Brain Find Level 52
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 52, subtitled "Rescue the princess," shows a cartoon prince with a blond crown and a red cape standing on a green forest clearing. Facing him across the grass is a green goblin with pointy ears, a brown belt, and blue shorts, blocking the path. On the ground between them lie a steel sword and a raw piece of meat. To the right of the goblin stands a large leafy bush, and two round green trees frame the scene on the left and right. A small sun icon floats beside the title at the top, and a princess icon in a yellow dress is displayed at the bottom center. The core trick of this level is that the goblin is a red herring: the princess is not being held captive by him at all, but is hiding inside the bush right next to him, and the game asks "Are you cheated?" because the player expects a battle but only needs to reveal the hiding princess.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 1-2
Step-by-Step Solution
- Survey the forest clearing before touching anything. The prince stands at the lower left. The green goblin stands in the center of the screen, facing the prince. On the grass near the bottom, a sword with a golden hilt lies on the left and a piece of pink meat lies on the right. A large round green bush sits immediately to the goblin's right. At the bottom center, a small princess icon shows the character you need to rescue.
- Ignore the sword and the meat on the ground. Although the sword looks like the obvious tool to fight the goblin, and the meat looks like bait to distract him, neither is needed. The goblin is not actually guarding anyone — he is just standing there as a visual obstacle designed to make you think you must fight or sneak past him.
- Tap or drag the large green bush to the right of the goblin. The bush shifts aside, revealing the princess who was hiding behind it. She was concealed right beside the monster the entire time, which is why the goblin looked like he was blocking the path — the player assumes he is guarding her, but she is simply ducked behind the nearest foliage.
- Once the bush is moved and the princess is exposed, the success screen appears. The red banner reads "Good" and the subtitle asks "Are you cheated?" — the game is teasing the player for expecting a combat solution, when the princess was hidden in plain sight next to the goblin. The level is complete.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level is built around a misdirection. The visual layout places the goblin directly between the prince and the bush, which trains the player's eye to read the goblin as the antagonist and the bush as background scenery. The two ground items — a sword and a piece of meat — reinforce this reading: a sword suggests a fight, and meat suggests a distraction. A player following this logic will try to arm the prince with the sword, or feed the meat to the goblin, before touching the bush.
The intended solution skips both items entirely. The goblin has no interaction at all — he is a static drawing. The princess is concealed behind the bush, which is the only hiding place in the scene. The game's "Are you cheated?" message confirms this reading: the player was cheated out of a battle by a hidden princess, not rewarded for clever combat.
Alternative approaches fail for specific reasons. Picking up the sword and tapping the goblin does not trigger a fight, because the goblin is not a combat character. Dragging the meat to the goblin also produces no reaction, because he is not programmed to eat or move. Tapping the prince or the trees does nothing, since neither is interactive. The only productive action is moving the bush to expose the princess hiding behind it.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: spending time trying to use the sword against the goblin. The goblin is a static decoration, not an enemy. Do not drag the sword onto him or attempt to equip it.
- Common mistake: trying to feed the meat to the goblin as a distraction. The goblin does not react to food; the meat and sword are both deliberate red herrings placed to make the scene look like a tactical puzzle.
- Common mistake: searching behind the trees or around the edges of the screen for the princess. She is not far away — she is hiding in the bush immediately to the right of the goblin, one tap away.
Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only