About Early Basket Market
The market is up before anyone else. Stall keepers pull down their striped awnings, carts roll in loaded with crates, and the first customers are already haggling at the scales. The music is accordion and hand claps, and the air is full of chatter, rattling cart wheels and vendors calling out the day's prices. Little paper scraps tumble along the road in the breeze.
Rows of open stalls stand around a big timber Market Hall with a rooster weather vane on top. Everything is pale wood, woven baskets and painted signs, and the awnings throw striped shade across the road. Apple, orange and pear trees grow between the stalls. Along the way you pass Apple Stalls, Banana Hooks, Pigeon Fountain and the busy Cart Jam.
On Mom's list
This is where Mom sends you for fruit and vegetables: apples, carrots and bananas. The market is also home to her first special day. On level 25 it is Mom's birthday, the level card gets a ribbon, and a first clear with at least one star brings two extra gems. The run itself stays the same, so it is a nice level to aim for a Perfect.
Tip
Market streets are full of things to dodge: crates, barrels and stacks, with shop awnings to slide under. From level 30 you also meet mixed sets, where a crate, a banner and a tall obstacle come one after another, about a second and a quarter apart. Think one move ahead: jump, then slide, then change lane or double jump. Carts and barrels move here too.
What it looks like
Open market stalls with striped canvas awnings stand in rows around a big timber market hall. Everything is pale wood, baskets and painted signs. Crates, barrels, carts, scales, a clock post, a fruit arch and a water pump are part of the obstacle course whether you like it or not.
Trees and ground
Apple, orange and pear trees grow between the stalls. The ground is grey-ochre plaza slabs with boardwalk edges and swept dirt, and the shade of the awnings falls across the road in stripes.
Music and sounds
Accordion and hand claps keep the pace lively. You run through market chatter, rolling cart wheels and vendors calling out. Little paper scraps tumble along in the breeze.
The finale landmark: Market Hall weather vane
Each map's finale ends at the Market Hall, under its rooster weather vane.
Apple
Carrot
Banana