Magic Water Sort: Color Puzzle

Magic Water Sort: Color Puzzle is a bottle pouring game with a magic theme laid over familiar rules. Each bottle starts with a stack of coloured water, and you pour between them until no bottle holds more than one colour.

The conditions for a pour are spelled out plainly. The target bottle must either be empty or show the same colour on top as the water you are moving, and it also needs enough free space to take it. When those conditions are not met, the pour cannot happen. That is the whole rulebook, which means the difficulty lies in the order you choose for your moves. The developer lists hundreds of levels and describes the game as calming, something to pick up when you want to unwind. The bottles are arranged in a landscape frame.

Tap a bottle to select it. Tap a second bottle to pour into it. The pour goes through when the second bottle is empty, or when its top colour matches, and only if it has room. If a pour is refused, pick a different target. Carry on until each bottle contains one colour, and the level is done.

Empty bottles accept any colour, so they are the most flexible spaces on the board, and filling one early leaves you fewer options. Before each pour, check the target has room as well as a matching top, since both are required. Look for moves that expose a top layer matching another bottle.

A water sort puzzle with a magic theme. Bottles are tapped to pour, and the screen is in landscape format. The developer mentions hundreds of levels and pitches the game as a calm way to give your logic some exercise.

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