colonyflow Level 57

Overview

Level 57 is a Normal six-color stage whose target picture is a pixel-art geometric window grid made of six colored blocks: pink (about 23% of tiles), cyan (about 22%), yellow (about 20%), blue (about 13%), orange (about 12%), and gray (about 10%), with tiny purple, green, black and red trace accents. 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 pink blocks must leave first, then the yellow blocks, with the gray, cyan, blue and orange blocks finishing as the inner layers.

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

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Start by tapping the pink tile. Pink forms the upper blocks of the grid and sits on the outermost layer, so it is reachable immediately. Clear it first so it never gets buried under the yellow.
2. Next, tap the yellow tile. Yellow forms the next layer of the grid and sits on the same upper layer. This is one of the larger areas on the board, so this is a 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 purple, green, black and red trace tiles opportunistically. They become reachable as the pink comes off; tapping them whenever a slot opens keeps the ants busy without blocking a slot.
4. When pink and yellow are mostly gone, tap the gray tile. Gray forms the outline of the grid and was covered by the pink blocks, so it only becomes reachable now. Sweep gray in a moderate push, keeping spare slots free.
5. Next, tap the cyan tile. Cyan forms the next layer of the grid and is exposed only after gray finishes. Keep the queue pointed at cyan in one continuous push and keep an eye on the queue.
6. Then tap the blue tile. Blue forms the next layer of the grid; it becomes reachable once cyan is gone. Clear blue in small batches.
7. Finish with the orange tile. Orange forms the bottom blocks of the grid — the bottom layer — so it is the last color to be exposed. Because it is final, the queue can safely be filled with orange 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 pink, yellow, gray, cyan, blue, orange, which matches the geometry of the window grid. Clearing the pink blocks before the yellow blocks matters because they sit on top; tapping yellow first would leave those pink blocks buried. The queue is the bottleneck — six main colors share only five slots, and the worst mistake is pushing pink 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 carry with the small pink, gray and trace colors so the ants are almost never idle. The 2x speed-up button should be active for the long yellow 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 cyan blocks before the pink and yellow blocks are gone is the classic mistake. The cyan tiles are still covered, so the ants have no path to them; always clear the upper blocks first.
• Running pink and yellow at the same time jams the five-slot queue and strands the small traces. Finish pink completely before starting yellow.
• Ignoring the tiny purple, green, black and red 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