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"Time Trap" by Max

added 19 Apr 2005 00:40
Solved3/3
Cooked2/3
Difficulty6.33
Style5.33
Rigidity4.33
Shortest Solution
NameSpeedrun
Length77 moves
ByJohn Lewis
On28 Aug 2005 20:49

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4095 Time Trap John Lewis (411) Sun 28 Aug 2005 20:49 SPOILER
  Added speedrun: 77 moves (old: 84).
It's nice to solve the cooked version so you can download the original solution and then solve the uncooked version. ;-)
 
2048 Time Trap Max (61) Tue 19 Apr 2005 12:03  
  Okay you can delete this one, I uploaded a more rigid version...
 
2046 Time Trap Max (61) Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:23 SPOILER
  Man, that phenomenon totally ruins this level as it is... I might try to make another one that discourages this, for the sake of making this level more rigid and focused and for making your new level more unique. ;)
 
2045 Time Trap Max (61) Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:15 SPOILER
  It very well could be a cook. I did my last checks very late last night so I'm liable to have missed something. ;) Do the black tiles close right on you as you step on the path out the exit, because you cooked it if not. In which case, I should revamp the mechanism to require the faster solution.
 
2044 Time Trap Tom 7 (1) Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:13 SPOILER
  Added speedrun: 84 moves (old: 90).
A little more optimization.
 
2043 Time Trap Tom 7 (1) Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:10 SPOILER
  Added speedrun: 90 moves (old: 94).
Well, I was going to base a level on this trick, but I guess people who pay attention and watch cooks will get a bit of a hint for that one.

It turns out that you can get a "permanent" panel effect by having a dalek die by walking into another bot on a panel. This is the right behavior (panels are triggered by the edge effect of an object walking/sliding on or off of the panel), although it is a little unintuitive. Anyway, it's not trivial to employ on this level, but it does make it a bit easier.
 
2042 Time Trap Tom 7 (1) Tue 19 Apr 2005 10:05 SPOILER
  Added speedrun: 94 moves (old: 110).
Knowing Max, the way I beat this probably is not a cook, but I'll check.
 
2041 Time Trap Max (61) Tue 19 Apr 2005 00:40  
  'Time Trap' uploaded by Max.