Merge Shapes

Merge Shapes is a level-based merge puzzle in which every shape has three stages. A shape begins as a plain outline. Join it with a similar shape and it becomes a cutout; join again and it turns into a full-colour shape. A shape that reaches the coloured stage is collected automatically.

Each level sets a goal: a list of things you need to collect. Gather everything the goal asks for and the level is complete. The developer's advice is short and practical, which is to keep an eye on the goal, since that is what decides when a level ends. Input is a tap to select a shape followed by a tap on a similar one, which connects and merges the two. The landscape frame is 1128 by 615, and the instructions mention tapping only.

Tap a shape to select it. Then tap a similar shape to connect the two and merge them, which moves the shape one stage along: outline, then cutout, then colour. When a shape is fully evolved it is collected. Check the level goal and keep merging until you have collected everything it asks for, which completes the level.

The goal is the thing to watch, as the developer says, so merge towards the shapes it lists rather than any pair you happen to see. Collection only happens at the coloured stage, so an outline still has two merges to go before it counts towards the goal.

A tap-to-merge collection puzzle with level goals, in a landscape frame. Shapes evolve through three stages (outline, cutout, colour) and are collected at the last one. The instructions describe tapping only.

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