Puzzle game
Pipe Flow
Turn the pipes and get the water to the drain before it spills.
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How to play
- Tap a pipe to turn it a quarter turn.
- Build a route from the red tap to every green drain.
- A cross carries water straight over. A tee splits it to feed two drains.
- Press Flow now early for a bonus, or wait for the countdown.
- Any open end spills the water. Three spills and the run ends.
- From level 2, quitting keeps your place: Continue deals that board again with the lives you had.
Controls
Keyboard
- ← → ↑ ↓ move the cursor
- Space turn the pipe
- Z flow now
- P pause
Touch
- Tap a pipe to turn it
- Tap Flow now to start the water early
Controller
- D-pad or left stick to move
- A / Cross for action, B / Circle for secondary
- Start to pause
Tips for a better score
- Trace back from the drain as well as forward from the tap. Meeting in the middle stops you building a route that runs into a block.
- The moment the drains light up, press Flow now. Every whole second left is worth 15, on top of 15 for each pipe the water fills.
- On a board with one drain, the answer never needs a tee. Any tee the water reaches has a third opening, and that is usually where the spill starts.
- Right-click turns a pipe back the other way, saving two clicks. Even once the water is running, you can still turn any pipe it hasn't reached.
About Pipe Flow
Pipe Flow gives you a board of scrambled pipe pieces between a red tap and a green drain. Turn the pieces to build a watertight route before the countdown ends and the water starts to run. Water fills every open end of a pipe it reaches, so one stray open end means a spill and a lost life. A cross carries water straight over, so a route can pass through it twice, and a tee splits the water in two when a board has two drains. The first boards are small, with some pieces already in place and plenty of time. Every level after that is harder: bigger boards, longer routes, blocks from level 2, crosses from level 3, a second drain from level 4, less time and faster water. Starting the water early earns a bonus for every second saved.
A free pipe connecting puzzle that runs in your browser. Category: Puzzle games. Made for RetroWorld with original art and sound.
