Sand Loop Level 234 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 234 Guide: The Cockatiel Puzzle

Welcome to the parrot cage. Sand Loop Level 234 features a bright, pixel-art Cockatiel (or Parrot, depending on who you ask). This isn't a speed level where you're racing against cracking ice; it's a pure digging puzzle. The challenge here lies in the supply tray structure. You have a 0/5 slot capacity, which is generous, but the specific colors you need for the bird's face (Yellow) are buried deep in the center of the stack, blocked by colors you only need for the background.

This level is tricky because of the visual confusion between the Dark Blue body of the bird and the Cyan sky background. If you aren't careful, you'll waste your limited Blue cups on the sky, leaving you with nothing for the bird itself.

Sand Loop Level 234 Solution: The Pixelated Bird

Let's break down the canvas at the top. You aren't just throwing sand; you're painting a specific sequence.

Color Palette Deep Dive:
- Cyan: The dominant background color. It takes up 60% of the screen.
- Dark Blue: Used exclusively for the bird's wing and body.
- Yellow: The bird's crest and face.
- Red: The heart in the top left, the ground at the bottom, and the small beak/cheek details.
- Dark Red/Brown: The vertical perch the bird is standing on.
The "Danger Zones": Watch out for the Red details on the face. There is a single red pixel for the cheek and a couple for the beak. It is agonizingly easy to have a stream of Yellow active, look away for a split second, and accidentally paint over those red details. Once you mess up the face, it's hard to fix without ruining the Blue neck.
Fill Order Prediction: Logic dictates you tackle the Red ground and heart first because those cups are accessible at the edges. Then, you'll be forced to deal with the Cyan sky to unblock the middle. The Yellow head will likely be the last thing you finish because those cups are at the very bottom of the central pile.

Tackling the Buried Yellows in Sand Loop Level 234

The primary antagonist in Level 234 is the Central Column Stack. Look at the tray setup. The Yellow cups are absolutely critical for the bird's head, but they are stuck in the third and fourth rows down, sandwiched between Blue and Cyan cups.

Because you only have 5 slots on the conveyor, you cannot just indiscriminately dump the top layers. If you pull too many Cyan cups to get to the Yellows, your belt will jam before the Cyan sand has time to pour. You have to perform a "surgical strike": clear exactly enough Cyan and Brown cups to expose the Yellow, play the Yellow immediately, and then go back to cleaning up the background.

Sand Loop Level 234 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

This puzzle is about vertical excavation. You are digging a hole in the middle of the cup supply.

1. Clearing the Red Corners

Your very first move should target the Red cups on the far left and right of the top row. These are immediately available and match the large Red blocks on the canvas (the heart and the floor).

Tap the top-left and top-right Red cups.
Let them fill the bottom strip of the canvas and the heart.
Why? This widens your available moves. Getting rid of the top corners exposes the Cyan cups underneath, which you need for the massive background fill.

2. The Cyan "Micro-Dosing"

Once the top Reds are gone, you will see a lot of Cyan and Dark Red/Brown cups. Do not tap all the Cyan cups at once.

Tap two Cyan cups to start filling the sky.
While they pour, identify the Dark Red/Brown cups in the second row (the ones sitting on top of the Blues/Yellows).
You need to get these Dark Red cups onto the belt to paint the perch. If you ignore them, you can't reach the bird's body colors.
Warning: Keep your eye on the 0/5 counter. If you have 3 Cyan cups circling the belt, do not release the Dark Red ones yet. Wait for a Cyan cup to finish and vanish.

3. Excavating the Yellow Core

Now that the upper layers of Cyan and Brown are thinning out, you will finally see the Yellow cups in the center-bottom of the tray.

At this stage, the bird's body (Dark Blue) and head (Yellow) are likely still blank.
Prioritize the Dark Blue cups first if they are accessible. The bird's body sits lower than the head visually, so filling it first prevents stray pixels from ruining the face later.
Once the body is blue, unleash the Yellow cups. Since the head is a solid block of color, you can be aggressive here. Load two Yellow cups back-to-back to get a clean, solid pour for the crest.

4. The Final Polish

You likely have a few Cyan cups left over at the edges. Use these to patch up any holes in the sky. If you missed the tiny Red beak or cheek spot earlier, you might have to wait for a specific Red cup to loop around the conveyor belt. Be patient. Don't spam cups just to speed up the rotation; that's how deadlocks happen. Wait for the cup to align with the beak, tap, and finish the level.

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