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What is Gumdrop Loop?
Gumdrop Loop is a colour-sorting puzzle game in your browser where you send gumdrop munchers around a toy track to eat a candy picture until the tray is empty. Each muncher has one colour and a set number of bites, and in every row and column it passes it eats only the first candy, and only if that candy matches. Munchers with bites left return to a bench of 2–5 seats, and a full bench jams the track. The 30 pictures grow from a 7×7 lollipop to 400-candy scenes, with wrapped candies and surprise munchers in later chapters.
Key facts
- Genre
- Puzzle
- Players
- 1 (single player)
- Pictures
- 30, in 3 chapters of 10
- Bite rule
- First candy per row or column, same colour
- You lose when
- A muncher returns to a full bench
- 3 stars
- Never use more than 1 bench seat at once
- Session length
- Under 5 min
- Platform
- Web browser
- Devices
- Desktop, tablet, mobile
- Price
- Free
- Sign-up
- Not required
How do you play Gumdrop Loop?
Eat every candy in the picture. Tap a queue to send its front muncher onto the track; it rides clockwise from the bottom-left corner. At each row and column it passes, it bites the first candy in that line if the candy is its colour, and skips it otherwise. When its bites run out it hops off. If it gets back to the start with bites left, it sits on the bench, and you can tap the seat to send it again. A full bench jams the track and the level starts over. Only 4 munchers (3 from level 16) can ride at once.
Tips & strategy
- Send the queue or seat with the glowing ring first: that muncher can bite a candy on the outside of the picture right now.
- Don't send a second muncher of a colour that's already riding if few of its candies face the edge; it will end up on the bench.
- For 3 stars, keep at most one seat filled: send a seated muncher out again as soon as its seat starts to glow.
- A wrapped candy still blocks its row and column after the first bite tears the paper, so plan one more lap of that colour.
- In Night Fair, send a front muncher that can't bite yet only when the track is empty and a bench seat is free.
- Near the end, when only a few candies are left, press F or the Fast button to double the track speed.
What are the controls in Gumdrop Loop?
| ACTION | INPUT |
|---|---|
| Send a muncher | Tap a queue or a bench seat |
| Send a muncher | Click a queue or a bench seat |
| Send from a queue or seat | 1–3 for queues, 4–8 for seats |
| Double the track speed | Fast button or F |
| Restart the picture | Restart in the pause sheet, or R |
| Pause | Pause button, P or Esc |
Plays with keyboard, mouse, and touch. Fullscreen works in desktop and mobile browsers.
Gumdrop Loop FAQ
Why did a muncher in Gumdrop Loop ride past candies of its colour?
Because a muncher only looks at the first candy in each row or column it passes. If the outermost candy in that line is another colour, the matching candies behind it are out of reach until that front candy is eaten by its own colour. Clear the outside layers first and the inner candies open up for later laps.
What happens when the bench is full in Gumdrop Loop?
The next muncher that finishes a lap with bites left has nowhere to sit, so the track jams and the picture starts over. Munchers already riding can still hop off safely by using up their bites. The bench has 5 seats in the first levels, 3 or 4 later, and only 2 on the last picture, so send seated munchers back out whenever they glow.
How do wrapped candies work in Gumdrop Loop?
A candy in a striped wrapper needs two bites from its colour: the first tears the paper, the second eats it. Until then it still blocks its row and column. They appear from Garden Party, level 11, and the munchers of that colour carry exactly the extra bites needed, so no bite is ever wasted or missing.
How do you get 3 stars on a Gumdrop Loop picture?
Finish the picture without ever having more than one bench seat in use at the same time. If the bench was used more but never filled up, you get 2 stars, and filling every seat gives 1. Sending only colours with a glowing ring, which have a candy to bite right away, keeps munchers off the bench.
Why can't I send another muncher in Gumdrop Loop right now?
The track is full. At most 4 munchers can ride or wait at the start gate at once, and from level 16 the limit drops to 3. The queue and seat buttons stay greyed out until a rider hops off or sits down. A new muncher also waits until the one ahead has moved three stops clear of the corner.
What are the munchers in party paper in Gumdrop Loop?
They are surprise munchers from the Night Fair chapter, levels 21 to 30. Only the muncher at the front of each queue shows its colour; the ones behind stay wrapped until they reach the front. The bench also shrinks to 3 seats in most of these pictures, so keep one seat free in case a colour you didn't expect turns up.
Can a Gumdrop Loop picture become impossible to finish?
Yes, if every bench seat is taken, the track is empty and no muncher you can send has a candy of its colour at the front of any row or column. The game spots this and ends the attempt instead of letting you wait. Every picture is tested to be winnable from the start with careful play, so a restart always has a way through.
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