Level 91 · Chengdu Bobo Chicken

Chengdu Bobo Chicken is level 91 of Crumb Colony. The pixel picture has 576 blocks in 10 colors, the tray holds 44 ant boxes, and the difficulty is Normal.

Difficulty

Normal

Pacing

Hard middle

Blocks

576

Colors

10

Ant boxes

44

Mechanics

Mystery boxes · 4 noodle(s)

Play level 91

About the dish

Chengdu bobo chicken: skewers of chicken and vegetables soaking in a clay pot of cold, red chili oil, counted by the stick.

How the picture comes apart

From the frame to the center the picture is 12 layers deep. The outer ring is mostly teal and brown, the middle band is mostly brown and black, and the core is mostly red and brown. 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 brown, black and teal.

4 noodle(s) run through the picture, 56 cells in all. They can only be slurped from their ends, so they act as walls until an end is free and as tunnels after that.

Reading the tray

The tray starts with 44 boxes in 4 columns. At the start 4 of the 4 front boxes can bite right away: navy (bites now), teal (bites now), black (bites now) and black (bites now).

1 mystery box(es) only show their color when they reach the front.

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 44 taps. The chart shows how many boxes were still parked in the 5 slots, waiting for their color, just before each tap.

Opening (taps 1–14): 34% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 2 of the 5 slots holding a box that is waiting.

Middle (taps 15–28): 34% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 3 of the 5 slots holding a box that is waiting.

Ending (taps 29–44): 32% of the blocks are eaten, with up to 2 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 87% of the time, and a look-ahead one that tries each option before committing cleared it 100% of the time. Most of their failed attempts jammed in the middle.

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.

The start is easy and the pressure builds in the middle. Use the calm opening to sort out the back rows and try to have two slots free before the middle phase.

Mystery boxes show their color only when they reach the front. When you see one coming, don't fill every slot; leave room for it.

Noodles are eaten only from an end with a white dot, never from the middle. Look for ends that are already free or about to be: slurping one opens a tunnel straight into the picture and can uncover inner colours early. A noodle with both ends buried is a wall until you dig to one of its ends.

Noodles · Difficulty curves

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 91 questions