Sand Loop Level 345 Solution Walkthrough

Sand Loop Level 345 Guide: The Retro TV Puzzle

Welcome to the nostalgia zone. Sand Loop Level 345 presents a classic CRT Television set, complete with bunny ear antennas and those old-school color test bars. This is a hybrid level: it requires decent speed to prevent the "test pattern" bars from bleeding into each other, but it's fundamentally a logic puzzle because of the strict "Swap Cup" requirements in the supply tray below.

The color palette is vibrant and specific:

Dark Red/Maroon: The shadow/back of the TV set.
Hot Pink: The main casing of the TV.
Red, Green, Cyan: The vertical stripes on the TV screen (and the antennas).
Purple: The floor or table the TV sits on.
Blue/Cyan: The background stripes (sky/wall).

Sand Loop Level 345 Solution: Deconstructing the CRT

Look closely at the pixel art target. It's built in distinct layers that dictate your pour order.

Color Palette Deep Dive: This level is deceptively tricky because the screen uses Red, Green, and Cyan in vertical strips, but the antennas are also Red, and the casing is Pink. You have very similar hues fighting for space. The dominant background is a split of Blue and Cyan.

The "Danger Zones":

The TV Screen Bars: The vertical Red, Green, and Cyan stripes inside the screen are narrow. If you pour these cups too fast without gaps, the sand will mix, creating a muddy mess instead of crisp test bars.
The Antennas: These are thin, pixel-width red lines extending into the cyan background. Because they are at the top, they are the last thing you paint, but you need to save red cups for them. Don't waste all your red on the screen or the TV shadow.

Fill Order Prediction: You generally want to build from the bottom up.

Purple Floor: This is the solid base.
Dark Red Shadow & Pink Casing: The body of the TV.
Screen Stripes (Red/Green/Cyan): The detailed center.
Background (Blue/Cyan) + Antennas (Red): The final touches.

Tackling the "Swap Cup" Gridlock in Sand Loop Level 345

The specific obstacle defining Sand Loop Level 345 isn't a locked gate or ice; it's the Swap Cup (Green Recycle Arrows) density.

Look at the supply tray. Almost 40% of your starting layout consists of these Swap Cups.

How they work: When you tap a Swap Cup, it changes color to match the next cup you tap.
The Trap: If you tap a Swap Cup and then immediately tap another Swap Cup, you waste a move or create a "null" cup that clogs your conveyor. You must alternate: Swap Cup -> Colored Cup -> Swap Cup -> Colored Cup.

In Level 345, these Swap Cups are blocking essential colors deep in the "H" shape of the tray. You cannot just clear the "easy" cups on top; you have to surgically remove the Swap Cups to reach the Deep Red and Pink cups buried at the bottom.

Sand Loop Level 345 Step-by-Step Walkthrough

This level punishes random tapping. Follow this dependency chain to keep your 5-slot conveyor moving.

1. Clearing the Purple Floor (The Bottom Layer)

Your first priority is the purple floor.

The top corners of the supply tray have Blue/Purple Swap Cups sitting next to standard Cyan cups.
Action: Tap the top-left or top-right Swap Cup, then immediately tap a Purple cup if one is accessible. If not, look at the bottom row. There are pure Purple cups at the very bottom corners. You might need to clear the top-layer Blue/Cyan cups first to let the Purple ones slide into accessible positions.
Crucial: Do NOT use the Swap Cups to make Cyan or Blue yet. You need them to duplicate Purple because natural Purple cups are scarce in the middle layers.

2. Building the TV Body (Dark Red & Pink)

Once the purple base is set, the massive TV block starts.

You will see Dark Red cups in the center-bottom and Pink cups in the center-middle.
The supply tray has a central column full of Swap Cups and Pink cups.
Sequence: Use the Swap Cups in the center column to duplicate the Pink cups. The TV casing is huge; you need more Pink sand than the board initially shows.
The Shadow: The left side of the TV is Dark Red. Make sure you tap the Dark Red cups (located in the left "arm" of the H-shape tray) before you finish the Pink casing, or the shadow will layer over the casing incorrectly.

3. The Screen Stripes (The Precision Pour)

This is where players lose. The screen has vertical bars of Red, Green, and Cyan.

Stop the Conveyor: Do not fill the conveyor belt here. Leave at least 2 empty slots.
Tap Order: Tap Red, wait half a second. Tap Green, wait half a second. Tap Cyan.
Why wait? The gaps on the conveyor belt ensure that the sand falls in distinct vertical columns rather than blending into a diagonal gradient.
Resource Management: You need Green cups here. Check the tray—Green cups are mostly locked behind Swap Cups in the second and fourth columns. You should have cleared those blockers during the "Pink Phase."

4. The Antennas and Background

The final stretch is the top of the canvas.

You need Blue and Cyan for the background sky/wall, and a tiny bit of Red for the antennas.
The Trap: It's easy to forget the antennas. Save one or two Swap Cups to turn into Red at the very end.
Final Move: Alternate your background colors (Blue/Cyan) to match the striping, and time that final Red pour to hit exactly when the canvas passes the center point for the V-shaped antenna. If you miss, you'll paint a red streak across the sky.

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