Sand Loop Level 299 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 299 Guide: The Festive Ornaments Puzzle

This isn't just a random pattern; you are painting a set of pixelated Christmas Ornaments. The image features three red baubles hanging from a pine branch against a speckled off-white background. While the art looks cozy, the puzzle logic is cold and calculated. This is a "Rope & Capacity" level. You have a very tight slot limit (5 slots) and multiple cups tied together with Ropes, forcing you to pick up two items when you only want one.

This level isn't about speed. It’s about inventory management. If you tap too fast, you will fill your 5 slots with garbage colors you can't pour yet, causing an instant deadlock.

Sand Loop Level 299 Solution: The Color Layering

Let's break down the pixel art at the top of the screen so you know what you are aiming for.

The Palette: The cups in your tray correspond to specific parts of the image:
- Red Cups: The three large ornaments. This is the bulk of the "heavy lifting" in the center.
- Green Cups: The pine branch running across the top. Note that these are buried at the very bottom of the supply tray.
- Orange/Gold Cups: The decorative crosses on the baubles and the caps where they hang from the branch.
- White Cups: The background. In this level, the background is "noise"—it's not a solid block, but a textured cream color.
The Danger Zones: The biggest risk here is the Green Pine Branch. Because the Green cups are at the bottom of the tray, locked behind ropes, you might finish the Red ornaments and realize you have no way to paint the top of the canvas without dumping waste sand over your finished work. You need to clear a path to the Green cups quickly.
Fill Order Prediction: The game forces a bottom-up approach visually, but a top-down approach in the tray. You will likely paint the Red bodies first, then detail with Orange, and finally cap it off with the Green branch, using White continuously to fill gaps.

Tackling the Ropes in Sand Loop Level 299

The specific obstacle defining Level 299 is the Horizontal Rope. Looking at the supply tray, you see pairs of cups bound by a thick brown cord.

Middle Row: Orange and White cups are tied.
Bottom Row: Green and White cups are tied.

This mechanic breaks your standard rhythm. Usually, you tap one cup, you use one slot. Here, tapping a roped cup consumes two slots instantly. With a max capacity of 5, you can only have two "active" rope pairs on the belt at once (4 slots total). If you have a stray single cup on the belt, you can only pull one rope pair.

If you ignore this math, you will try to pull a rope when you have 3/5 slots full. The game won't let you, or worse, the cups will queue up awkwardly, blocking the color you actually need to pour.

Sand Loop Level 299 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

1. Clearing the Top "Loose" Layer

Your first moves must focus on the top two rows of the supply tray. These cups are unbound. You see a mix of Red and White.

Tap the Red Cups first. Get that red sand flowing to establish the base of the ornaments.
Tap the White Cups immediately after. Do not let the Reds sit alone; the pixel art requires white background pixels between the red shapes. Alternating Red and White here is safer than doing all Red then all White.
Goal: Your goal is to expose the first set of ropes (the Orange/White pairs) without clogging the conveyor belt. Keep your slot usage at 3/5 or below.

2. The Orange Rope Transition

Once the top loose cups are gone, you face the first rope barrier. These are the Orange and White pairs.

You need the Orange sand for the crosses on the red balls and the ornament caps.
Wait until your conveyor belt is almost empty (0/5 or 1/5).
Tap the Roped Pair. Both the Orange and White cup will fly up.
Since the Orange details are small, the game might not pour the Orange sand immediately. It might hold it for a second pass. This is dangerous. Ensure you have a White cup following it so the nozzle has something to switch to.
Do not pull the bottom ropes yet. Stick to the middle layer.

3. Digging for Green

Now you are deep in the tray. You've painted most of the ornaments, but the top of the canvas (the pine branch) is still empty. The Green Cups are locked in the bottom ropes.

These ropes bind Green and White.
This is the trickiest part of Sand Loop 299. You need the Green for the top of the image, but the White for the background.
If the nozzle is currently hovering over a "finished" red area, it won't pour. You need to wait for the nozzle to move to the top or the background areas.
Trigger the Green/White Rope only when you see the nozzle moving towards the upper section of the canvas. If you trigger it too early, the cups will just loop around the belt, taking up valuable slots.

4. The Final White Polish

You will likely end up with a few White Cups remaining at the very bottom center of the tray (the last row).

Use these to patch up any missed spots in the background texture.
If you missed a spot of Red or Green earlier, and you are out of those colors, you failed. There are no extra color cups in this level. Every Red and Green cup must count. Only the White cups have a slight margin for error.

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