Brain Find Level 118

Overview

Level 118 shows a cheerful Shiba dog standing on the left of a plain white screen, with a green potato-chip tube standing on the right. The prompt asks "Do you hate cockroaches?" and the target badge shows a brown cockroach. No roach is visible at first; it is concealed in the space occupied or blocked by the dog, and the level first asks you to move the dog out of the way before a shake reveals the insect near the chip tube.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Look over the two visible objects and rule out the obvious reading: the chip tube holds snacks, not a hidden cockroach illustration, and the dog on the left is standing directly in the area where a concealed insect could be blocked from view.
2. Place your finger on the Shiba and drag it horizontally off the edge of the screen. Keep pulling until the dog exits the frame entirely, so the ground space it was covering becomes visible.
3. Once the dog is out of the way, pick up the device and shake it firmly. The shake unsettles whatever is hiding beside or behind the remaining chip tube, and the cockroach scurries into view on the white background.
4. Watch the roach's position as it appears near the chip tube. It moves quickly, so be ready to tap rather than stare at the empty space where the dog stood.
5. Tap the revealed cockroach before it scurries off again. The Good screen circles the brown cockroach, with the message that this potato chip cannot be eaten, confirming the insect was the target.
6. If the roach does not appear after the shake, go back and check that the dog was fully dragged off-screen. A dog still partly in frame keeps the hiding spot covered and prevents the reveal.
7. If the shake only shifts the chip tube, repeat it with more movement. A light tilt usually will not dislodge the insect, whereas a firm shake brings it out into the open.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level uses the dog as a living screen. Its body blocks the lower-left part of the scene, which is why scanning the tube and the open right side finds nothing, and why the first action has to remove the dog rather than tap around it. Dragging a character off-screen is one of the recurring ways this game clears an occluding prop, and the dog here is treated exactly like a movable obstacle.

The shake then handles the second layer of hiding. Roaches in these puzzles hide until the device motion jolts them out, which means the insect does not simply stand revealed behind the dog the moment it leaves. The two actions are sequential: clear the blockage first, then trigger the hidden creature to move.

The chip tube plays on the snack association in the result message. The roach is framed as the inedible thing that appeared around the chips, but the tube itself is not a container you open; it marks the side of the screen where the shaken insect settles after coming out.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Mistake: tapping or opening the green chip tube looking for the roach. Correct approach: the tube is a landmark; the cockroach was hidden in the area blocked by the dog.
• Mistake: shaking the device while the dog is still standing in frame. Correct approach: drag the dog completely off-screen first, then shake to bring the roach out.
• Mistake: waiting for the insect to crawl out on its own. Correct approach: after the dog leaves, shake firmly and tap the cockroach as soon as it appears near the tube.