Level Design Contest #32 - Playing Phase (Discussion Topic)

[Crane]

Mostly intended - I just swap the last basher and miner.  I'm too emotionally compromised to really do much more right now.

Well, after spending a couple of days trying to recover and realise both routes have potential, I've hopefully found a good compromise in V5 of Monster Munch.

[kaywhyn]

Monster Munch resolved once more. Got both talismans in one go. Not sure if this is intended or acceptable, though. Thank you for the clarification on Discord, because I honestly fail to see how you came up with the thought that I don't think highly of your R2. Quite the contrary! I think it's a fine level itself! So, relax, smile, and enjoy life

[Crane]

Enjoying life is difficult at the moment, but thanks!  Hanging in there is hard.  In the meantime, backroute alert.  V6 released.

[kaywhyn]

@Crane

Monster Munch resolved again. The 3:30 talisman wasn't a problem, but the <= 12 skills one was very hard to figure out and took me a really long time. There were plenty of things I've tried that would had worked but ultimately most use 13 skills or fail because of pixels with too high step ups. In the end, the <= 12 skills talisman also satisfies the time attack talisman, and again I'm not sure if you intend for both to be obtainable in the same solution. If the latter one is acceptable, I'm quite curious what you intended for that one! At least in my solution, it needs a lot of precision!

[Crane]

Dayum... nice backroute!  Patched it because I don't like unfair precision and it isn't what I was after.  The intended gold talisman solution is pretty clean.

[kaywhyn]

Another solution that gets both talismans in the same solution. I still use a lot of precision here but no steel abuse this time though!

[Crane]

I'll block off every nook and cranny there is!!  V8 released.  Still, they're all very slight changes each time.

[kaywhyn]

Sorry, re-backrouted with just a slight tweak to my previous solution to get it working again. Unfortunately, updates close today, and so no further updates to the contest pack will be made. So, this is the best we can do. Don't feel bad, though. I still have no idea what the gold talisman solution looks like, but it's definitely gold worthy! The fact that it's really difficult to find and that it's not clear at all what other skill you need to spare besides one stoner that's unusable anyway! Also, I have one past level from a few contests ago that I wasn't able to backroute proof before the update phase closed, though Icho was remarkably close to the intended way for it with his final solution he showed me.

Anyway, I'll get vids up to these contest levels within a day or so!