Colony Flow Level 293 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 293

Colony Flow Level 293 presents a fun pixel art design featuring a giant hamster eating a snack. You play this level by managing a stream of ants and feeding them colored tiles to clear the board. I play every stage of this game to find the safest routes to victory and I will show you exactly how to beat this one. You need to read the board carefully so your waiting slots never jam up and cause you to lose.

Colony Flow Level 293 Overview

What You Are Working With

The main puzzle board shows a large pixel art hamster surrounded by a bright green background. The hamster design uses light brown tiles for the main face and body along with dark brown tiles for the ears and outer body shape. You will also see large black eyes with white glare spots and a cute red mouth near the center. At the bottom edge near the paws you will find special food tiles that look like small square boxes with numbers on them. Your tray at the bottom of the screen holds the colored blocks you need to pull. These blocks match the colors on the board perfectly. The tray contains large stacks of light brown, dark brown, green, black, and white blocks. A nest hole sits between the tray and the board where your ants wait to emerge. You also have five waiting slots just below the board where you place your active blocks.

What It Takes to Clear Level 293 Board

Winning the level means you must remove every single colored tile from the picture. You do this by dragging a colored block from the tray into one of your five waiting slots. Once a block is active the ants will stream out of the nest hole and hunt for matching colored tiles on the board. The number on your block ticks down as the ants consume the food. You will lose the game if you fill all five waiting slots with blocks that have no clear path to their matching tiles. If the ants cannot reach the right color they stop moving and the block gets stuck in the slot forever. You must constantly ensure at least one path remains open for every color you pull. The winning strategy revolves around clearing the outer edges first to open up wide lanes for the ants to travel.

Colony Flow Level 293 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Open the right side paths by pulling light brown and dark brown blocks.

Begin the level by focusing your attention on the bottom right corner of the hamster. You want to pull a light brown block and a dark brown block into your empty waiting slots. The ants will immediately exit the nest and travel toward the right edge of the board. They will begin chewing through the dark brown outer lines and the light brown fur on the lower body. This action creates a clear pathway along the bottom right side. You keep your slots from jamming because the ants have direct access to these outer tiles right from the start.

Step 2: Clear the lower right background using a green block.

Now that you have exposed the right side you can safely bring a green block into play. You pull the green block into your tray and watch the ants march out. They will follow the path you just carved and head straight for the green background tiles on the right edge. The numbers on your green block will rapidly count down as the ants eat the background. Removing these green tiles early gives your ants a wide open lane to reach the upper sections of the board later on.

Step 3: Target the whiskers and right ear with black and dark brown blocks.

With the right side open you can start pulling a black block and another dark brown block. The ants will climb up the newly cleared right lane and attack the black whiskers extending from the hamster cheek. Another group of ants will continue further up the screen to reach the dark brown ear. They will dismantle the ear piece by piece and open up the top right corner of the board. You maintain empty slots easily here because the paths are wide open and the ants face no blockages.

Step 4: Shift your focus to the left side by playing light brown and dark brown blocks.

You must balance the board now that the right side is under control. Pull a fresh light brown block and a dark brown block to send a new wave of ants to the left side of the hamster. They will eat through the bottom left outline and the left cheek fur just like they did on the opposite side. This mirrors your earlier strategy and carves out a brand new upward path on the left edge. Alternating sides like this ensures you always have multiple options for your next move.

Step 5: Remove the left side green background tiles to expand your paths.

Pull another green block to handle the left side background section. The ants will utilize the left path you just established and march upward toward the green tiles. They will quickly consume the left side background and open the border of the board. Clearing these outer background sections prevents you from hitting a dead end later in the puzzle. You always want the exterior boundaries clear so the ants can easily reach the top of the head when required.

Step 6: Clear the left ear and left whiskers using black and dark brown blocks.

Send up another black block and a dark brown block to clean up the left edge of the hamster. The ants will clear out the black whiskers on the left side and eat away the entire dark brown left ear. The physical size of the picture looks much smaller now. The whole outer boundary of the hamster is nearly gone which gives your ants complete freedom to move. Your waiting slots remain perfectly safe because you provide clear unblocked targets for every single color you select.

Step 7: Break down the numbered box tiles near the bottom paws.

Near the center bottom of the picture you will see special food tiles that look like little square boxes with numbers printed on them. You need to pull the specific red and dark brown blocks required to feed the ants in this central area. The ants will break down the exterior of these boxes and clear the red food tiles underneath them. You must allow the ants enough time to finish eating these specific central tiles before you flood the board with other colors. Clearing these boxes opens the direct route to the face.

Step 8: Attack the large black eyes and white face details.

The main face of the hamster contains huge blocks of black and white tiles forming the eyes and cheeks. Pull black blocks and white blocks into your active tray. The ants will swarm the massive black eyes and the bright white highlight spots. They will also consume the white sections making up the lower cheeks and mouth area. The numbers on your black and white blocks will drop incredibly fast as the dense clusters of tiles vanish. This massive clearing action opens up the very center of the playing field.

Step 9: Clear the remaining light brown fur from the center face.

You can now focus your moves heavily on the light brown tiles that make up the bulk of the hamster face. Pull multiple light brown blocks into your waiting slots. Since you already removed the eyes and cheeks the ants have total access to the entire middle section. They will swarm the center of the board and eat the huge remaining patches of light brown tiles. Your slots will empty out rapidly because the ants find an abundance of valid targets all bunched together.

Step 10: Consume the thick dark brown forehead at the top of the picture.

The top section of the hamster head consists of a very large strip of dark brown tiles. Bring out your heaviest dark brown blocks from the tray. The ants will travel straight up through the completely empty face area and attack the forehead. They will eat away the top edge of the head and significantly reduce the total tile count on the board. You should keep a close watch on your waiting slots and only pull what the ants can immediately reach on this top row.

Step 11: Finish off the top green background tiles.

A thin strip of green background tiles remains across the very top edge of the screen. Pull a green block to send a wave of ants all the way up to the ceiling of the board. They will easily use the open paths cut through the forehead to reach the top edge without any delays. The green tiles will disappear rapidly and leave only the final scattered pieces of the hamster design. Your slots remain clear because the route to the top is perfectly straight and wide open.

Step 12: Clean up the final scattered pieces to win the game.

The board is mostly empty right now with just a few random scattered tiles remaining. Pull the exact colors you need from your tray to match these last leftover pieces. You will pull a mix of white for any leftover eye highlights light brown for the top of the head and dark brown for the final outline remnants. The ants will quickly clear these last few tiles and leave the screen completely empty. You win the level the moment the ants finish chewing the final piece of food.

Final Thought

Colony Flow Level 293 rewards patience and careful path management. You just need to keep the outer lanes open and systematically work your way from the outside in. If you ever feel stuck or want to see exactly how a specific color clears the board you should watch the video above this article.