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Glow Artisan Achievement Guide
Guide By: big red marino
There are 16 achievements with a total of 200 points.

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Overview
- Estimated achievement difficulty: 7/10 (Much less if you follow my solutions guide).
- Offline: 16/16 (200/200)
- Online: 0/16 (0/200)
- Approximate amount of time to 200: 40-50 hours (Much less if you follow my solutions guide).
- Minimum number of playthroughs needed: Several to complete "Gold Time Solutions."
- Number of missable achievements: None
- Do cheat codes disable achievements?: No Cheats
- Does difficulty affect achievements?: No
- Glitchy achievements: None
- Unobtainable achievements: None
- Extra equipment needed?: Windows 7 Phone.

 

INTRODUCTION:
Welcome to my achievement guide and roadmap for achieving 200 on Glow Artisan. This game is only available on a Windows 7 phone. This is a very entertaining puzzle game that starts off real nice and easy but becomes extremely complicated. Most of the achievements are related to going through the game solving all 84 puzzles and then doing so in a certain amount of moves or time.


GETTING STARTED:
First things first. You want to start the Tutorial to learn the rules of this simple puzzle game and to also net the "Color Theory 101" achievement. You should obtain a Gold Move Medal on the Apprentice #1 puzzle to net the "Gold Rush" achievement, as this puzzle only take two moves to solve. The puzzles are broken down into 4 sections. The first three sections have 24 puzzles each and they are broken down by difficulty; Apprentice, Artisan and Master. There is a Bonus Puzzle that is unlocked for every 6 puzzles you complete, for a total of 12 Bonus Puzzles. With a grand total of 84 puzzles.

When you complete all puzzles for a particular section you will also complete the Trophy for that section. There are four achievements related to completing all 24 Apprentice puzzles and finshing the Apprentice Trophy: "A First Time for Everything," "Two Out of Four Ain't Bad," "Third Time's a Charm," and "Clear a Space on the Mantle." Completing the remaining 60 puzzles and their respective trophies unlocks an achievement for each section; "Gonna Need a Bigger Shelf" (Artisan), "Master Makes Three" (Master), and finally "Take a Puzzling Vacation" (Bonus). Additionally, you are limited to solving a group of 6 puzzles at a time and you are unable to move onto the next 6 puzzles until you complete the group of 6 you are on. Auto Solve does not ruin your chance at achievements, but will not give you the gold solution.

You can follow my Gold Move Medal Solutions Guide or solve them all on your own to net the "Slick Moves" (completing 42 of the Gold Move Medals) and "Master of Moves" (completing all 84 of the Gold Move Medals) achievements. Finally, this leaves us with the Gold Time Medal related achievements. These will be the most difficult as there are no tricks that I have found other than memorizing the Gold Move Solutions and trying relentlessly to beat the time. "Time is on Your Side" should be no trouble to complete as this is for beating one time. Finishing half the Gold Time Medals will present a challenge and will net you "Half-Time Show." Finally you may go mad when beating all the required times to unlock the "Lord of Time" achievement. The last two achievements are for creating your own puzzles; one for using a picture on your phone "...It'll Last Longer" and finally the secret achievement for spending a certain amount of time creating a puzzle - "Don't Rush an Artist."

CONCLUSION:
This game logs all of your statistics, including total medals and the level of medal (Gold, Silver, or Bronze) you have on each puzzle for both MOVES and TIME. As well what your top time for each puzzle is. You can even track your times versus your friends on the leaderboards. Finally, if you are color blind, there is an option for that as well. I hope this helped you on your way to 200.

 

[x360a would like to thank big red marino for this Roadmap]



Color Theory 10110
Complete the Tutorial. 

From the main menu select Help & Options - How to Play - Play Tutorial. This will explain the rules for solving the puzzles and net you the achievement.

Gold Rush5
Earn a Gold Move Medal on any puzzle. 

To earn a Gold Move Medal you must complete the puzzle in the minimum number of moves. The number of moves for a Gold Move Medal is shown when you select a puzzle to solve. This screen also shows the number of moves it last took you to solve the puzzle. Apprentice #1 can easily be solved in two moves for a gold medal.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Time is on Your Side5
Earn a Gold Time Medal on any puzzle. 

To earn a Gold Time Medal you must beat the Gold time posted for a particular puzzle. Once you select a puzzle, a screen comes up showing the time needed to get the Gold Time Medal. This screen also shows how long it took you to solve this specific puzzle. The time to complete Apprentice 1 can easily be done in half the required time for a gold medal.

A First Time for Everything5
Earn the first Trophy Piece in Apprentice difficulty. 

You must complete Apprentice puzzles 1 - 6 to obtain the first trophy piece. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Two Out of Four Ain't Bad10
Earn second Trophy Piece in Apprentice difficulty. 

You must complete Apprentice puzzles 7 - 12 to obtain the second trophy piece. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Third Time's a Charm10
Earn third Trophy Piece in Apprentice difficulty. 

You must complete Apprentice puzzles 13 - 18 to obtain the third trophy piece From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Clear a Space on the Mantle15
Complete Apprentice Trophy. 

You must complete Apprentice puzzles 19 - 24 to obtain the 4th and last trophy piece. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Gonna Need a Bigger Shelf20
Complete Artisan Trophy. 

You must complete all 24 Artisan puzzles to obtain this trophy. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

And Master Makes Three25
Complete Master Trophy. 

You must complete all 24 Master puzzles to obtain this trophy. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Take a Puzzling Vacation15
Unlock and solve all Bonus Puzzles. 

For every 6 puzzles you solve or section of a trophy you complete, you unlock a Bonus Puzzle. You obtain this trophy for solving all 12 bonus puzzles. From the Main Menu hit PLAY - NEXT PUZZLE to continue what puzzle you are currently on or go into the Puzzle Gallery to see all of the puzzles you have unlocked.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Slick Moves10
Earn 50% of all Gold Move Medals. 

There are a total of 84 puzzles. Once your recieve a Gold Move Medal on any 42 of those puzzles you will unlock this achievement. To check how many Gold Move Medals you have; from the main menu select: Play and your medal totals are in the top right hand corner. The medal with the square on it represents your total move medals. You can go through the puzzle gallery to check your medal status on a specific puzzle.

See "Master of Moves" for Gold Medal Solutions Guide.

Halftime Show10
Earn 50% of all Gold Time Medals. 

There are a total of 84 puzzles. Once your recieve a Gold Time Medal on any 42 of those puzzles you will unlock this achievement. To check how many Gold Time Medals you have; from the main menu select: Play and your medal totals are in the top right hand corner. The medal with an hour glass on it represents your time medals. You can go through the puzzle gallery to check your medal status on a specific puzzle. The best advice for this achievement is to memorize the steps and keep at it. The times may seem impossible, but once you have the steps memorized you will knock these out.

Master of Moves20
Earn Gold Move Medals for every puzzle in the game, including Bonus Puzzles. 

There are a total of 84 puzzles. Once your recieve a Gold Move Medal on all 84 puzzles you will unlock this achievement. To check how many Gold Move Medals you have; from the main menu select: Play and your medal totals are in the top right hand corner. The icon with the square on it represents your move medals. You can go through the puzzle gallery to check your medal status on a specific puzzle.

GOLD MOVE MEDAL SOLUTIONS GUIDE

Lord of Time20
Earn Gold Time Medals for every puzzle in the game, including Bonus Puzzles. 

There are a total of 84 puzzles. Once your recieve a Gold Time Medal on all 84 puzzles you will unlock this achievement. To check how many Gold Time Medals you have; from the main menu select: Play and your medal totals are in the top right hand corner. The medal with an hour glass on it represents the number of time medals earned. You can go through the puzzle gallery to check your medal status on a specific puzzle. The best advice for this achievement is to memorize the steps and keep at it. The times may seem impossible, but once you have the steps memorized you will knock these out.

... It'll Last Longer10
Create a Picture Puzzle in Create Mode. 

From the main menu select Create - New - Photo Album. From here select a photo. Select YES to confirm the photo you want to use. Then select the size of the puzzle: 5x5 or 8x6. Hit NEXT. The next four steps allow you to adjust the color and variation of the puzzle. Hit NEXT to move forward through these four steps. Finally, select KEEP to unlock the achievement.

 
Secret Achievements
 
Don't Rush an Artist10
Take over 7 minutes to create a really awesome 5x5 or 8x6 puzzle. (1) 

From the main menu select CREATE - NEW - 8x6. Then use one of the Master Gold Move Medal Solutions from 19 through 24, ensuring that you take at least 7 minutes creating it before you save it.


 
 
 
Game Info
Developer:
Powerhead Games

Publisher:
Microsoft Game Studios

Genre
Puzzle and Word

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