Levels by Crane

[JawaJuice]

@Crane Medivac! The solution came to me in a dream Well, not quite, but I was running through the level in my mind just before I went to sleep and I had to turn the light back on to see if I had hit on it - it seems I did!

[JawaJuice]

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.

I remember Sharing a Climber from Revenge of the Lemmings, but this version is a bit different, with a locked release rate of 90 rather than 99. Interesting how that small change means my previous solution no longer works. Will think on it

Incidentally, I also found Reach for the Sky but I won't post the level or replay there as it's trivial. A good introductory level for newcomers to the game though, to demonstrate how shimmiers work.

EDIT: Got it! Not sure why that gave me so much trouble, as it's a tactic I've used before, but it did! A nice variation on the previous version of the level!

[JawaJuice]

Another older one...

[JawaJuice]

Have I finally cracked it?

[JawaJuice]

OK, here we go with Mincemeat! It's actually a good little puzzle, but very fiddly!

I have no idea how to get the talisman requirement though

Spoiler

I went back and tried to optimize my solution, in terms of digging the next tunnel only at the point where a lemming can still get over the lip of it and not fall and die on the other side, and also made sure the last lemmings out of the hatch no longer die, but I actually ended up with one less saved somehow lol. I'm guessing then that the placement of diggers is also key (though logically, I don't know why that would be). It seems like there's an element of blind luck in terms of how many go to the left and how many go to the right at the bottom of each digger tunnel but there's probably some way of rigging the odds based on the placement and timing of diggers. To be honest though, I don't feel inclined to sweat trying to find it. I'm the kind of player that considers a level solved with or without the talisman; they're more of a nice-to-have in my mind.

EDIT: Optimized version now saves 38. Still a long way off the talisman requirement of 45!

[Crane]

Have I finally cracked it?

Yes you have! That's intended - you thought outside the box!

Mincemeat is intended too.  The gold talisman requires some extra thinking and finesse in your technique!

[JawaJuice]

Yes you have! That's intended - you thought outside the box!