Tricky Test 2 Level 18
📝 Walkthrough
Overview
This level is a moral-dilemma riddle with a loophole. The question at the top reads "Quick! Who will you save?" Under the water surface, two hands are sticking up: a larger hand on the left labeled "Mother" (with a green bracelet) and a smaller hand on the right labeled "Fiance". A small yellow sailboat floats on the water between them. The dilemma is deliberately impossible if you think you can only save one, but the sailboat lets you save both.
- Difficulty: Hard
- Estimated moves: 1 drag
Step-by-Step Solution
- Read "Quick! Who will you save?" Look at the two drowning people: Mother on the left, Fiance on the right.
- Notice the small sailboat floating on the water in the middle. It is not decoration — it is the tool you need.
- Do not tap just one of the hands. That would pick only one person and fail the spirit of the riddle.
- Drag the sailboat over to Mother first, then over to Fiance, OR use the boat to ferry both. The game lets you save both people.
- Once both people are rescued (both heads visible above the water with hearts above them), the level completes and the success animation plays.
Strategy & Reasoning
The riddle "your mother and your fiance are drowning, who do you save?" is a famous no-win question when you can only save one. Tricky Test 2's trick is that the screen gives you a boat, which removes the dilemma entirely: use the boat to save both. You do not have to choose.
The trap players fall into is tapping one of the two hands, picking Mother or Fiance and feeling clever about it. But the game wants you to realize the boat is the third option. By moving the boat between the two drowning people, you rescue both.
The solved screen shows both people's heads above the waterline with red hearts floating above them, confirming both were saved.
Tips & Common Mistakes
- Common mistake: Tapping Mother or Fiance directly to "choose" one. That picks only one person and is not the solution.
- Common mistake: Ignoring the boat. The sailboat in the middle is the key tool; drag it to the drowning people.
- Tip: The boat can move; drag it to each person to rescue them.
- Tip: The success cue is both heads visible above the water with hearts — not one.
- Tip: If you tap a hand and lose a heart, stop and instead grab the sailboat.