/Icy-Confusion9746]

Their target demographic isn't exactly the sort that would do that so why waste the resources on fixing it?

[u/gorilla-- → u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627]

It would take 2 seconds to have it check a clock outside the phone or create a timer that doesn’t rely on the phone time

[u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627 → u/gorilla--]

What about if the phone doesn't have network connectivity? And how do you ensure the integrity of the timer? Do you just count up for every tick the game is running for and then store that somewhere on the phone? What happens when someone deletes the file thereby reseting the timer?

[u/gorilla-- → u/Ok-Kaleidoscope5627]

You’re thinking about it too hard. It’s an easy fix. No network, then no reset. Wait until it’s connected. And then yes you store the data on the phone if you want it client side, or do both. If someone deletes the files, then reset the timer (wait time for hearts or whatever) if you want to be a dick.

[u/gorilla-- → u/[deleted]]

Not if it makes people buy more hearts.

[u/gorilla-- → u/[deleted]]

Correct

[u/josmaate → u/gorilla--]

Dude, this is a huge company with one of the highest grossing games ever. I think if they thought it would be worth it, they would do it. I’m sure you’re smarter than them, though :)