Ride to the Exit

Thanks to @cimarronline for spotting an autopilot.

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Just the low ceiling trigger is needed to take your ride.

Spoiler: Alt ending

@Meko Guy found a win where B can take a short ride then race to fill the gap on his own without R`s help.

FUN B ride!Thanks for sharing @Don G Rowe

Here`s the alternate solution @Meko Guy discovered ...

Spoiler: Video

Fun!! I love that long ride to the finish. It's worth the time taken to do the herding to watch the finish, .

I had to get my brain to work to figure out how to get R to where he needed to go, but after that it was all easy. I took the long way (haven't even looked at the vid yet), and I enjoyed it so much that I did it again. Nice tour of the landscape.

P.S. - I preferred the old title, but this one works just as well.

@Don G Rowe - @trids should like this level as he likes levels where there is more than one way to win. One way is a little harder due to the timing but if you like stress - you'll love that way.

@Meko Guy Only with Mekorama could you design a level

Spoiler

that turns out to be one of the tightest timing races on the forum without even meaning to!

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good design as always,
fun gameplay, B clown roll on ball
and revised to be no shortcut.

Spoiler: previous ver. with ToA shortcut

Oily loved this ride. Only one thing missing. He wants a tribe of Zs to applaud him upon arrival.

Played this one again, and now I realize why I gave this the additional star - basic gameplay and design are worth a 4, but it's just that one little piece of design that kicks it up a notch. B changing directions during the ball walk via the wedges is normal - but it's what happens after that which is the real touch. Instead of dropping down a level via a wedge or stairs (B would fall off on one, and would be jolted off by the other), you have a curved rail... it makes the transition to the next area smoother, and it almost guarantees that B will stay on the ball and keep rolling; it also gives the ball just a hair of momentum. That's what gives it that extra star, and I'm going to list that in my "Ball Walk Demo"... I hadn't thought of that, which just goes to show that you're still teaching me about design.

Personally I prefer the wedge / block design of the ball run that I usually use, which seems to work a little smoother... as long as B doesn't rub against anything along the way, which could slow or even stop his momentum; a flat run like this means that the ball is rubbing against the blocks on either side, which slows it slightly, whereas the other method is a smooth ride. But sometimes you want the ball to slow slightly, depending on what the end of the run is like... it wouldn't do to have B overshoot his goal because the ball is moving too fast. You can usually prevent an overshoot via design, but sometimes there just isn't room, or it would mess with the aesthetics.

@Ray Aznable Our old friend @Star Penguin called the ball walk a 'circus bear'...

@Oily Jake The problem with Z's applauding is that it's "clap on, clap off"...

Satisfying B ride, herding with recovery points, ball rolls smoothly...

Great job!

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@D.S.Masters
wow you are such a scientist about this
circus bear movement...

anyway about the differencies between
series of wedge compared to flat paths.
ball rolls slower on wedges than the flat blocks.
and curved pipe give slower drop than a wedge.
B probably always fall if ball rolling from flat
then meet a wedge.