The same rotating cube as the rest of the Dimensions series, with sweets on the tiles instead of the traditional bamboo and characters.
The theme is not only decoration. Traditional mahjong tiles are deliberately similar to one another, and a real part of the difficulty in a standard set is telling near identical faces apart at speed. Sweets are distinct shapes in distinct colours, which means less squinting and more of your eleven minutes spent on the part that matters: reading which tiles are actually free.
If you find the classic tile faces hard to scan quickly, this is the version of the cube to learn on.
How to play Mahjongg Dimensions Candy: 640 seconds
- Tiles are stacked into a rotating three dimensional block.
- Match two tiles showing the same sweet to remove them.
- Only tiles with nothing on top and an open side can be selected.
- Drag to rotate and reach the faces behind.
- Clear the cube inside 640 seconds.
Scanning by colour
Because the faces are colour coded rather than pattern coded, you can scan a face for a colour before you scan it for a shape. That is much faster than the classic set allows, and it is the main advantage this version gives you.
Pick a colour, find every tile of it on the visible face, then check which of them are actually free. Repeat with the next colour. That routine clears a face far quicker than reading tiles one by one.
The clock
640 seconds is a little under eleven minutes. It is enough to plan each face once, and not enough to browse the cube looking for the ideal move.
Tips and strategy
Working the cube
- Clear top layers first. Tiles taken from the top free several underneath, tiles taken from an edge free almost none.
- One quarter turn at a time. Full rotations are the largest source of wasted time in the series.
- With three matching tiles visible, take the pair that unblocks the most and leave the third somewhere reachable.
Clock checkpoints
- Half the tiles should be gone by 320 seconds. If they are not, take any legal match rather than the best one.
- Spend the last ninety seconds clearing, not planning.
What goes wrong
- Scanning tile by tile instead of colour by colour. The theme exists to be used.
- Saving the bottom layer for the end, where it is hardest to free and there is least time.
The classic tile faces are on Mahjong Dimensions: 640 seconds, and the flat layouts are on the mahjong page.
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Frequently asked questions
How is the Candy version different?
The rules and the cube are identical to the other Dimensions games. Only the tile artwork changes, and because sweets are easier to tell apart at a glance than traditional tiles, the board scans faster.
How long is 640 seconds?
A little under eleven minutes.
When is a tile free?
When nothing sits on top of it and at least one side is open.
Is it easier than classic mahjong?
The puzzle is the same. What is easier is recognising the tiles, which leaves more of the clock for actually solving the stack.
Is it free to play?
Yes. It runs in the browser with no download and no account.