Tricky Test 2 Level 12

Overview

This level is a "pull them apart" interaction puzzle. The instruction at the top reads "Stop them from fighting!" and in the middle of the screen a grey dust cloud swirls around a cat and a dog that are brawling in the middle, only their heads poking out of the cloud. The cat holds a small weapon and the dog has a bone; the cloud shows they are locked together in a scuffle. There are no buttons. The solution is to physically drag the cat and the dog away from each other, splitting the fight apart, after which a heart appears between them and they become friends.

• Difficulty: Regular
• Estimated moves: 2 drags

Step-by-Step Solution

1. Read "Stop them from fighting!" Look at the dust cloud in the center with the cat's head on the left and the dog's head on the right.
2. Press and hold on the cat (the white-and-grey cat face on the left side of the cloud).
3. Drag the cat to the left, sliding it away from the dog. The dust cloud stretches and thins as you pull.
4. At the same time (or next), press and hold on the dog (the brown dog face on the right side) and drag it to the right, pulling it away from the cat.
5. Keep pulling until the two animals are well separated on opposite sides of the screen. The dust cloud dissipates.
6. Once they are far enough apart, a red heart appears between the cat and the dog, and the success animation plays. The fight is over and they are no longer fighting.

Strategy & Reasoning

The puzzle is asking you to break up a fight, and the natural real-world way to do that is to physically separate the two combatants. The game models this as a two-finger drag: you pull the cat one way and the dog the other. While they overlap in the dust cloud, the fight continues; once there is clear space between them, the game registers that the fight has been broken up.

The trap players fall into is tapping the dust cloud, tapping the cat, tapping the dog, or waiting for the fight to stop on its own. None of those works. The animals are locked together and will not separate until you actively drag them apart.

The on-screen payoff is that instead of looking hurt, they end up with a heart floating between them, showing that separating them calmed things down. The weapons (the cat's small blade and the dog's bone) are tossed aside during the pull.

Tips & Common Mistakes

• Common mistake: Tapping the dust cloud or the animals repeatedly. Tapping does nothing; you must drag.
• Common mistake: Pulling only one animal. You need to pull the cat left and the dog right to create separation; pulling just one leaves the other in the fight cloud.
• Common mistake: Not pulling them far enough apart. If they are still near the center, the fight continues; drag them toward opposite edges of the screen.
• Tip: Use two hands, one finger on the cat and one on the dog, and slide them apart horizontally.
• Tip: The red heart appearing in the middle is the success cue; once you see it, the level is solved.