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the size of the grid, ranging from 5x5 squares (3 colors) to 15x15 squares (up to 16 colors). Many grids are "open" and some contain "walls" which must be navigated around. Whenever a level is completed, a check mark will appear on the level select icon to indicate that the puzzle is solved, while a star indicates a "perfect" game, where the player finished the puzzle with the fewest moves required. The app also contains additional paid packs as well as a time trial mode.
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Big Duck Games has also released three expansions in the series. The first expansion, "Flow Free: Bridges", was released on November 8, 2012, at a fixed price. In this expansion, pipes can be made to intersect through pre-made bridges. The second expansion, "Flow Free: Hexes", was released on October
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puzzles. Each puzzle has a grid of squares with pairs of colored dots occupying some of the squares. The objective is to connect dots of the same color by drawing 'pipes' between them so that the entire grid is occupied by pipes. However, pipes may not intersect. Difficulty is primarily determined by
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in June 2012. As of 2022, the original game has received more than 100 million downloads, with its various variants receiving additional millions more.
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12, 2016, and features both free and paid premium puzzles. The gameplay is similar to "Flow Free" except the layout resembles
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Hart, Eammon; Joshua A., McGinnis (10 February 2022). "Physical Zero-knowledge Proofs for Flow Free".
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In this screenshot, the flow between the yellow dots needs to be completed to fill the grid
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This article is about the mobile puzzle game. For the indie game created in Flash, see
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as complexity increases, building upon a collaborative 2014 paper.
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According to a 2022 paper by Eammon Hart and Joshua A. McGinnis,
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developed and published by American studio Big Duck Games for
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Flow (video game)

Developer(s)
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)
Windows Phone
iOS
Android
Genre(s)
Puzzle
puzzle game
iOS
Android

numberlink
hexagons
squares
NP-complete
polynomial time
"Flow Free app: A delightfully advanced connect-the-dots game"
Archived


arXiv
2202.04113
"Jog Those Brain Cells With The Addictive Flow Free Puzzle Game [Android 2.2+]"
Archived
"9 great puzzlers and brain teasers for Android"
Archived
"Flow Free: Bridges Review"

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