Colony Flow Colony Flow! level guide
Colony Flow! Level 293 Walkthrough
Level 293 features a large hamster portrait surrounded by a green frame. Win by stripping the green borders and outer beige fur first to reveal the underlying black facial outlines, brown ears, and embedded marker blocks. Avoid sending black or white boxes into slots before their blocks become exposed.
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How to beat Colony Flow! Level 293 — full solution
- With Beige 35, Green 19, and Brown 35 already in slots 1 to 3, tap Green 50 (row 1, column 1) and Beige 44 (row 2, column 2). This fills all five slots and starts stripping the green border and lower beige fur.
- As Beige 35 and Green 19 clear out, tap Beige 35 (row 1, column 2) and Brown 40 (row 1, column 3) in any order. The beige and brown ants eat away the outer chin edges and ear tips.
- Tap Black 35 (row 1, column 1) and White 30 (row 2, column 3) as slots become available. Black ants begin biting into the whiskers while white ants clear glint blocks, keeping four slots occupied.
- Tap Brown 25, Black 40, and Beige 35 as earlier boxes expire. This clears the lower mouth outline and frees the central embedded marker in the picture.
- Tap Black 15 and Black 9 from the stack into free slots in any order. Their ants rapidly consume the large black eye patches once the surrounding beige cheeks are gone.
- Tap Beige 45, Brown 35, and Black 34 to process the forehead fur and outer ear contours. This strips away the upper facial layers and opens up the green top border.
- Tap Pink 25 and Green 50 into open slots as the eye regions clear. Pink ants collect the nose and inner ear details while green ants carve into the upper frame.
- Tap Green 40, Beige 45, then Grey 25 into the open slots in any order. They remove the final green perimeter and top edge blocks to complete the portrait.
On this board:
BeigeGreenBrownBlackWhitePinkGrey
Moves that cost you the level
- Tapping Black 35 into an open slot immediately at the start → the black eye and whisker blocks are completely buried behind beige fur, locking the slot until the face is cleared.
- Filling all five slots with Brown boxes before the green border is cleared → brown ants cannot reach inner ear or head blocks from the sides, stalling the queue.
Quick tips for Level 293
- Always keep at least one green or beige ant box active early on, as these two colours make up the entire outer shell of the hamster.
- Watch the countdown numbers on the embedded marker blocks in the picture so you have an empty slot ready when they release.
Board breakdown5 notes
- Layout
- A pixel-art hamster face surrounded by a green border, positioned above five slots and a scrolling four-column stack of ant boxes. Three embedded count markers sit along the lower half of the portrait.
- Goal
- Clear all coloured blocks making up the hamster portrait and its outer border.
- Opening
- Fill the two remaining open slots with Green 50 and Beige 44 to complement the three pre-filled slots, targeting the exposed green borders and beige chin blocks.
- Trap
- Tapping black or white boxes before the beige fur has been cleared away from the eyes, mouth, and whiskers will cause those boxes to stall in the slots.
- Mechanic
- Embedded marker blocks embedded within the portrait activate into tappable ant boxes once their surrounding blocks are cleared away.
Level 293 questions
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What do the numbered blocks inside the picture do?
They are embedded count markers that release special ant boxes once surrounding picture blocks are removed.
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Which box should I tap first from the opening stack?
Tap Green 50 or Beige 44 to complement the active Beige, Green, and Brown boxes already working in the slots.