Slinky Sort Puzzle

Slinky Sort Puzzle uses coiled slinky rings as its pieces. The rings are mixed by colour across the board, and the job is to move them so that matching colours end up together.

Two rules govern every move. Only rings of one colour can be moved at a time, and a ring can only be set down on another ring of the same colour. In practice that means you are always looking for a pair of matching rings: one you can pick up and one that can receive it. The developer's instructions mention both dragging and tapping, though the wording is brief, so try both and use whichever the game responds to. Several levels are mentioned without a number. The developer pitches the game as colour therapy and as something designed to relax you. It is drawn for a tall portrait screen.

Choose a ring to move; the instructions describe tapping a colour and dragging the ring to its new place. Drop it onto a ring of the same colour, since that is the only kind of placement allowed. Only one colour moves at a time. Repeat until the rings are sorted by colour to finish the level.

Because a ring can only land on a matching colour, scan the board for colours that appear in more than one place before you move anything. The game moves one colour at a time, so plan each move around a single colour and where it can go.

A ring sorting puzzle using slinkies. The board is drawn in a tall portrait frame. The stated controls are tapping and drag and drop. The developer mentions multiple levels but no count, timer or boosters.

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