How are Candy Crush's candies made?

[alexx0186]

Hi,

I'm wondering how the sprites from Candy Crush are made.

Here is a picture: https://www.spriters-resource.com/resources/sheets/52/55525.png

Did the artists create a 3D model of each candy, apply a specular shader and then rendered it and made a 2D sprite out of it?

Or did they simply use Photoshop to create a shiny effect?
If they did use Photoshop, how can I recreate a round & shiny effect like that?

Thanks!

[JJMack]

Candy Crush Saga - Wikipedia

[carlh65218891 · Accepted solution]

You could start with something like this to get you started:

http://www.iceflowstudios.com/2011/tutorials/photoshop-candy-cane-text/

or

Creating Sweet Candy in Photoshop - YouTube

Or this guy who's great:

Photoshop Tutorial: How to Make JELLO Text! - YouTube

[Trevor.Dennis]

Flat fish

Inner shadow

A few highlights (white lines)