Brain Find Level 59
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
Level 59, subtitled "Monkey, come on!" shows a circus stage. On the left wooden platform stands a brown monkey riding a unicycle, wearing a red top hat. On the right wooden platform sits a single yellow banana. Between the two platforms is a gap. Below the stage, in front of the audience seats, are two large circular buttons: a left-pointing arrow on the left and a right-pointing arrow on the right. At the bottom center, a peeled banana icon marks the target. The success message reads "Be honest. How many times did you click the button?" — teasing the player for repeatedly pressing the arrow buttons when the actual solution was much simpler.
- Difficulty: Easy
- Estimated moves: 1
Step-by-Step Solution
- Survey the stage before touching anything. The monkey on the unicycle is on the left platform. The banana is on the right platform. Two arrow buttons (left and right) sit below the stage, inviting you to move the monkey left or right. The banana icon at the bottom tells you the goal is to give the monkey the banana.
- The arrow buttons are a deliberate distraction. They look like the obvious control method — press right to move the monkey toward the banana, press left to move back. But the success message teases you: "How many times did you click the button?" This means pressing the buttons was the wrong approach, and the real solution is direct.
- Instead of pressing the arrow buttons, drag the banana from the right platform directly to the monkey on the left platform. You do not need to make the monkey ride the unicycle across the gap — you simply bring the banana to the monkey. The monkey reaches out and takes the banana.
- Once the monkey has the banana, the success screen appears. The peeled banana is displayed in a yellow circle, and the text "Be honest. How many times did you click the button?" confirms the joke: the player wasted time pressing the arrow buttons when dragging the banana directly was the answer all along. The level is complete.
Strategy & Reasoning
The level is built around a UI trap. The two arrow buttons are deliberately placed below the stage, looking exactly like movement controls. A player following the obvious logic will press the right arrow repeatedly, expecting the monkey to ride the unicycle to the right platform. But the buttons are non-functional decorations — they look like controls but do nothing.
The intended solution skips the buttons entirely. Instead of operating the monkey, the player drags the banana to the monkey. This is a classic Brain Find inversion: the game presents a control scheme (arrow buttons) that looks functional, but the actual solution bypasses it by directly manipulating the objects on screen. The success message's self-deprecating tone ("Be honest. How many times did you click the button?") confirms this reading — it acknowledges that the player fell for the trap and pressed the buttons many times before trying the direct drag.
Alternative approaches fail for specific reasons. Pressing the right arrow does not move the monkey, because the buttons are decorative. Pressing the left arrow also does nothing. Tapping the monkey or the banana without dragging also produces no result, because the level requires the drag action to bring the banana to the monkey.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: repeatedly pressing the right arrow button to move the monkey toward the banana. The buttons are decorative; they do not move the monkey at all.
- Common mistake: trying to make the monkey ride the unicycle across the gap. The monkey does not need to travel — you simply drag the banana to it.
- Common mistake: thinking the arrow buttons are real controls. They are a UI trap designed to make you waste time. The direct solution is dragging the banana from the right platform to the monkey on the left.
Note: solution steps are based on visible frames only