13 Sticky Notes

Please help me sort through these 13 sticky notes!

Click on the sticky part of a note (the top) to grab it. It will display its detailed rules.
Respect all the rules and place each of the notes on the numbered grid.

This game was made for the 2025 edition of The Confounding Calendar!

General rules

• Every note has to be in the grid. Don't worry about exact placement, the game doesn't check anything.
• Not every row can be filled, but empty spaces have to be on the right of each row.
• You'll know when you're done, if you think you're done there might still be something to do.
• Normal left click is all you need, but you can press the R key to reset the position of the notes.
• Everything can be deduced, you don't have to guess or back solve.

Glossary

Go experiment with the game now, but if you find something ambiguous, hopefully the answer is here. Generally, think of the positions on the grid.

• Rows and Columns are numbered from top to bottom, left to right.
• NEAR: means around on the grid, including diagonals, as in the 3x3 cells around it.
• NEXT TO: means to the left or to the right, on the same row.
• BEFORE / AFTER: related to the numbers on the cells. They can be empty cells in between, and be on different rows. For example, if Circle is directly after Triangle, and Triangle is on cell 5 (end of first row), then Circle is on cell 6 (start of second row)
• LEFT / RIGHT: imagine a column, the note will be to the left / right of it, irrespective of the row or cell number. Same thing with OVER and UNDER.
• For descriptions of drawings, only pay attention to what you can see. If you're unsure about what is what, scroll down to see the list.

Hints

• 13 notes means there will always be 2 empty spaces.
• Inanimate objects and plants aren't animals. Mollusks are animals... monsters too.
• There are two sources of smoke.
• Don't forget the Mallet's rule.
• You don't have to know scrabble dictionary words, just common stuff.

"I think I'm done and don't know what to do"

(ROT 13, sequential guidance)

• Qba'g whfg sbphf ba gur ynfg ebj, ybbx ng gur jubyr.
• Jung ner gur vzcyvpngvbaf bs gung cerivbhf guvat?
• Unir lbh znqr fher rirelguvat svgf gur arj ehyrf?
• Qb lbh unir n arj zrffntr, ohg qba'g xabj jung vg zrnaf?
• Jul pna lbh bayl cvpx hc abgrf sebz gur fgvpxl cneg?

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