colonyflow Level 39

Overview

Level 39 is a Normal six-color stage whose target picture is a pixel-art pink flower: a yellow background panel (about 55% of tiles), orange accents (about 17%), red stamen (about 9%), a gray center (about 9%), green leaves (about 7%), and pink petals (about 4%), with tiny blue, brown and black trace details. The goal is to clear every tile by tapping the number tiles at the bottom so ants carry each color away. Because the tiles are stacked, the green leaves must leave first, then the yellow background, with the orange accents, red stamen, gray center and pink petals finishing as the inner layers.

• Difficulty: Regular (Normal)
• Estimated moves: 20–35 taps

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Start by tapping the green tile. Green is the leaves around the flower and sits on the outermost layer, so it is reachable immediately. Clear it first so it never gets buried under the petals.
2. Next, tap the yellow tile. Yellow is the background panel behind the flower and sits on the same upper layer. This is the largest single area on the board, so this is the long opening stretch. Keep the queue pointed at yellow in batches and use the 2x speed-up button in the top-right corner to shorten the wait.
3. While the yellow carry is running, clear the tiny blue, brown and black trace tiles opportunistically. They become reachable as the background comes off; tapping them whenever a slot opens keeps the ants busy without blocking a slot.
4. When green and yellow are mostly gone, tap the orange tile. Orange forms the small accent around the flower and was covered by the background, so it only becomes reachable now. Keep the queue pointed at orange in one continuous push and keep an eye on the queue.
5. Next, tap the red tile. Red is the stamen at the center of the flower and is exposed only after orange finishes. Sweep red in a moderate push, keeping spare slots free.
6. Then tap the gray tile. Gray forms the center of the flower; it becomes reachable once red is gone. Clear gray in small batches.
7. Finish with the pink tile. Pink is the flower petals — the bottom layer — so it is the last color to be exposed. Because it is final, the queue can safely be filled with pink to speed up the finish.
8. Keep the five-slot queue under active control: with six main colors sharing five slots, push one main color plus at most one small color at a time, finish a color before starting the next, and never jam all five slots with mixed colors.

Strategy & Reasoning

The level is built around the layered-stacking rule: a color that covers others must be carried away first, and the removal order measured in the solution video is green, yellow, orange, red, gray, pink, which matches the geometry of the flower. Clearing the green leaves before the yellow background matters because they sit on top; tapping yellow first would leave those leaves buried. The queue is the bottleneck — six main colors share only five slots, and the worst mistake is pushing green and yellow at the same time, which leaves no room for the small traces and forces waiting. The efficient play is to alternate the large yellow background carry with the small green, orange and trace colors so the ants are almost never idle. The 2x speed-up button should be active for the long yellow background carry, since that single step accounts for most of the level's waiting time. If the queue jams, the Magnet tool pulls one whole color out of the line, while the Eraser is reserved for a single stuck tile.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Tapping the pink petals before the green leaves and yellow background are gone is the classic mistake. The petals are still covered, so the ants have no path to them; always clear the leaves and background first.
• Running green and yellow at the same time jams the five-slot queue and strands the small traces. Finish green completely before starting yellow.
• Ignoring the tiny blue, brown and black traces leaves slots blocked for no reason. Clear them opportunistically whenever a slot is free, instead of saving them all to the end.

Key Frames