Yandex Games

Gradient: color sort puzzle

The board has fallen apart into colored tiles, and their order is lost. Your task is to bring it back: swap the tiles until the color flows evenly, shade after shade, without a single break.

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About this game

There is nothing to rush here. No timer, no mistake counter, no way to lose. Make three moves and close the game, or spend half an hour on one board — the level will wait. Difficulty grows quietly. The first boards are 7 by 5 tiles, later ones 12 by 9 and 14 by 11, and by the end you face 16 by 12: a hundred and ninety two shades to put in place. Some tiles are pinned and marked with a cross — they hold the picture together and hint where the color is heading. There are 1200 levels in all. Every one is built in advance and has a solution — none of them needs luck, only an eye for shade. A solved level can be viewed in full, along with the path you took to it. Moves and time are recorded for you, not for a leaderboard. Progress is saved and carried between devices when you are signed in.

How to play

Pick a tile and drag it onto another one — the two swap places. You can make the next move right away, without waiting for the tiles to land. The goal is a smooth flow of color across the whole board: from left to right and from top to bottom the shades must follow in order, with no jumps. Once every tile is in place, the level completes on its own. Tiles marked with a cross are pinned: they cannot be moved, but they show what the color should be in that part of the board. There are four buttons in the header. The level number and the house take you back to the main menu, the arrow restarts the level, and the bulb gives a hint that swaps one pair of tiles for you. You get one hint per level; once it is spent, watching an ad gives you five more. When the board is solved, tap "My path" to watch your game replayed, or "Continue" to move on.

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