Simon streams Level of the Year 2024, Wed May 28

[Simon]

Hi,

I will livestream the candidates for Level of the Year 2024. The stream will be Saturday, May 10th, starting 16:00 UTC.

Help solve the levels in chat! (Unless you had already known the solution by heart before the stream.)

Stream will be at: https://www.twitch.tv/simonnaar

-- Simon

[Pieuw]

Not sure I will be able to join but I followed just in case

[Simon]

Stream is over!

Recording will remain for 14 days at: https://www.twitch.tv/simonnaar

-- Simon

[Simon]

Next stream will be in 3 days, on Wednesday, May 28th, starting 16:00 UTC.

I'll play more levels from many different authors. Again, help solve the levels in chat! (Unless you had already known the solution by heart before the stream.)

-- Simon

[kaywhyn]

I can't be there, and unless you're only streaming levels by authors who are present watching you play, if you plan on streaming one of mine this time, I suggest you play my "Snow Way!" level. I'm including it in my Lemmings Memories pack and so it would be great feedback for me, especially as I recently upranked it from the third rank to the fourth rank based off the feedback of the user who private streamed it last week and wasn't able to solve it after spending almost 2 hours on it. At least in this case, I've seem to have greatly underestimated its difficulty!

That being said, it still surprises me that my A-MAZE-ING Brick House Evacuation level that you streamed several months ago stumped you, considering that I wasn't even trying for it to be a hard level! Granted, IIRC you spent nearly 50 minutes on it before either moving on or ending the stream (I can't remember which now), but then again, Armani and Icho are essentially level solving masters of the game and hence didn't have as much problems with it!

[Simon]

Snow Way, all right, I'll play it.

My solving strength is moderate. Quirk knowledge about NL comes more from reading on the forums than from playing. Skill combinations that have become second nature for Armani/Icho will not jump to my eye. I'll have to solve those from first principles, which takes time.

-- Simon

[kaywhyn]

Snow Way, all right, I'll play it.

My solving strength is moderate. Quirk knowledge about NL comes more from reading on the forums than from playing. Skill combinations that have become second nature for Armani/Icho will not jump to my eye. I'll have to solve those from first principles, which takes time.

-- Simon

Ah, all rightie, thanks for the explanation. In that case, my A-MAZE-ING Brick House Evacuation level stumping you should be less surprising to me as a result. I've always had the assumption that you are really great at solving just like some others here in this community, myself included according to community consensus and the super detailed feedback I tend to give pack authors. I think it mostly just comes from the fact that you're the creator of Lix which is what I based my assumption on. For the most part, it's not intentional on my end to make levels so hard that people will get stumped, but rather to provide levels that are challenging but hopefully still enjoyable! As it turns out, I've been severely underestimating the difficulty of my own stuff, as even Armani and Icho have both been kind enough to tell me they're hard. Even the former has been honest with telling me that my more recent stuff are harder than his more recent levels lately!

I'll also emphasize no worries if you don't get to play any of my levels again for tomorrow's stream. It's not exactly of the utmost importance that you play "Snow Way!" Rather, it is the level of mine I suggest you play over my other 3 levels available in the LOTY2024 collection. I've played all of the levels in the pack before the playing phase opened, and they are all excellent, so lots to go through anyway! It's bound to be tough to choose what to play!

In any case, I wish you the best of luck with tomorrow's stream (at least where I am, since it's still Tuesday), including if you get a chance to play my level!    

[Simon]

Stream is over. Recording will remain for 14 days at:

https://www.twitch.tv/simonnaar

-- Simon