Bloom

Bloom is a free daily flood-fill puzzle from Stoop, a one-person studio that publishes small daily browser games. Every day at midnight a new 14 by 14 colour grid is published, the same one for every player around the world. Your territory starts in the top-left corner; click one of the six colour buttons under the grid and the territory flood-fills to every touching cell of that colour. The aim is to turn the whole grid one colour in as few moves as possible, and the score compares your count with par, an estimate of the optimal move count produced by a greedy algorithm. Matching or beating par earns the maximum 10,000 points; each move over par costs points. The daily grid allows one attempt, with no play again, and a streak that resets if you miss a day. A Levels tab adds 240 boards across four families, Classic, Seed, Virus and Token, each changing how the territory grows or how often a colour can be used. No account, no subscription, no ads.

1. Look at the whole grid before clicking: the daily board allows one attempt, with no play again.
2. Check which colour dominates the region next to the top-left corner; that is usually the best first move.
3. Click one of the six colour buttons at the bottom; your territory instantly absorbs every touching cell of that colour.
4. Keep choosing colours, watching the move counter against par, and favour large sweeping expansions over small patches.
5. Finish when the whole grid is one colour, read your score and title, then come back tomorrow to keep the streak, or switch to Levels for more.

Bloom is for players who like optimisation more than deduction: nothing is hidden, the whole grid is visible before the first click, and the only question is the order of colours. It suits people who enjoy a daily score against a fixed par and who will happily replay practice levels to build intuition. Skip it if you want a second chance: the daily grid is a single attempt, and the greedy first click that swallows the biggest patch is often the wrong plan. A daily game is one grid and one run of colour picks; the 240 levels are there when one board is not enough.

During a game the only running feedback is the move counter beside the grid's par, and the territory itself, which swallows the touching cells of each colour you pick. The verdict comes once the grid is one colour, measured against par: par or better scores 10,000 with the title PERFECT BLOOM, one over scores 9,500 and MASTER GARDENER, two or three over 8,500 and KEEN GARDENER, four to six over 7,000 and GREEN THUMB, and seven or more over drops below 7,000 with LEARNING TO GROW. In Token levels a colour that runs out while still on the board means a loss, not a lower score.

Daily

One 14 by 14 grid per day, published at midnight and identical for every player. One attempt, scored against par, with a streak that resets if you miss a day.

Classic (levels 1 to 60)

Pure flood-fill with no modifiers: plan the optimal colour order from the start.

Seed (levels 61 to 120)

Some tiles are pre-coloured and territory grows from seed positions instead of the corner.

Virus (levels 121 to 180)

A fuchsia colour spreads by one tile after every move; absorb it early for safety or wait for a bigger grab.

Token (levels 181 to 240)

Each colour has limited uses. Run out while it still exists on the board and you lose.

• Plan several moves ahead: each colour you pick changes the boundary of your territory and opens new paths, so the best move is the one that sets up the next two.
• Sweep rather than nibble: expanding in large moves instead of picking off small patches keeps the count close to par.
• Par comes from a greedy algorithm that approximates the optimum, so the greediest choice each turn is not guaranteed to beat it; on hard grids even experienced players rarely do.
• Use Levels to experiment: some grids have several optimal paths, and the 240 levels let you test orderings without spending the daily attempt.
• In Virus levels, decide when to absorb the fuchsia colour, early for safety or later for a bigger grab; in Token levels, count the remaining uses before you commit to a colour.