colonyflow Level 115

Overview

Level 115 is a Hard five-color stage built around a red hen picture — a red chicken on a blue and orange background. Orange covers the largest share of the board, followed by cyan and red in the middle layers, with brown and blue as the smaller accent colors and tiny trace colors scattered on top. The tiles are stacked in layers, so the clearing follows the hen from the outside in: cyan leaves first, then red, then orange, then brown, and blue finishes at the bottom. With a four-minute run and five colors competing for only five queue slots, this is a demanding level that rewards slow, color-by-color clearing rather than rushed tapping.

• Difficulty: Hard
• Estimated moves: 35–50 taps

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Open with cyan. Cyan is the outermost background layer of the hen picture, so nothing underneath it can be carried away until the backdrop tiles are gone. Tap the cyan tile and let the ants start the outer clear.
2. Move to red next. Red is the hen's body and sits just inside the cyan layer. Clear it in one push so the chicken starts disappearing and the colors beneath show through.
3. Work the orange phase. Orange is the largest area of the picture and was covered by the outer colors, so it only becomes reachable now. Clear orange in one continuous push and use the 2x speed-up button to shorten the wait.
4. Work brown next. Brown tiles were covered by the brighter colors, so they only become reachable in the middle of the level. Clear brown in one push.
5. Clear the trace colors (yellow, black, pink, gray, purple, green) as they are exposed. These small accents hide inside the hen, and the efficient play is to spend free queue slots on them immediately so they never block a slot during the long orange push.
6. Finish with blue. Blue 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 blue and let the ants finish the board. The hen disappears completely and the level-complete overlay with five white input slots appears.

Strategy & Reasoning

The removal order is dictated by the layer geometry: cyan and red cover the hen, orange sits on the background layer, and blue is the bottom outline, so the sequence cyan → red → orange → brown → blue keeps the ants on reachable tiles. Orange is the strategic bottleneck — it is the largest single area, and the correct play is to give it a long uninterrupted run while using spare queue slots for the small trace colors. Because this is a Hard level, the worst mistake is pushing two large colors at once, which leaves no room for small colors and forces waiting. Slow down, clear color by color in batches, and save Magnet and Lightning only for rescuing a jammed queue.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Rushing mixed taps on a Hard level jams the five slots and stalls the board. Clear one color at a time and wait for the ants to catch up.
• 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.
• Opening a "?" tile while the queue is full can block the line. Open unknown tiles only when a queue slot is free.

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