Angry Birds Dream Blast

Angry Birds Dream Blast is a game in the Angry Birds series that was soft-launched in the UK on October 3rd, 2018, in the USA on November 12th, 2018 and was fully released worldwide on January 24th, 2019.

History
Angry Birds Dream Blast was soft-launched in the UK on October 3rd, 2018. In November of the same year, the game appeared on App Stores in the United States and several ad trailers played in the Angry Birds games, revealing that it would be launched soon. Very after, users could pre-register to the game and if they did, they would win a free starter pack. On the penultimate week of January 2019, the official Angry Birds Facebook Page revealed that the game would be launched on January 24th, 2019, An Angry Birds Friends Tournament was made to promote the worldwide launch of this game. On January 24th, the game was released worldwide.

Gameplay
Angry Birds Dream Blast is very similar to a match game, but the gameplay is very special, because the objects must be matched by making them near each other rather than in a column. Each level is filled with all different colored bubbles (officially called "Dream Bubbles") that bounce around according to the standard laws of physics, so anytime you pop a bunch of them, the rest scatter and bounce away in turn. Popping 4 bubbles or more will result in a Red and if there's another Red near him, he will merge and create a Chuck, if there's another Chuck near, he will merge and create a Bomb, which can't be merged. The more the bubbles, the stronger they are, their powers are the following:
 * Red: Will destroy a line of bubbles.
 * Chuck: Will destroy bubbles in 4 directions.
 * Bomb: Will explode a lot of bubbles.

For each level, you'll need to complete a number of objectives in a limited amount of moves in order to move forward. In some levels you'll have to break blocks of ice, in others you'll hatch eggs, and sometimes all you have to do is pop a bunch of colored bubbles. If you run out of moves and the objective has not yet been completed, you will fail the level. In total there are 9000+ different levels and some challenges. There are blockers such as wood, glass and stone, that must be destroyed to provide more accuracy on popping the bubbles, some can't be destroyed, such as gold but they can be avoided. There are different types of combos to obtain, like "Nice", "Great", "Well Done", "Fancy", "Fabulous" and "Awesome".

Game Mechanics:

 * Piggy Locks : These locks prevent you from progressing in the level unless you fulfill its requirements of either a specific amount of Dream bubbles, a key or amount of balloon pigs popped.
 * Piggy Balloons : These are only breakable by the birds and have 3 different layers to pop: 1 large, 1 medium and 1 small.
 * Shrub Hatchlings : These hatchlings hide in shrubs and only come out when the bird slashes the shrub twice.
 * Glass Shield : This prevents you from tapping where the see-through glass is located.
 * Golden Protectors : These prevents the bird from popping Dream bubbles or other items that are behind the barrier.
 * Bubble Spinners : These are activated when a bird slashes the spinner twice; one way to get it to spin and the other to spill it’s bubbles onto the level. (Now they can be activated by power ups and normal bubble pops as of early 2022).

Trivia

 * Each character has 2 animations for being activated (based on the size of the bird), Red braces for impact in small and yells when big, Chuck has an happy look when small, but has his tongue sticking out when big, Bomb is the same as red when small and a little shy, but when large he has a more confident face.
 * Angry Birds Dream Blast was chosen as one of Google Play's Best Casual Games of 2019.
 * The "Angry Birds Dream Blast – Fantastic Voyage" trailer was the Grand Winner for the "Game Audio/Video - Trailer" category at the NYX Game awards in November 2021.
 * In earlier builds of the game when dropping down from one section of a level to another, the birds that were activated would detonate when falling down, which renders them useless. However in the newer versions this is changed so if they’re activated before the drop, they only activate when surrounded by the dream bubbles.
 * The Balloon Pigs got a redesign in early 2022, which gives them a more rubbery and inflated look.