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California Roll + Extra Wasabi Tue 28 Jun 2005 22:43
<mjn> No particular reason; just to keep the colors balanced, pretty much.
 
The Unfinished Pyramid Tue 28 Jun 2005 22:40
<bpotetz> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 71 moves (old: 73).
I guess this is sort of a cook, too.
No need to turn off the stop sign.
<John Lewis> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 73 moves (old: 81).
"The Unfinished Pyramid...the All-seeing Eye...they're telling us something!"
 
'Til Tuesday Tue 28 Jun 2005 19:14
<bpotetz> Wow - maybe Tom's latest rule changes were more far-reaching than I thought. It was surprising a bit when my pacman solution broke, but now I find that my solution to this level is broken as well. It's possible, I suppose, that there is just some corruption in my esp file, with all the editing I've done. It's hard to tell for sure, since escape won't let me view my own solution until I've "solved" it. Maybe I'll solve it again in a seperate esp file so I don't overwrite the trouble solution.

This is still a great level, BTW.
 
Collapses (v4) Tue 28 Jun 2005 18:46
<bpotetz> No problem, Max. I'm up & running again, and now Tom has something weird to debug.
 
California Roll + Extra Wasabi Tue 28 Jun 2005 18:29
<bpotetz> Good one, and beautiful as always. Just one question, though: Why is the seaweed grey?
 
California Roll (v2) Tue 28 Jun 2005 18:27
<bpotetz> Thanks for the heads up on the new variation, BTW. That means I only had to solve it the red block way.
<bpotetz> Wow! I thought everyone had forgotten about Dimensional Trap 17. I've solved these, but recently I've been working offline for whatever reason. I'll upload my ratings so you can focus on DT17! I've suggested to Tom a way to sort by # of people who've solved a level, could be he'll do it. That way, you could find the levels that sort of slipped past everyone. Also, there are a few levels that only a couple people have played, but got really good ratings. Plus its fun to see how # solvers is correlated with difficulty.
Another one to work on is Too Many Lasers, which I haven't been able to figure out, and has only been played by the author.
 
The Unfinished Pyramid Tue 28 Jun 2005 17:20
<Brandon> 'The Unfinished Pyramid' uploaded by Brandon.
 
Holey Transporter! Tue 28 Jun 2005 16:47
<brini> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 83 moves (old: 103).
 
The Only Right Puzzle Tue 28 Jun 2005 16:39
<bpotetz> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 229 moves (old: 250).
 
California Roll + Extra Wasabi Tue 28 Jun 2005 12:39
<mjn> ...much better.

Thanks to John Lewis's inquiry, here's an extra-hard version that requires you to use only reds for the connecting panels.
<mjn> 'California Roll + Extra Wasabi' uploaded by mjn.
 
California Roll + Extra Wasabi Tue 28 Jun 2005 12:37
<mjn> Moved to graveyard.
<mjn> whoops, missed a spot...
<mjn> 'California Roll + Extra Wasabi' uploaded by mjn.
 
bottrap mirror Tue 28 Jun 2005 09:41
<Main> (SPOILER) Cook: Just take the brick and move it left an viola you win
 
California Roll (v2) Tue 28 Jun 2005 08:19
<Doom> (SPOILER) Finished the level. It was a lot harder than the first version. Especially the lower left chamber gave me a lot trouble. This level is very cool because you can do many cool things in it. For example, it's possible to use some blocks in different rooms than in which they were in the beginning. I'm almost sure that there will be almost as many different solutions as there are people who completel this level.
 
Claustrophobia/Panel Abuse Tue 28 Jun 2005 01:36
<brini> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 38 moves (old: 42).
 
California Roll (v2) Mon 27 Jun 2005 23:45
<mjn> (SPOILER) Wow, it turns out it *is* possible to solve this using only reds for the connectors--it's a lot harder, too.

I shall post a variation tomorrow...
<mjn> (SPOILER) Yeah, man, I feel sorry for those levels with no ratings--I've been working on both Jumps v6 and Dimensional Trap 17, but no luck yet...

Warning: this may *really* be a spoiler.

The "intended" solution doesn't discriminate between red and yellow blocks, but I believe it might be possible to use only reds for the connecting panels. (It's definitely impossible to use only yellows for the connectors, semi-obviously.)
<John Lewis> (SPOILER) Has anyone been able to solve this yet? This is one of the few levels that hasn't been rated by anyone yet.

I spent a good amount of time looking at this level today and figured that the solution somehow involves starting at the bottom left room and working your way counterclockwise to the top left room. It's also possible to push the bottom green block in the top left room down one space and use a yellow block or two to fill up the panels connecting the two left rooms. Thus, the red blocks could be used in another room in some other way. I was just wondering - is it possible to use red blocks only to hold down the "connecting" panels? Is this the intended solution? There's also the possibility of holding the panels down one at a time and then using yellow/red blocks to hold down the panels in bizarro world. Of course, in the end, you would have to cover all of the connecting panels to avoid laser death in the end! :-) Whew! So far, the hardest room for me is the bottom right one. Most of the other ones don't seem too bad.

But...I must admit, this puzzle certainly makes it on my list of greatest Escape levels of all time. :-)
 
Button Blocker: The Ultimate Challenge Mon 27 Jun 2005 20:29
<John Lewis> Oh my goodness!! How is this possible?!
 
bottrap mirror Mon 27 Jun 2005 20:29
<John Lewis> (SPOILER) Cook: Used a block from the right.
 
One Way Street Mon 27 Jun 2005 20:15
<John Lewis> (SPOILER) Added speedrun: 71 moves (old: 79).
 
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