Level Design Contest #19 - Playing Phase (Discussion Topic)

[NieSch]

@Crane: Your solution to "Perpetuum Mobilem" is intended. Your solution to "Me, Myself and I" is a very clever alternative solution that I wasn't aware of. Great job!

[Crane]

I do like very clever solutions - thank you!

[Dullstar]

Crane's solution to Shimmier Sort is another backroute. I was hoping to avoid having the entire level made out of steel or one-way arrows but it might be unavoidable.

[Flopsy]

Ok Crane has back routed Who Ya Gonna Call yet again so I'll upload V4 to updates now!

[Crane]

Backrouted again, I'm afraid.

[Flopsy]

And fixed again....

[Crane]

Not fixed!

[Flopsy]

*sigh*
uploaded v6 now

[Crane]

Is this any closer to what you had in mind? Splitting up the Climber and Glider pickups does unfortunately take a lot out of the puzzle, as does the placement of the Digger pickup.

[Armani]

I revisited contest levels.

Who Ya Gonna Call Knuckles The Echidna!

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Still there's a backroute I think.

Me, Myself and I

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I finally made it. Only 12 milli-seconds left!

Reach-around

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Is floater a decoy? If then, I think I found an intended solution.

S.C.R.O.O.G.E

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It seems more intended then the solution I found before but still I have a climber left.

Shimmier Sort

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I'm afraid I backrouted this level again

[NieSch]

Me, Myself and I

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I finally made it. Only 12 milli-seconds left!

Well done! Clever solution, part of it the same as Crane's.

I like both of your solutions but I decided I like my intended solution better so I made a V2, see the update topic.

[Flopsy]

Crane's solution to Who Ya Gonna Call is STILL a back route.

Armani's solution doesn't work on the latest version so I assume that was a back route also.

[Crane]

That is a backroute, but not for the reason you think! V3 available.

[IchoTolot]

As I'm seeing this backroute battle raging, I will delay my playthrough for ~1-2 days so I can give the new somewhat stable versions another go and not just end up recording a very temporary one.

[Dullstar]

I am starting to seriously suspect Shimmier Sort may not be possible to fix without completely destroying the aesthetics, unless I create a completely custom style that introduces steel versions of the poles.

I don't know how to fix this level. I'm running out of things that are possible to fix without also blocking off the intended solution. If anyone wants to take a stab at fixing it, I've included a replay of the intended solution. I don't think I will be releasing any more updates for this level unless I somehow magically think of something. I'm not sure I can make convincing looking steel pieces and it's probably too late to add a new style dependency.

If including this replay is against the rules, then you can consider the level withdrawn.