Color Fill Rush
How to Play Color Fill Rush
Color Fill Rush is a vibrant, high-speed logic puzzle where you act as a digital painter. Your mission is to take over a chaotic 14×14 grid of colors and turn it into a single, unified masterpiece. You’ll need to think strategically and act quickly to beat both the move counter and the clock.
The Objective
You start at the top-left corner of the grid. Your goal is to “flood” the board with a single color until every cell matches. You win the level when the entire $14 \times 14$ grid is filled with the same color before you run out of moves or time.
Official Rules
The game uses a “Flood Fill” mechanic that expands your territory with every tap:
- The Flood: When you select a color from the bottom palette, the area connected to the top-left corner instantly changes to that new color.
- Absorption: As your territory changes color, it “absorbs” any adjacent cells of that same color, growing your area larger.
- Valid Moves: You cannot select the color that your territory already is. The button for your current color will be disabled to help you focus.
- Winning: The game is won when the entire grid is one solid color.
- Game Over: You lose if you reach 0 moves or if the 60-second timer runs out.
Understanding the Scoring & Stats
Your performance is monitored in real-time at the top of the screen:
- Time (60s): A constant countdown. The timer bar at the top will turn yellow (Warn) at 30 seconds and red (Danger) at 15 seconds.
- Moves (25): You start with only 25 moves to clear nearly 200 cells. If you drop below 5 moves, the counter will turn red.
- Filled %: If you lose, the game calculates exactly how much of the board you managed to “capture” (e.g., 85% Filled).
- Best Score: Try to clear the board in the shortest time and with the fewest moves possible to set a personal record!
Top Strategies to Win
Prioritize High-Density Colors
Look at the cells immediately touching the edges of your current flooded area. Choose the color that will absorb the most new cells. Capturing a large cluster early on is much more efficient than picking off small individual cells.
Think Two Steps Ahead
Don’t just look for the best immediate move. Sometimes picking a color that only absorbs 3 cells is better if it opens up a massive cluster of 15 cells for your next move.
Work Toward the Corners
The corners (bottom-left, top-right, and bottom-right) are the hardest parts of the grid to reach. Try to direct your “flood” toward these areas early so you aren’t left with single, isolated tiles in the corners at the end of the game.
Don’t Panic on the Clock
While the timer is fast, 25 moves is a very tight limit. It is usually better to take 2 seconds to find a “power move” that clears 20 tiles than to tap randomly and waste your move count.