⚖️ Color Sort Game Tips from a Developer's Perspective

What color sort games are there? Water sort, ball sort, bolts and nuts. Maybe there are other forms too. But their internal logic is interconnected—you can benefit from this guide for all of them!

1️⃣ Start with Colors in Shallow Layers 🎯

When starting the game, first observe the overall distribution of all colors, prioritizing those where "all segments are in shallow layers." ⚠️ Watch out for traps: Some colors may seem mostly in shallow layers, but have 1 segment buried deep at the bottom! At this point, carefully weigh your options: If you can't quickly rescue this isolated bottom segment, it might block you later in the game.

2️⃣ Try to Keep One Empty Bottle Available 💨

Does this sound like common sense? The deeper meaning I want to convey is: Plan your moves with "unlocking a new empty bottle" as the action unit 🔁. 👉 I'll repeatedly simulate until I'm sure: "After this set of moves, I can definitely free up 1 empty bottle" before I act. This experience is like rock climbing—always ensure you have a solid foothold for the next step before moving forward! Of course... not every time do you have the luck or patience to plan, then you just have to take a "leap of faith"~

3️⃣ Avoid Over-Merging ❗

Merging balls of the same color looks beautiful? Not necessarily! If merging doesn't help rescue the key colors being suppressed, please hold off on the action! ❌ Because: Complete colors after merging need more space to move, which actually limits the flexibility of subsequent operations. (Unless you can directly complete the entire color group placement! ✅)

4️⃣ Trial and Backtracking 🔄

The real difficulty is here! When all directions seem blocked, you might need to: 🚶 Take a "leap of faith": Move one step first, then see the situation 🔄 But remember the escape route: When hitting a dead end, immediately backtrack to the starting point Don't be afraid of taking the wrong path, just be afraid of repeatedly walking into the same dead end! This tests your memory... and requires some luck 🌟

5️⃣ Beware of Unsolvable Levels 💢

I didn't think of this initially! When players reported that the solver "failed," I frantically checked for bugs... The result: 🕵️ This isn't a code problem, but level design! Some games deliberately set up paywall levels (requiring items to solve). Manual verification of dead ends is almost impossible—even if you check all possibilities, you'll still suspect you missed some fork in the road!

💡 How to break through? Use the solver for quick verification! Even if you enjoy the challenge, spend 10 seconds verifying with it first, and you can avoid the frustration of "pointless persistence"!

Keep thinking, use strategies flexibly, and your puzzle-solving experience will be much lighter ✨