Climbing Path

This is one of the first levels I ever created, several months ago, and unfortunately the mechanism is a little unstable. It works most of the time, but sometimes it takes a long time for the mechanism to release. But I like the ending so much that I wanted to share it.

Spoiler: Winning combinations

There are a few ways to win (and a few ways to lose!). One method to the win requires B to drop only 3 balls. Another method requires B to drop 4 balls.

@MekaSage - Unfortunately - this level is too noisy for me.

@Meko Guy oh yeah, I always forget about that because I play with the sound off. You've mentioned that with your computer speaker setup you can't do that.

@MekaSage - Yes you remember correctly. I just noticed your comment above

You are not encouraging players to play saying that the ending move might be iffy!!! For example, after working out all the ball dropping sequence for B and the Rs routes, the mechanism may fail - come on.

@Meko Guy the mechanism always works eventually, but sometimes it takes 20-30 seconds to release after the R bots push over the 2 lower balls. That's annoying, but I think the the ending is so unique and interesting I decided to upload the level anyway.

I've tried to fix the problem and make it release immediately, but couldn't find a way to fix it that didn't cause other problems.

I liked everything. very interesting and original mechanism. I don't know how to improve it, but the idea of the level is good

@MekaSage Not a level of my type as one just need to drop all the balls simultaneously and release R. But I like the way the mechanism climbs up. It works for me at the first time. Really cool. Thanks for sharing.

@mastersifu Did you drop all six upper balls and the mechanism still released? I tried to set it up so that dropping all six balls...

Spoiler

...would cause it so only one of the lower balls would get pushed (and hopefully the mechanism doesn't release until both lower balls are pushed).

Wow

@MekaSage

Spoiler

I admit that it was lucky for me. I push all six upper balls and two of them didn't fall in place. Instead, one of them rolls into the path between the two lower balls, causing R can walk to the left ball after pushing the right one. The other one just rolls out.

@mastersifu Ah, I understand what happened. Thank you for pointing it out.

@MekaSage

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In my opinion, you can add a stone pillar there

@mastersifu @MekaSage I had the same problem. I also had to restart the level a few times when the ball that goes between the lower balls kept pushing them the wrong way.

@mastersifu Good idea. Here's a revised version that I believe fixes the shortcut you found:

Spoiler: Climbing Path v2

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Spoiler: Explanation

The ball that falls between the lower balls is not actually needed for the mechanism. It is meant to be a distraction or red herring.