Colony Flow Level 299 Walkthrough Solution & Guides | How to solve Colony Flow 299

Welcome to Colony Flow Level 299. I am Liam Stone and I am here to guide you through another tricky puzzle. This level presents a fun pixel art picture of a skiing gingerbread man. You have a lot of colorful tiles to clear and some clever mechanics trying to slow you down. Let me walk you through exactly how to handle it.

Colony Flow Level 299 Overview

What You Are Working With

The pixel art on this board features a gingerbread man riding skis over a snowy surface. The background consists of dark blue and purple sky pixels. The character itself is made of brown, orange, and yellow blocks along with a bright red scarf. You will also notice three distinct keys resting on the board. You have a green key in the top left corner, a blue key on the middle right edge, and a yellow key near the bottom right. Down in your tray, several blocks have colored locks on them. You must collect the keys on the board to unlock these tray blocks. Without those locked colors, you cannot clear the picture completely.

What It Takes to Clear Level 299 Board

To beat this stage you need to match colored blocks from your tray to the colored tiles forming the picture. The numbers on the blocks count down as the ants consume the tiles. You have five waiting slots at the bottom of the screen. If you pull blocks into all five slots and the ants cannot reach their matching tiles, the slots jam and you lose the game. You must always maintain an open path for your ants. I will show you exactly which colors to pull so you never create a dead end.

Colony Flow Level 299 Step by Step Solution

Step 1: Pull the white blocks to clear the outer snow border.

The tray starts you off with a generous supply of white blocks holding high numbers like 35 and 50 and 43. Tap the first three white blocks to bring them up into your waiting slots. The white ants stream out of the nest hole and immediately spread around the entire outer perimeter of the picture. The snowy border provides a massive open path for the ants to travel in all directions. This allows the high numbers to count down rapidly as the ants find plenty of valid food tiles. Do not pull any other colors yet. You want the white ants to clear away the bulk of the border snow so you have plenty of room to maneuver later. This conservative opening strategy guarantees your slots will not jam.

Step 2: Collect the green key in the top left corner.

As the white ants continue eating the snow tiles they will naturally reach the top left section of the board. This area holds the green key. Once the ants consume the tiles touching the green key, they collect it for you. Watch your tray closely when this happens. The green lock down below will pop open and give you access to new blocks. Keep your remaining slots empty while you wait for the final white ants to finish their current paths. Keeping slots open is the best way to prevent a jam while you wait for a new section to unlock.

Step 3: Deploy the purple blocks to clear the snowy ground.

Now that you have cleared the top border you can focus on the bottom half of the image. Tap the purple block with the number 35 to send it into a waiting slot. The purple ants march straight down and begin eating the thick purple ground beneath the skis. This section is quite dense and takes a massive wave of ants to clear out completely. Let the purple ants work through the solid block of color before you try pulling anything else from the tray. Rushing to fill your slots right now will only block the path for other colors and cause you to lose the level. Wait until the number 35 counts all the way down to zero before deciding on your next move.

Step 4: Grab the blue key to unlock the pink blocks.

The purple ants will eventually chew their way toward the right side of the snowy ground area. The blue key sits right in their path. Let the ants collect this key to unlock the blue lock down in your tray. This action frees up the pink blocks you need for the next phase. Bring a pink block and a brown block into your slots. The brown ants target the body of the gingerbread man while the pink ants clear out the smaller accent details. The paths are very wide open at this point so you do not have to worry about dead ends. Just let the numbers drop and watch the ants do their job.

Step 5: Sweep the scattered dark blue sky background.

Look at the tray and find the dark blue blocks carrying numbers like 53 and 33. Pull a couple of these into your empty slots. The dark blue ants will flood the board and hunt down all the scattered sky pixels floating around the skiing character. Because these background tiles are spread out in small clusters, the ants take a little longer to travel between them. Make sure you leave at least two slots completely empty during this phase. You need the buffer space just in case the dark blue ants get bottlenecked traveling to the far corners of the board. Watching the ants weave through the empty space is satisfying but requires patience.

Step 6: Retrieve the yellow key from the bottom right corner.

Your dark blue and purple ants will eventually clear the final background tiles near the bottom right edge. This is exactly where the third and final key is hiding. Once the ants sweep over that area they will collect the yellow key. This action unlocks the red blocks sitting behind the yellow lock in your tray. You absolutely need these red blocks to finish the level because they match the bright red scarf on the character. Let the current ants finish their numbers before moving forward. Clearing out the active ants ensures your slots are empty for the final push.

Step 7: Consume the yellow and orange body tiles.

Now you can focus entirely on the gingerbread man himself. Pull the yellow blocks and the orange blocks into your slots. You will see numbers like 14 and 16 on these blocks. The board is mostly empty now so the ants have a completely clear path to the center. They will swarm the yellow and orange tiles that make up the head and torso of the character. The numbers on these blocks will drop fast because the ants do not have to travel far. You can safely pull multiple yellow and orange blocks at the same time here. The risk of jamming your slots is very low when the target tiles are grouped so closely together in the middle of the screen.

Step 8: Finish the board by pulling the red blocks.

Only a small cluster of red tiles remains on the board forming the scarf and facial details. Tap the red blocks you unlocked earlier to bring them into your slots. The red ants rush out of the nest and head straight for the center. They quickly eat the final few pixels. Once the last red tile vanishes from the picture the board is officially clean and the level is complete. You have successfully navigated all the locks and cleared the image without filling your waiting slots.

Final Thought

That is everything you need to know to get past this tricky stage. The lock and key mechanics can definitely catch you off guard if you pull the wrong colors too early. Just remember to take your time and let the ants clear the paths to those keys before you fill up your tray slots. Careful tray management is always the secret to winning. If any of these steps feel hard to visualize you can always watch the video above this article to see exactly how I played it.