What You're Up Against
Sand Shape Level 112 is a timed 5×5 grid puzzle with a 2-minute limit. Pre-drawn boundaries exist, and your task is to add lines to form six enclosed regions—each must contain exactly one red gem and one green gem. No region may have zero or two gems of the same color, and all 25 cells must be fully partitioned.
Beating Sand Shape Level 112
- Observe the full grid: locate all red and green gems and note pre-existing vertical/horizontal boundaries.
- Draw a horizontal line across columns 1–5, just above the bottom row (row 5), connecting existing vertical lines—this forms a bottom region with one red and one green gem.
- In row 3, draw a horizontal line from column 2’s left edge to the far-right vertical boundary, ending at column 5—this sets the lower edge of a central region containing the red gem at (3,3) and green gem at (3,4).
- Draw a vertical line between columns 4 and 5 from row 1 down to the horizontal line drawn in step 3; then draw a horizontal line between rows 2 and 3 from column 1 to column 4—creating an L-shaped region with green at (1,5) and red at (2,5).
- Draw a vertical line between columns 3 and 4 from row 1 down to the step-3 horizontal line—enclosing green at (2,4) and red at (3,3) in their own region.
- Draw a vertical line between columns 1 and 2 from row 1 down to the step-2 horizontal line; then draw a horizontal line between rows 1 and 2 from column 1 to column 2—completing the final region with green at (1,2) and red at (2,1).
Doing It Faster
- Prioritize gem pairs already adjacent vertically or horizontally—they often anchor the simplest regions.
- Use every pre-drawn boundary; avoid redundant lines that don’t contribute to gem pairing.
- Verify each region has exactly one red and one green gem before finalizing—this walkthrough saves time by confirming correctness early.
- If a region looks unbalanced, undo immediately—reworking later costs more seconds than pausing now.
Where Players Slip Up
- Creating a region with two red gems, two green gems, or no gem—invalid per level rules.
- Leaving isolated single cells or disconnected groups that can’t host both gem colors.
- Drawing lines that intersect or overlap existing boundaries, splitting gems incorrectly.
- Overlooking the pre-drawn grid lines—this solution relies on extending, not ignoring, them.
- Rushing step 6 and misaligning the top-left region, breaking the one-red-one-green rule. The solution hinges on precise alignment—and this walkthrough ensures you get it right the first time.