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Makaroni

Trap and Release

The business of R herding. (Instead of trying this very level you should go for the revised sucessor version with less shortcuts. See comments below. Thanks.)

Trap and Release
Makaroni, Jan 20, 2019
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    • gmacpro
      I won with a little trick. Place B on the other side of the long lift by the win. Tap between the lift and the win and raised the lift. B lands on win.

      I tried playing your intended way but too annoying herding headless bot. You also had so many red herrings. :(
    • Makaroni
      Thanks for the shortcut which is actually very funny. I will consider such thinking in future self-made levels. The intended solution takes advantage of all eyeless R's and is to me some kind of complex meditation.
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    • gmacpro
      @Makaroni
      I'm glad it relaxes you as it does the opposite for me. Levels should be fun not annoying. :thumbsup:
    • Rating:
      3/5,
      Jom
      I did it using the poor little Headless. He was a bit annoying with his unpredictable turns, :confused:, but we got there! I also tried @gmacpro 's way, which was more fun, :D!
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    • Rating:
      5/5,
      delator77
      If I did it right the intended way is great...Is a nice but lenghty cooperation logic level where I used one R,one P,one Tall P,the Headless bot and of course B:sneaky:...Thanks for sharing @Makaroni ;)
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    • Jom
      Maybe I didn't find the intended way? I didn't use as much as @delator77 . I did
      [use the corner lift to get B and H up to the top, then guide H into the area by the win, get B up on the long lift and climb onto H when he wanders past ]
    • delator77
      @Jom I know there are shortcuts but I think the intentional resolution is...
      the one that takes B by the stairs using Tall P, then 3 times P (with R to direct it) to put B on Headless R and go to the win block:sneaky:Really challenging....
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    • Rating:
      4/5,
      huijiuggbf
      Fun level! Thanks for sharing!
    • Jom
      @delator77 Ah, I wondered what the stairs are for. Thanks, ;).
    • Makaroni
      Oh boy, what a level! With this kind of 'break the level' thinking I found myself now 3 additional shortcuts (in total 4 now) and 1 unforeseen R deadlock. The shortcuts are side effects of some implemented support to solve B deadlocks, which I found during testing. The objective was to keep all bots alive and kicking during the whole game. Well, a good level is like certain kind of foodstuff, it needs to age slowly before it should be consumed. On the other hand there is the risk, that a complex but straight level with only exact one solution is no much fun to play. That happened already with the published level for which tall R lost its dragable head. We had so much fun with this drag head, it was like a night at the circus. ... This level is back in the barrel for some additional aging. Thanks for all your comments so far. Update follows.
    • Makaroni
    • Makaroni
      The intended solution is about 20 times longer than the shortcut, no wonder that apparently many red herrings instead of many red bots have been noticed in this level. In the solution video you notice that the specific solution depends on the red bots' walking paths which show a complex behaviour. Therefore, there are many different solutions possible, but the video shows the core of the solution with regard to Tall P, P and P, and Headless R. This spoiler video is not only a spoiler for this level but also for the revised future version of this level. Hence, don't watch this video if you plan to try the revised level yourself. Or forget the solution immediately. o_O
    • delator77
      @Makaroni I think that I did almost like you;)
    • Makaroni
      @delator77 Thanks for keeping faith and interest in this level. Yep, I knew that you saw the intended solution by reading your spoiler weeks ago. But now you need to forget this level … ;) … forget … :thumbsup: … forget … o_O … to be able to enjoy the upcoming relaunch.
    • Makaroni
      Revised version of this level with hopefully less shortcuts:

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