Farm Shadow Match

Farm Shadow Match combines two puzzle types. Like a hidden object game, it asks you to search a scene for items; like a shadow matching game, it tells you what to look for only as a silhouette. The shadow appears in a panel on the left, and your task is to find the item in the scene that matches it.

That changes how you search. Without a picture or a name, you are working from shape alone, so colour and detail are no help in deciding what you are looking for, only in spotting it once you know.

There is a time element. Completing a level before time runs out earns you bonus points, so speed is rewarded as well as accuracy. The developer describes it as both educational and fun. It is played with a mouse or touchpad in a 16:9 landscape frame.

Look at the shadow shown in the panel on the left of the screen. Search the scene for the item whose outline matches that shadow, then click on it with your mouse or touchpad. Keep matching shadows to items until the level is done. Finish the level before the time runs out to earn bonus points.

Study the shadow for a distinctive feature, such as a handle, an ear or a pointed end, before you start scanning the scene. A single clear feature is quicker to search for than a whole outline. Since finishing in time brings bonus points, do not linger over one shadow for too long.

A hybrid of hidden object search and shadow matching: find the item that fits each shadow shown in the left panel. Finishing in time earns bonus points. It plays in an 800 by 450 frame, with mouse or touchpad.

Find The Correct Shadow flips the task, giving you one picture and three shadows to choose from, and Hidden Object Rooms Exploration is a straight item search with six objects in each of 18 rooms.