Draw to Save Game: Save the Clownfish
Like draw to save puzzles? In Save the Clownfish the swarm comes right away. Draw as many short coral strokes as your ink allows to turn jellyfish, sea urchins and pufferfish away, and keep the clownfish safe until the timer ends. Free in your browser.
How a draw to save game works
A draw to save game, sometimes called a draw-a-line puzzle or a save the dog game, gives you a wall and a limited ink budget. You draw between a small friend and the creatures that want to reach it. If they touch your friend, the try is over and you draw again. Each level is a small shape puzzle: where should those strokes go?
Classic versions give you one stroke, and the creatures move only after you let go. Save the Clownfish sends the swarm in right away, and you draw as many short strokes as your ink allows before the timer ends. The best answers are still short. A long scribble that blocks everything can win, but short strokes that cover every path are the clever clear.
What Save the Clownfish adds
The friend is a clownfish on a sunny reef, and each stroke is a strip of red coral. Enemies come right away: jellyfish drift in, sea urchins roll, and pufferfish inflate after a couple of seconds and take up more room. You have a limited ink budget, shown as a meter, and you may draw as many short strokes as that ink allows while the swarm is moving. The coral turns them away. If one touches the fish, the swarm stops so you can redraw. Keep the clownfish safe until the timer ends.
There are 45 hand-made levels in three zones. Shallow Reef (levels 1–15) teaches the idea with open water and a few creatures. Blue Grotto (levels 16–25) tightens the gaps. Kelp Hollow (levels 26–45) packs the reef with mixed swarms, so the strokes have to cover more than one path. The first three levels show a short tip. After that, you read the reef yourself.
How to play
- Draw while they move. The swarm is already coming. Press on the water and drag. Each coral stroke follows your finger or mouse, and you can draw as many short strokes as your ink allows.
- Watch the ink. The meter is your whole budget. Shorter strokes leave more ink unused, and unused ink is how you earn stars.
- Survive until the timer ends. Jellyfish, urchins and pufferfish head for the clownfish. The strokes turn them away. If one slips through and touches the fish, you draw again, right away.
- Use Bonus if you are stuck. Show the path marks a safe wall with bubbles. Skip this level moves you on and saves a single star. On this site both are free.
Stars and tips
Any clear earns at least 1 star. Use 70% of the ink or less and you earn 2 stars. Use 40% or less and you earn 3. Stars stay on your device, so you can go back and redraw a level with shorter strokes.
- Cover every path. Look for the gaps the swarm can squeeze through, and draw short strokes across all of them.
- Leave room for the puff. Pufferfish start small and inflate, so a stroke that looks tight at the start can be too close a moment later.
- Urchins roll. They do not stop at the first corner. Give the coral a shape that catches a rolling urchin, not only a drifting jellyfish.
- Shorter is better. Once you have a clear, try again and cut the extra curves. The 3-star drawing is usually the one you see after the first win.
Why people like draw to save games
Draw to save games are quick to learn and satisfying to solve. One level fits on a phone screen and takes well under a minute, but the right strokes still ask you to look before you drag. A failed try costs nothing except the redraw, so the puzzle stays calm. Save the Dog made this kind of draw-a-line puzzle famous, and the same idea works just as well under the sea: short coral strokes, one clownfish, and a swarm you have to out-think.
If you like drawing puzzles, trace a figure in one stroke in the one line drawing puzzle One Stroke, or stretch a tentacle around guards in the thief puzzle game Octo Snatch. Both are free in the browser, and so is the rest of our puzzle games.
Frequently asked questions
Is this draw to save game free?
Yes. Save the Clownfish is free in your browser with no download and no account.
Does it work on phones?
Yes. Draw with your finger on a phone or tablet, or with the mouse on a computer. The game is made for a phone held upright.
How many levels are there?
45 levels in 3 zones: Shallow Reef, Blue Grotto and Kelp Hollow. Your stars are saved on your device, and you can replay any cleared level with shorter strokes.