Level 1 · Sunny-Side Egg

Sunny-Side Egg is level 1 of Crumb Colony. The pixel picture has 256 blocks in 5 colors, the tray holds 7 ant boxes, and the difficulty is Intro.

Difficulty

Intro

Blocks

256

Colors

5

Ant boxes

7

Mechanics

None

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Play level 1

About the dish

A sunny-side-up egg is fried on one side only, so the yolk stays round, bright and runny. It is the gentlest picture in the game: one yolk, one white and a blue plate.

How the picture comes apart

From the frame to the center the picture is 8 layers deep. The outer ring is mostly light blue and dark brown, the middle band is mostly white and yellow, and the core is mostly yellow and orange. Ants can only reach the next layer once the one around it is gone, so the core colors are the last to become useful.

By block count the biggest colors are light blue, white and dark brown.

Reading the tray

The tray starts with 7 boxes in 4 columns. At the start 3 of the 4 front boxes can bite right away: white (has to wait), light blue (bites now), light blue (bites now) and dark brown (bites now).

How the verified run plays out

The solution further down was played to the end in the real game, with ants walking and real timing. It takes 7 taps. The chart shows how many boxes were still parked in the 5 slots, waiting for their color, just before each tap.

Opening (taps 1–1): 36% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 0 of the 5 slots holding a box that is waiting.

Middle (taps 2–4): 43% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 1 of the 5 slots holding a box that is waiting.

Ending (taps 5–7): 21% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 0 of the 5 slots holding a box that is waiting.

How hard is it?

Two test players attempted this level many times: a cautious one that only sends colors it can use right away cleared it 100% of the time, and a look-ahead one that tries each option before committing cleared it 100% of the time. Neither of them lost here, so this one is about rhythm rather than danger.

Strategy

Check the colors of the first three boxes in each column and compare them with the colors exposed on the outer ring of the picture. Always keep one slot free to catch a color that can't be eaten yet.

Step-by-step solution

This order of taps is verified to clear the level. Columns are numbered 1–4 from the left; after each tap, wait until the ants are out before the next one. Two boxes shown together are a chained pair taken in one tap.

Level 1 questions