timed bombers could be interesting to come back, I'd appreciate keeping skill shadows (At least as an option) though, would still support it even without them.

Grenader, spearer and those skills are really exciting though

here's an interesting tiny little piece of forum history. I only vaguely remember that "Project Capybara" was some community level idea I had. Apparently a few people made some contributions (?) besides myself. I found a level by Proxima and Nepster that I don't remember at all. There's also a level or two by me that I don't remember why I axed and an early version of Theresa falls up the stairs. One is a remake (sort of) of a PSP level I think.

ah dang, sorry my bad. I forgot that after I downloaded this level from the forum [from the community level pack topic, from quite a long time ago. I don't have any old versions of my levels, at least handy.] I opened it in the editor and re-saved it in the new format (and thus without the missing pieces.

I attached a copy of the proper version I'm talking about. I opened this in the old version you attached here and still have missing pieces. I'm thinking the missing pieces are pretty important too cause the level seems possibly impossible as it is.

[it sees everything seen in the attached images here]

-tricks: this is quite a difficult decision for me; I agree with both sides of the argument. Another problem is what exactly defines a "trick" in this sense is very grey and how logical is the trick?

For example; the miners and builders turning; seems a fairly arbitrary design choice, while the trick of creating a notch in a wall with a basher or miner seems less arbitrary; should a basher be able to effect the terrain when they're not going to continue? Or should a miner be allowed to be assigned while standing on steel? and if so what happens? Do they waste the skill? My gut feeling as to what's most logical with the latter is the miner can be assigned, wastes a miner but doesn't turn around; but is delayed slightly. Already that's a bunch of factors that have a trickle down effect on how the level plays out.

Pure logic levels (and/or not so pure) really are my favorite; A Spot of Bother is an example, Devil's Right Hand by Nepster (I think), Dazed and Confused, Parking Garage and Pyramid Scheme by Geoff, also The Floodgates Open by Clam; and several of these also happen to be some of the hardest custom levels ever made (while some are rather easy). But the hard ones require a lot of logical reasoning, which anyone can potentially do without lots of experimentation or in depth game knowledge.
Again, don't get me wrong I still like the tricks; I just feel these logical puzzles are underused. Maybe I'm wrong and I'm not familiar with a lot of good ones in existence?

-Regarding decisions Simon made with Lix:
I'm honestly personally really torn on certain things like the RR and time limits. On one hand (time limits); I genuinely agree with how most puzzles games in recent years have moved toward no time limit. The game is simpler with one less factor in the way to worry about and it having been mostly arbitrary in the main game (and custom content often as well) anyway. However, there are the corner cases where a good puzzle  is enforced [backroutes removed] elegantly by use a of a time limit. And the timer is a very simple mechanic everybody gets; doesn't need any explaining or anything to learn. And the player can pause the game at any time, not needing to be under actual pressure. If I were to include a timer; certain other factors would need to exist.
(for instance; no levels with 100 Lemmings and you need to up the RR just to have them come out in time). Every level with hoards of lemmings should naturally flow into the exit right on time, even if it's tight.

RR-- At first I was against removing that in Lix but now it feels likewise superfluous. Here there are other ways, and some very interesting of executing the same puzzle of spawn interval manipulation without it; runners, jumpers, setting up a unique terrain layout... In the end I'm now simply not as big of a fan of spawn interval manipulation as I was in the beginning. And this mechanic definitely is not as intuitive and not as simple as a time limit.

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I'd take the best (what I deem as the best) aspects of all of the Lemming games, or some that were terrible but could've been better.... that'll be for a later post.

another goal which I've been very slow and rocky to get going; spend less time on social media:

-everyday I'd come home from work to "relax" by spending sometime just browsing internet communities. Made me feel surrounded by people and less lonely, get news, read interesting things, laugh at funny stuff etc. Seems like this would be a good thing. But in the end not all that much. Especially the past few years it often leaves me frustrated and depressed. Maybe I'm just not a good people person. In any case, my goal now is to come home and instead of spending time on social media focus on doing at least one creative thing. Sit down at an instrument/write/making custom content.

The effect was definitive and immediate: I feel better. At the cost of being a little bit more lonely I feel like my time is better spent, more productive and fewer frustration. I never used twitter; but I'm guessing this is kind of the angle most people I've heard complain about that program had.

-Exercise; I still do almost every day, though I've kept it at a 10-20 reps, no more. Frankly I don't really have the time to do more. I care less about big muscles and more about just being healthy.

-Started working on a new lemmings pack a long time ago and it stalled many times. Might still get somewhere but I don't have the motivation to work on that the way I used to.

ah I was away from my PC most of the weekend, sad I missed. I will have to catch up. And take a closer look at that strange basher behavoir; don't know if I knew about this.

No More Heroes; still haven't solved this level 10 years later, despite giving it a decent attempts along the way O_o .

and another fix for Theresa falls up the stairs. At one earlier version this second entrance existed and it was removed to fix another backroute, but I *think* that was before the protrusion in the wall existed, so maybe this will be okay???

started taking a look at this; these styles look amazing!