The one tip that matters most
Stand still. Once you are fully blended, a light cone can pass right over you without raising the Alert. Most runs end because players move when they should have waited.
1. Stop early, not late
You need about 0.75 seconds of standing still to blend in fully. If you let go just as a cone reaches you, you will still be partly visible when it hits you. Stop when a cone is still about a second away.
2. Fully blended means untouchable
Once you have finished blending, a light cone can sweep straight over you and the Alert meter won't move. Don't panic and run when a Seeker comes your way. Staying still is almost always the right call.
3. Any tile is a good tile
Your creature copies the colour of the tile it is on, so sand hides you as well as moss. Don't waste time running to a "better" colour. Pick your spot based on where the Seekers are, not on terrain.
4. Move in short dashes behind the cones
You run about three times faster than a patrolling Seeker. Wait for a cone to sweep past, dash in behind it toward a firefly, then let go and blend again. Short dashes beat long runs. The longer you run, the more likely a cone turns onto you.
5. Watch for scans
When a Seeker reaches its destination it often (55% of the time) stops and sweeps a much wider cone from side to side for a moment. If a Seeker is slowing down near you, stop moving before it starts scanning.
6. Getting chased? Freeze.
If a Seeker spots you clearly it charges toward you. Running from it keeps you visible, but freezing takes you out of sight. Once it can't see you, it gives up after about 1.1 seconds. Just don't stop right next to it: brushing past a Seeker while visible gets you noticed even outside its cone.
7. A little Alert is fine
The meter drains when no one sees you, and a full meter empties in about 3.8 seconds. Brief exposure while grabbing a firefly is OK. What gets you caught is staying in a cone, or being caught in two cones at once, which fills the meter faster.
8. Survive first, fireflies second
A firefly is worth 10 points. Clearing round 5 is worth 500, and the bonus keeps growing every round. In later rounds, one extra round cleared is worth more than every firefly on the board. Take the safe fireflies and skip the ones near a Seeker.
9. Use the Hide! countdown
Nothing moves during the 3-second countdown. Look at where each Seeker is facing and which fireflies are in quiet corners, and plan your first dash before the round starts.
10. Lost a life? The round resets
Getting spotted restarts the same round with fresh fireflies, and you keep the points you already scored. With 3 lives in total, play the last life more carefully than the first.
Quick checklist
- Stop about a second before a cone arrives.
- Fully blended is safe, even in the light.
- Terrain colour doesn't matter.
- Dash behind cones, never into them.
- Freeze when chased.
- Late-round bonuses beat fireflies.