BulletRide's Beta Releases

[bulletride]

40 levels up. See last later post for details.


Music download
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ixyar5ts5b0n5qz/bulletrideMusix.rar?dl=0

[Nepster]

Hope you get better soon!

Here are solutions to all five levels (using experimental version Exp1.44-D, though any even more recent version should work as well).

Comments on the levels

Blank Slate: Neat idea, but I found it pretty tricky and annoying to time all lemmings, so that they don't splat in the digger tunnel and arrive (as a group!) when the digger is almost finished with his work.
Act Fast: Very good level that was lot of fun to play.
Silent Circus: It shows that this level originally had a different solution.
Trap Well Sprung: Good level. I first thought that walkers may just walk over the rock (with only the right-hand side being too steep) and therefore went for a completely different approach (using two bombers to create a path from the bottom platform just over the water to the platform with the rock).
Threads of Life: My solution is very likely not 100% intended.

[bulletride]

Thanks for the replays they were a big help!

Spoiler

level 1's replay wasn't solved (probably the version effected it) but that's fine its solution is all in timing the lemmings anyway and is not meant to be a hard level.

Level 2 was solved as intended.

Level 3 is definitely not as good as its original but it was one of my favorites and I though I would try to revive it.

Level 4 you solved it differently then intended but I like your solution as well so I don't think I need to change anything.

For the last level I fixed it so that you cannot turn around with the steel at that one spot. Its not quite as pretty but it gets the job done.

[joshescue18]

Here is my solution.

[bulletride]

Alright, its been 2 weeks. Here are 5 more levels!

[bulletride]

Here is my solution.

Spoiler

This solution is one of the ways I intended it to be completed. Nepster noticed the gap can be crossed with simply 2 builders and no miner and I cant quite find a way to prevent it without ruining the other methods too . If I can't fix it I am not sure if I should remove a miner or not. Ill probably leave it in though.

[joshescue18]

Here are all of the replays.

[Nepster]

The second set is a lot easier than the first. Replays to Week 2 attached (again recorded with the experimental release - sorry).

Some comments

Crystallize: There is a lot of nice approaches one can try. However I am not really a fan of the one that actually works.
Stainless Steel: Good level! Again lots of possible approaches and red herrings.
No Bones: Nice idea with a well-hidden solution.
Catch and Release: It took me quite a lot of tries to set the RR correctly in order to balance "second digger must stop -> assign later" and "lemmings should not step out of the basher tunnel via stepping on the digger tunnel -> assign earlier". Again a nice idea, but unfortunately too much fiddling around for my taste.
Frustration: This was actually less frustrating than "Catch and Release". Sure, there were some precise skill assignments there, but at least it was clear what I had to optimize and did not have to find a balance between a few things.

[bulletride]

Nepster beat Catch and Release in a way I did not intend so that explains why it was annoying to time. Josh solved it the way I do it and he had a different solution to Frustration which was pretty cool. Thanks for the replays.

[bulletride]

I have procrastinated posting this for a while now so here is week 3 finally! Dropbox link contains the NXP with custom music but if you would rather the individual level files they are attached as well. First and Last level's music was made by a friend of mine. You can find his music here if you like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTr8JUGrsoE

Week 3 NXP (Version 2):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqaev33gmduoqhz/BulletRideW3V2.nxp?dl=0]https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqaev33gmduoqhz/BulletRideW3V2.nxp?dl=0]https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqaev33gmduoqhz/BulletRideW3V2.nxp?dl=0
(last updated 9/29)









I would appreciate any comments regarding the difficulty of the levels as I will need to arrange them in the future and I am terrible at rating my own levels. I think most of these are on the easier side. Thanks!

[mobius]

I like the first two being single screens. Not that I don't like big levels too, but this is a cool concept that was only recently introduced since you can adjust screen size now. The music is excellent too!

Meet Me in the Middle -- excellent one, stumped me for a little. Good multitasking here and the solution felt natural.

Let's get to the bottom  -- It was nice to  see a remake of this old one; still super hard!

I also love the music! What are the three middle songs from?

I attached my solution to the first level. I plan to keep trying on the rest, and also check out the stuff you posted earlier in this thread which I haven't much yet.

Just to be clear: these levels are intended to work on the latest version of NL; where the sides of levels are deadly right?

[bulletride]

These levels are intended for the new version but they work fine on the old version as well (updated post with the symbol to clarify). Glad you like them so far!

Level 2 and 4's music are from Shadow of the Beast and Level 3's is from Final Fantasy 9 (Memoria).

[mobius]

solved level 2 which seems like backroute.

Spoiler

I suspected at first the solution involved digging down the ladder in one go.

Not sure if I ever solved the old version.

[unrelated note:] I'm liking the failure, success jingles a lot.

[bulletride]

Yep that was a back route nice find! I have removed the climber from the skillset. Updated the main post with the new versions or you can download the individual level below.

[mobius]

solution to Show your true colors, feels a little backroutish

Spoiler

I was very much expecting the left side pillar to be splat height, surprised when this worked.