Pixel Flow Board-Match Test

Evidence boundary

This test answers one narrow question: does a recorded walkthrough show enough of the same visible state to be useful for the board in front of you? A title, thumbnail, or level number can help you find a candidate, but none of them is a board fingerprint. PixelFlow Guide does not upload a screenshot, recognize a board automatically, or claim that one recording applies to every app version or player state.

The official store listing supports the published game context. The competitor benchmark shows that players search for board matching and wrong-layout recovery. Neither source proves the layout or tap order for your current level. Those details must come from the board and original video that you can see.

• Treat the level number as a lookup key, not a guarantee.
• Use only visible features that can be checked on both screens.
• Stop at the first mismatch instead of explaining it away.

The five-signal opening check

Pause both the game and the walkthrough before any action. Compare the same five signals in the same order so that a familiar color does not distract from a larger mismatch.

1. Overall board shape

Look at the occupied outline and the location of the visible groups. You do not need to name a picture or infer hidden cubes. The purpose is simply to notice whether the large visible regions are arranged in the same places.

2. Exposed color pattern

Compare the colors that are currently visible, not colors that might appear later. A board can share a general shape while exposing a different first layer. If the visible pattern differs, the exact sequence has already failed the test.

3. Pig order and ammo

Read the visible pig order and the numbers shown with those pigs. Compare them as a pair. A matching color with a different number, or a matching number in a different order, is still a meaningful mismatch.

4. Occupied conveyor space

Count the positions that are already occupied before the source begins. A video that starts after an action may look plausible while showing a different working state. Treat a late start as incomplete evidence unless you can reconstruct the missing state from what is visible.

5. Free waiting space

Compare the visible free capacity. Do not assume that a slot is available merely because the walkthrough has one. Capacity affects whether the first shown action can lead to the same next state.

Validate one state change

When all five opening signals agree, follow only the first clearly visible action. Pause again immediately. Compare what changed: which visible cubes cleared, which pig moved, which numbers changed, and how much space remains. This is a checkpoint, not permission to copy the rest of the recording without looking.

Accept the source provisionally when the opening and first checkpoint agree. Reject the exact sequence when either differs. General mechanics may still be useful, but the recording is no longer evidence for the next board-specific action.

Worked example

Suppose the level number and exposed colors match, but the walkthrough begins with one more free waiting position than your board. The first two signals agree and the fifth does not. That is enough to reject the exact sequence before tapping. You do not need to guess whether an update, an earlier action, or another assignment caused the difference.

Now suppose all five opening signals match. You follow the first visible action, but a different pig returns or a different area becomes exposed. Stop at that checkpoint. Record the first difference and choose another source. The test has done its job even though it did not produce a complete solution.

Failure branches

The video starts after the first action

Treat it as a partial source. Look for another recording that exposes the opening board, or use it only for broad context. Do not reconstruct unseen actions from the final frame.

One signal is hidden or unreadable

Mark the source as unconfirmed. A blurry number or covered queue is unknown, not a match. Continue only with information that is visible on both the game and the recording.

The source becomes unavailable

Return to the numbered directory and check another available source. An unavailable video does not justify publishing an inferred layout, timestamp, duration, or sequence.

Limits and verification

This workflow does not identify an app version, explain why two boards differ, rank walkthrough quality, or guarantee completion. It offers a repeatable rejection test using visible evidence. Re-run the check whenever the board changes materially or when you switch sources.

To verify this page, open a canonical level route, pause its source before the first action, and complete the five checks in order. The method succeeds when two people looking at the same screens would record the same match or mismatch without relying on memory or a guessed game rule.