About Rice Sack Mill
Where the river meets the paddies stands the old mill. A warm golden haze hangs over the fields, and the waterwheel creaks round and round as the stream runs past. Plucked strings and a woodblock give the music a gentle flow, and frogs join in from the edges of the rice. Sacks wait by every door, ready to be carried to town.
The buildings here are dark timber with straw thatch: the water mill, a granary raised on stilts and long rice barns. Millstones, bamboo pipes, drying racks and sieves sit around the yards, and kites fly over the fields. Bamboo clumps and willows grow by the water. Look for the Paddy Steps, the Noodle Racks, the Lotus Pond and the Kite Field.
On Mom's list
This is where Mom's pantry gets filled: rice, flour and noodles. They are heavy things for a small runner, but the child carries them with pride. Rice chaff floats in the light as you go. Every map in this theme ends at the Great Waterwheel, the mill's pride, turning slowly beside the stream. Every map in this theme ends there.
Tip
Barrels are the trick to learn here. A barrel waits on the road, then rolls toward you once you are about 45 metres away. Do not wait for it: change lane as soon as you see it start to move, or jump it if you are lined up. Moving obstacles appear from level 12, so by the mill you will meet them often.
What it looks like
A water mill, a granary on stilts and rice barns, built from dark timber, straw thatch, mossy stone and bamboo.
Trees and ground
Bamboo clumps and willows by the water. The ground is packed earth and straw, with mossy stone steps and paddy edges.
Music and sounds
Plucked strings and woodblock, flowing like the stream. You hear running water, the creak of the waterwheel and frogs.
The finale landmark: Great Waterwheel
Every Rice Sack Mill map ends at the Great Waterwheel.
Rice
Flour
Noodles