Catdoku level 157 answer and walkthrough

The level 157 board

Place one cat in every row, every column and every colored patch. No two cats may touch, not even diagonally.

Level 157 answer

1. Row 1: column 7, in the yellow patch
2. Row 2: column 1, in the sky patch
3. Row 3: column 3, in the rose patch
4. Row 4: column 8, in the mint patch
5. Row 5: column 6, in the lilac patch
6. Row 6: column 4, in the peach patch
7. Row 7: column 2, in the aqua patch
8. Row 8: column 5, in the coral patch

How to solve level 157, step by step

After every placed cat, cross out the rest of its row, its column, its patch and the four corner squares around it. The steps below assume you do (the in-game auto-paws assist does it for you).

1. Cat 1 of 8: the mint patch is down to a single free square at row 4, column 8, so its cat settles there.
2. Every free square of the yellow patch sits in row 1, so the yellow cat must come from there and the rest of row 1 can be crossed out. Cat 2 of 8: the sky patch is down to a single free square at row 2, column 1, so its cat settles there.
3. Cat 3 of 8: the aqua patch is down to a single free square at row 7, column 2, so its cat settles there.
4. Cat 4 of 8: the peach patch is down to a single free square at row 6, column 4, so its cat settles there.
5. Cat 5 of 8: the only free square left in row 5 is column 6, so the cat goes there.
6. Cat 6 of 8: the coral patch is down to a single free square at row 8, column 5, so its cat settles there.
7. Cat 7 of 8: the yellow patch is down to a single free square at row 1, column 7, so its cat settles there.
8. Cat 8 of 8: the rose patch is down to a single free square at row 3, column 3, so its cat settles there.