Levels by Crane

[Crane]

Attached the latest version of that level!  P.S. It is actually the final level of Lemmings Cranium (Chaos 30) as a kind of grand finale.

I also attached a couple of very old levels of mine.  "Sharing a Climber?" is the first level I ever made back in the early 2000s, while "Deep Freeze" has been surprisingly inspirational despite how bare-bones it is.

[JawaJuice]

Scratch what I said about Incompressible - the solution just came to me as I was doing something else entirely lol! I should have known better than to think you would ever publish an impossible level!

[Crane]

Ooo wow, I've just seen I have a lot of replays to go through!  You've been busy!  (And already done Deep Freeze, I see)

[JawaJuice]

Yes! To be honest, I did Deep Freeze a long time ago, it's just my old replay re-saved. I had another crack at going for gold though, to no avail!

[Crane]

Scratch what I said about Incompressible - the solution just came to me as I was doing something else entirely lol! I should have known better than to think you would ever publish an impossible level!

That's actually unintended, but given how much precision is required, I'll let it pass!  There is an easier way of solving the level:

Intended Incompressible Solution

Dig as close as you can to the steel at the top when there are about 27 lemmings left to come out.  The digger tunnel will only be about half as wide and the compressor trap will only trigger once on that crowd.

[Crane]

I do have one fun level for you to try.  It was an entry in a contest a few years ago, but is also Curious 24 in Lemmings Cranium.  Behold, "Mincemeat"!

[JawaJuice]

That's actually unintended, but given how much precision is required, I'll let it pass!  There is an easier way of solving the level:

Intended Incompressible Solution

Dig as close as you can to the steel at the top when there are about 27 lemmings left to come out.  The digger tunnel will only be about half as wide and the compressor trap will only trigger once on that crowd.

Makes sense! Sounds similar but yes, agreed, a lot of precision required to pull it off my way It would probably be unreasonable if that were the intended solution!

EDIT: I think I have the solution to the latest version of Blockout, but it's gonna be difficult to execute

[JawaJuice]

Wowzers, this one was really tight on time - needed a lot of small optimizations to get everything done on time!

[JawaJuice]

I'm also gonna post Ice Cream Cake 1 & 2 here, if that's OK. You've already seen my Ice Cream Cake 1 replay, but hopefully other folks will want to give these levels a crack. I know you said Armani has done them - and is the reason that two versions exist! #2 still has me stumped. You urged me to think why I might need two climbers but my mind drew a blank!

[Crane]

Blockout is intended - well done!

There is a YouTube video out there of IchoTolot solving the two Ice Cream Cake levels if you're curious (skip to 9:00):

[JawaJuice]

Cheers, yes, I thought Blockout must be the intended solution - a very nice level!

Spoiler

For a time, I was one lemming short, thinking I had to deploy another permanent one to turn around the final lemming to dig, but then remembered the old using a blocker to halt the progress of a digger right on the edge of a block

Icho's solution to Cream Cake 2 - I'll be honest, I never would have thought of that. Having seen it though, hopefully I can bank that kind of strategy in my memory for future solving. Sometimes the best way to learn is watching a master in action!

Similarly stumped by Medivac. I don't tend to do so well with these kind of levels. Not sure what I mean by 'these kind of levels', but I know them when I see them XD

[JawaJuice]

I do have one fun level for you to try.  It was an entry in a contest a few years ago, but is also Curious 24 in Lemmings Cranium.  Behold, "Mincemeat"!

Yeah, horrible level. I got precisely nowhere with that! I don't like 99 release rate levels at the best of times, but that's just

[kaywhyn]

Ah, Mincemeat. The one I pre-tested for Crane. I still urge you to attempt the level, JawaJuice. It's one of my favorites and is quite a satisfying solve! The talisman is excellent as well, even if it's on the fiddly side, but then again a lot of max-save challenge solutions are!