What You're Up Against
Sand Shape Level 24 presents a 5×5 grid with green circles and red triangles scattered across cells. Your goal is to partition the grid into contiguous shapes, each containing at least one green circle and one red triangle—but the level’s validation is flexible: only the two primary shapes must strictly satisfy this, while the remaining regions auto-fill upon their completion.
Beating Sand Shape Level 24
- Draw a 2×2 square covering cells R3C3, R3C4, R4C3, and R4C4—it fills solid yellow and contains one green circle (R3C3) and one red triangle (R3C4).
- Draw an L-shaped region covering R1C1, R2C1, R3C1, R4C1, R5C1, and R5C2—it fills light blue and contains three green circles and one red triangle.
- After placing both shapes correctly, the top-right (green) and bottom-right (orange) regions auto-fill, completing Sand Shape Level 24.
Doing It Faster
- Prioritize the center 2×2 square first—it’s small, unambiguous, and unlocks the rest.
- The L-shape must include all of column 1 plus R5C2; avoid extending it rightward or upward unnecessarily.
- Ignore early invalid attempts (e.g., top-left corner draws)—they’re rejected instantly and waste no time.
Where Players Slip Up
- Drawing shapes with zero gems—they’re immediately rejected.
- Placing the L-shape without R5C2 or omitting R1C1—breaks the required coverage.
- Overthinking gem counts in auto-filled regions—the solution only demands correctness in the two manually drawn shapes. This walkthrough focuses on speed and precision, not exhaustive gem matching.