Colony Flow Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 236 Walkthrough
Level 236 features a red octopus submerged in cyan water. Balance Cyan boxes to peel the surrounding water and Red boxes to strip the tentacles, gradually revealing the black facial features. Opening the Black 13 box before the red face is peeled will clog a slot while waiting for exposed blocks.
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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 236 — full solution
- With Cyan 18, Cyan 25, and Cyan 20 already running in slots 1 through 3, tap the Cyan 30 box (row 1, col 1). It slides into slot 4 to help dismantle the thick outer water frame, leaving one slot open.
- Tap the Red 20 box (row 1, col 4) into slot 5. Cyan ants quickly expose the outer edges of the lower tentacles, allowing red ants to begin carrying tentacle blocks with all five slots occupied.
- Once the starting Cyan 20 finishes and frees slot 3, tap the Black 13 box (now row 1, col 1) into slot 3. Its ants hold briefly while the red face blocks protecting the eyes and mouth are peeled away.
- Tap the Red 26 box (row 1, col 2) and Red 20 box (row 1, col 3) in any order into the slots freed by finished cyan boxes. Their ants strip the lower tentacles and sides of the torso.
- Tap the two Red 16 boxes (row 1, col 1 and row 1, col 2) into the open slots. Stripping the facial perimeter uncovers the black eyes and mouth, letting Black 13 rapidly clear the facial details.
- Tap the Cyan 20 box (row 1, col 1) and Cyan 15 box (row 1, col 2) into slots 1 and 2. They target the upper water perimeter flanking the head, leaving three slots open.
- Tap the Cyan 20 box (row 1, col 1) and Cyan 20 box (row 1, col 2) in any order into the slots. They clear the remaining top-left and top-right background blocks, isolating the top of the red head.
- Tap the final Red 20 box (row 1, col 3) into the slot. Its ants carry away the remaining cluster of red blocks on the octopus head to complete the level.
On this board:
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Moves that cost you the level
- Tapping the Black 13 box while the red head is fully intact -> the black eyes and mouth are buried inside the face, leaving Black 13 stalled in a slot with no exposed blocks to gather.
Quick tips for Level 236
- Alternate between Cyan and Red boxes to ensure ants always have exposed exterior blocks to harvest.
- Delay tapping Black 13 until red ants have substantially stripped the head and exposed the facial details.
Board breakdown5 notes
- Layout
- A red octopus pixel art sits framed by cyan water, five collector slots sit below the image, a nest hole rests above slot 3, and a four-column stack sits underneath.
- Goal
- Clear all pixel blocks from the picture using boxes from the stack without letting all five slots become occupied by stalled boxes.
- Opening
- Cyan 18, Cyan 25, and Cyan 20 are active in the first three slots from the start; tap Cyan 30 and Red 20 into the remaining two slots to begin clearing both background and tentacles.
- Trap
- The Black 13 box under Cyan 30 is tempting to tap immediately, but its target blocks are the interior eyes and mouth, which remain covered until late in the solve.
- Mechanic
- Ants can only collect exposed boundary blocks; interior blocks such as the black eyes cannot be collected until the surrounding cyan water and red head pixels are removed.
Level 236 questions
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When should I tap the Black 13 box in Colony Flow! Level 236?
Wait until red ants strip away the lower tentacles and torso. The black eyes and mouth will become exposed on the board, allowing Black 13 to harvest without stalling in a slot.