Here’s Sprout, a really neat Flash puzzle created by Jeff Nusz of New Zealand.
One thing you’ll notice about the game is that there are no instructions- which to me has always been one of the hallmarks of an elegant puzzle. In any case, I’m curious to hear what you think. If these flash puzzle games prove popular, I’ll try to get some more on the site from time to time.
Thanks to Jeff for allowing Smartkit to host his creative & original game.
Warning: Spoilers below!!
It wasn’t too...
That IS a neat little game. Memorization, path choices, and outside-the-box problem-solving all in one.
Some of the trickier solutions:
Break the dam by repeatedly dropping the coconut onto it.
Slingshot the robin by pulling down his branch with the vine.
Use the palm tree to push up the log, making a ramp to catapult your coconut over the river and into the woods.
yay me!!! i win
Thanks RK, that was fun, figuring out all the minor details that had to happen in specific order. I think bumping the tree branch at the end took me the longest to figure out, I kept trying to grab it with the vine like I did to the tree limb to shoot the bird away
Thank you, That was fun! Be nice if it were a little longer but it was fun.
yeah i win, i liked the lots of trees at the end, and that the bird that i send far away survived the long trip, it was fun!
i also recommend the grow cubes, some funny logic in them
just google growcube
whooo hooo i finally got it…that was pretty fun thanks RK
that was fun….relatively easy to figure out, just took a little time and repetition….
I agree, it was fun. And I appreciate puzzles (like the Four Rivers Logic Puzzle) that are lovely to look at, as this one is. Thanks.
I loved it!
I also really liked the lack of instructions, and that the only clue as what to do or even what it is, is that it is on a puzzle website. Very refreshing. Thank you Jeff Nusz, I’ll look fwd to the next one…
I’m completely lost on this one. What are you supposed to solve?
Hi Wren- try to move the sprout along its way so that it eventually becomes an acorn.
Nice Game.. RK
and thank you to Kevin from Bathurst…it tried game cube. that was a cool lil fun game
i ment grow cube
very good game. ^^
That was great – some nice imaginative touches!
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Poor cactus.
Very nice and enjoyable, loved it almost as much as a grow cube collection.
Very clever. Particularly because it relies on your intuition, not instructions or “rules.” I’d love to see more puzzles like this one!