Colony Flow Level 229 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 229

Colony Flow Level 229 presents a very fun picture of a pixel art frog wearing a crown. You have a massive orange background and a pool of light blue water blocking the inner details of the frog. I played through this board to figure out the best sequence of moves so you never jam your waiting slots. Follow my exact process to clear the board smoothly and keep the colony moving without failing. The puzzle requires patience and good timing to peel back the outer layers of the picture.

Colony Flow Level 229 Overview

What You Are Working With

The board displays a highly detailed green frog sitting peacefully on a green lily pad. A pool of light blue water surrounds the bottom of the lily pad. The entire top half of the picture consists of a solid orange background that wraps around the head of the frog. The frog itself features a bright white belly and a vivid orange crown resting on its head. Solid black outline tiles define the exact shape of the frog and the lily pad underneath it. In your tray at the bottom of the screen you will find stacked blocks matching all these specific colors. Each block displays a specific number like twenty or fifteen or fourteen. This number represents the exact amount of ants that will spawn to eat that matching color. You will not find any hidden boxes or locked tiles on this board. You just have a straightforward and pure block matching puzzle to solve.

What It Takes to Clear Level 229 Board

You win this level when your colony of ants consumes every single pixel of the frog picture and returns to the nest. The main challenge comes from the sheer volume of orange background tiles and light blue water tiles protecting the center. You have only five waiting slots at the bottom of the screen to hold your active blocks. The ants need a clear open path to reach the matching food tiles. If you pull inner colors like white or green too early your waiting slots will fill up and the ants will just sit there. You lose the level instantly if all five waiting slots fill up and no ants can reach matching food on the board. You must actively clear the outside layers first to carve open paths to the inner layers. You also need to keep track of the numbers on your blocks to ensure you do not pull a massive block for a tiny cluster of remaining pixels.

Colony Flow Level 229 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Target the outer light blue water and the massive orange background

You want to start by attacking the bottom edge and the top edge of the pixel art picture. I look at the tray and see a mixture of orange and black and green blocks waiting to be used. The ants need access to the completely exposed outer edges before they can do anything else. I pull a green fifteen block and a black nine block and a light blue five block into the open waiting slots. You will see the ants immediately stream out of the dark nest hole at the bottom and head toward the outer section of the water and the edge of the lily pad. I then pull a large orange twenty block to send a massive swarm of ants wrapping all the way around to the upper background. This establishes two highly active paths on opposite sides of the board. Your waiting slots stay flowing because the ants have totally clear paths to both of these outer colors.

Step 2: Sustain the orange background removal and start the black outlines

The orange background takes up nearly half the screen so you need constant pressure on it to bring it down. As the first orange twenty block counts down to zero I bring up another orange twenty block from the tray. I also pull a black seventeen block into the active slots to start chipping away at the outer black borders of the green lily pad. The ants form a wide continuous ring around the left and right sides of the picture to reach the upper orange area. You must keep at least two orange blocks active in your slots during this early phase to clear space. If you ignore the large orange background the ants will finish the light blue water quickly and you will have nothing left to clear on the bottom edge. This would leave you with blocked inner colors and lead to a jammed board.

Step 3: Introduce white blocks to clear the exposed frog belly

Once the light blue water clears out enough you will expose the white tiles making up the belly of the frog. The ants can now easily reach the center of the board directly from the bottom path. I pull a white fifteen block into the waiting slots to get the colony working on the belly section. I pair this action by pulling a green fifteen block to target the remaining pieces of the lily pad underneath the frog. You still need to manage the massive orange background so I make sure a black eight block and a light blue one block occupy the remaining slots. The light blue one block quickly counts down to zero and frees up a slot space for your next tray pull. This perfect balance keeps the ants busy on the top background and the bottom belly simultaneously.

Step 4: Transition your focus to the green frog body and the remaining water

The picture now starts looking quite hollow as the solid orange space completely disappears from the top corners. You will see the ants swarming entirely around the top edge of the crown and the outer borders of the frog. I pull a fresh light blue twenty block to finish off the remaining water located on the right side of the lily pad. I also bring up a green ten block and an orange eleven block to keep the momentum going. The orange eleven block is highly crucial here because it starts working on the orange crown sitting on the head of the frog. The black fourteen block in the slot keeps the ants chewing through the thick black outlines. You have now successfully bypassed all the outer defenses and opened direct paths to the entire green core of the frog.

Step 5: Swarm the green body and start breaking down the orange crown

The massive orange background is now completely gone except for the crown resting on the head. The light blue water is also fully cleared from the bottom of the board. Your tray offers several high numbered blocks including a black twenty block and a green twenty block. I pull a black twenty block and a green eight block and a green six block into the active waiting slots. I also add a white three block to finish the last tiny remaining piece of the white frog belly. The ants swarm the green pixels of the frog body from every possible angle now that the water is gone. You will notice the frog shape breaking apart rapidly as the ants consume the core. The constant flow of ants toward the exposed green tiles ensures your five waiting slots never back up or jam.

Step 6: Clear the heavy black borders running through the center

With the white belly gone and the green body shrinking you must clear the heavy remaining black outline tiles. The black outline weaves through the entire center of the picture and separates the frog body parts. I load a black eleven block and a black two block into the waiting slots to target these specific lines. I support these black blocks with a green fourteen block and a green eighteen block from the tray. The ants tear through the dark borders and totally dismantle the original structure of the frog. I also bring up a fresh orange twenty block to continue feeding a stream of ants to the orange crown at the very top. You maintain a perfectly steady flow by splitting the colony between the green body tiles and the black outline tiles.

Step 7: Finish the final remaining scattered pixels to win the board

The board is now mostly an empty canvas with just a few scattered green and black and orange tiles left behind. I pull two black six blocks into the tray to wipe out the very last outline pixels floating in the center. I follow this move with a green eleven block and a green one block to clean up the final isolated pieces of the frog body. Lastly I pull an orange twelve block to let the ants consume the very last pieces of the orange crown. The ants stream toward these tiny scattered clusters and clear the entire board completely. Your slots remain clear right up to the final second because you paced the colors perfectly and never pulled a block without an open path.

Final Thought

You have now completely solved this pixel art puzzle without jamming your slots. The trick always lies in balancing the massive orange background with the smaller inner details so your ants always have an open path to walk. Feel free to watch the video above this article if any step is hard to follow in text format. Good luck with the next puzzle and keep those paths open.