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"Guesswork" by noname

added 09 Aug 2005 12:16

Solved 37/37

Cooked 0/37

Difficulty 2.05

Style 3.08

Rigidity 6.56

Shortest Solution
Name Original

Length 35 moves

By noname

On 09 Aug 2005 12:16

Comments (turn spoilers off)

3881 Guesswork Max (61) Tue 09 Aug 2005 22:12 SPOILER

Wow, my ctrl-0 solution on this one is 1005 moves... I feel like this has some bothersome implications that are best left alone.

3870 Guesswork Tom 7 (1) Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:52

BTW Brian: Ice floors were a great part of Chip's Challenge and I'd like to have something like them in Escape. (I'm not sure that's possible with the way it's currently implemented, unless only players and bots slide on them.) Why do you think they would or should be hide-able though?

3868 Guesswork Tom 7 (1) Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:50 SPOILER

Sweet, ctrl-0 worked for me too, giving me a unfocused 81 move solution.

This level is amusingly cruel and shows off a cute and unexpected bit of hidden information that is possible. Very clever! In fact, I checked, and these tiles are pixel perfect identical with a bot on top of them, so not even the most eagle-eyed players could figure this out with anything but exhaustive search.

I hope people use this for good, not evil. ;)

3867 Guesswork bpotetz (144) Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:20

OMG - I solved this one using control-0. A beautiful, meandering 121 move solution. Finally my obsessive level playing pays off.

Its a good point that bots can add a little hidden info to the game. But that's alright, because the precedent means its OK to add other potentially hide-able (but otherwise nifty) tiles, like ice floors, which might cause all movable blocks to behave like gold blocks until they hit normal floor again. Could make for interesting semi-sokoban level styles...

3863 Guesswork noname (559) Tue 09 Aug 2005 12:16

'Guesswork' uploaded by noname.

Comments (turn spoilers off)

3881	Guesswork	Max (61)	Tue 09 Aug 2005 22:12	SPOILER
	Wow, my ctrl-0 solution on this one is 1005 moves... I feel like this has some bothersome implications that are best left alone.

3870	Guesswork	Tom 7 (1)	Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:52
	BTW Brian: Ice floors were a great part of Chip's Challenge and I'd like to have something like them in Escape. (I'm not sure that's possible with the way it's currently implemented, unless only players and bots slide on them.) Why do you think they would or should be hide-able though?

3868	Guesswork	Tom 7 (1)	Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:50	SPOILER
	Sweet, ctrl-0 worked for me too, giving me a unfocused 81 move solution. This level is amusingly cruel and shows off a cute and unexpected bit of hidden information that is possible. Very clever! In fact, I checked, and these tiles are pixel perfect identical with a bot on top of them, so not even the most eagle-eyed players could figure this out with anything but exhaustive search. I hope people use this for good, not evil. ;)

3867	Guesswork	bpotetz (144)	Tue 09 Aug 2005 15:20
	OMG - I solved this one using control-0. A beautiful, meandering 121 move solution. Finally my obsessive level playing pays off. Its a good point that bots can add a little hidden info to the game. But that's alright, because the precedent means its OK to add other potentially hide-able (but otherwise nifty) tiles, like ice floors, which might cause all movable blocks to behave like gold blocks until they hit normal floor again. Could make for interesting semi-sokoban level styles...

3863	Guesswork	noname (559)	Tue 09 Aug 2005 12:16
	'Guesswork' uploaded by noname.