colonyflow Level 111

Overview

Level 111 is a Normal four-color stage built around an abstract swirl picture — a pink and purple vortex on a gray background. Pink covers nearly half the board, followed by gray and blue in the middle layers, with purple as the smaller outline accent and tiny trace colors scattered on top. The tiles are stacked in layers, so the clearing follows the swirl from the outside in: gray leaves first, then pink, then blue, and purple finishes at the bottom. With only four main colors, the challenge is simple queue discipline — one color at a time so the five slots never jam.

• Difficulty: Regular (Normal)
• Estimated moves: 20–30 taps

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Open with gray. Gray is the outermost background layer of the swirl, so nothing underneath it can be carried away until the backdrop tiles are gone. Tap the gray tile and let the ants start the outer clear.
2. Move to pink next. Pink is the main swirl and nearly half the board, so this is the long stretch of the level. Tap pink, use the 2x speed-up button to shorten the repeated waiting, and keep the queue from filling with any second color while the ants run.
3. Work the blue phase. Blue tiles were covered by the outer colors, so they only become reachable now. Clear blue in one continuous push and keep an eye on the queue.
4. Clear the trace colors (green, cyan, orange, red, yellow, black, brown) as they are exposed. These small accents hide inside the swirl, and the efficient play is to spend free queue slots on them immediately so they never block a slot during the long pink push.
5. Finish with purple. Purple is the bottom outline layer of the picture, so it only becomes reachable at the very end. Sweep it in bulk; since it is the final color, it is safe to fill the queue with purple and let the ants finish the board.
6. Watch the board approach the cleared state: as the last purple tiles are carried away, the swirl disappears completely and the level-complete overlay with five white input slots appears, confirming the finish.

Strategy & Reasoning

The removal order is dictated by the layer geometry: gray covers the backdrop, pink sits on the swirl layer, and purple is the bottom outline, so the sequence gray → pink → blue → purple keeps the ants on reachable tiles. Pink is the strategic bottleneck — it is nearly half the board, and the correct play is to give it a long uninterrupted run while using spare queue slots for the small trace colors. Running pink and blue at the same time fills the five slots and stalls the ants. The speed-up button should stay active for the whole pink phase, and tools like Magnet and Lightning exist only to rescue a jammed queue.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Running pink and blue at the same time jams the five slots and stalls the board. Finish the swirl before starting the accent color.
• Ignoring the small trace colors until the queue is full leaves an unmatchable tile blocking the line. Clear every exposed accent immediately with a free slot.
• Forgetting the speed-up button on the long pink phase wastes time. Keep the 2x speed active for the whole main clear.

Key Frames