NeoLemmix Community Showcase at UKSG

[darkshoxx]

I've gone through all the levels, they're really cool! If there's any others, do let me know.
Quick clarification, I'm not necessarily looking for difficulty (which is probably more impressive for people who already know neolemmix) but things that are visually interesting or unexpected gameplaywise, like trapping lems at spawn in "It's All About The Pentiums!". Wasn't there also a trick that made them rise vertically through a solid wall?
Basically things that vanilla players would think impossible or illegal.
Or just visually non-vanilla tilesets and sprites to show off.

[Simon]

In DOS physics (not NeoLemmix, not Lix), climbers trapped inside solid terrain will ascend. A good showcase is geoo's challenge solution Youtube: Tame 13 (Thunder-Lemmings are go!) 100 % with one builder. The video was shot with the solution executed in Lemmix, which replicates DOS physics.

DOS also has the giant leap, a.k.a. y-slide. When a walker ascends a step height of 3-6 pixels, the walker doesn't instantly warp to the new height (unlike what he does for 1-2 pixels). Instead, he becomes an ... I call it ascender, Lemmix calls it jumper. He rises by 2 pixels per physics update until he arrives at the top. The bug arises from how the ascender/jumper doesn't memorize upfront the target height. Instead, every physics update, he tests anew for air at his current height. Wedge a builder brick into the top, and the ascender/jumper will rise until he finds a new top of the wall. I don't have a showcase.

-- Simon

[IchoTolot]

Basically things that vanilla players would think impossible or illegal.

Here I would maybe point towards levels where you need to know a bit more about a certain often overlooked mechanic involving the "lemming_id":

- Deceit's Lemmings [Mayhem 21]: Enter at your own risk...
- Lemmings Uncharted [Aquarius 15]: Simulation: FARO - Especially here it is extra devious!
- Lemmings United [Genocide 40]: Photo Finish

Maybe something with using the terrain of a constructive skill to extend a destructive skill.
Or even bouncing around other skills/lemmings with the help of blockers.

But in genereal I would say, here you are the best judge!
You know the crowd best and maybe looking a bit more around in a couple of packs the the most efficient method here.
My (and maybe kaywhyn's) YouTube channel could help in speeding up further search attempts.

[darkshoxx]

But in genereal I would say, here you are the best judge!

Yeah but I've played like 2 level packs and levels from 3 contests. I've seen more levels from your youtube channel than from playing myself

- Deceit's Lemmings [Mayhem 21]: Enter at your own risk...
- Lemmings Uncharted [Aquarius 15]: Simulation: FARO - Especially here it is extra devious!
- Lemmings United [Genocide 40]: Photo Finish

thanks I'll check these out, appreciate it.

A good showcase is geoo's challenge solution Youtube: Tame 13 (Thunder-Lemmings are go!) 100 % with one builder

LMAO wth

Wedge a builder brick into the top, and the ascender/jumper will rise until he finds a new top of the wal

This might be the thing I was looking for.

Again thanks for all your feedback! 

[darkshoxx]

Okay, I've submitted the Showcase. Here's the announcement video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8ImSdL-oGA
and here are the three parts:

Part 1: Mayhem https://youtu.be/dzBPmVkd83A
Part 2: Vanilla https://youtu.be/I6quaYio47o
Part 3: Speedrun https://youtu.be/usUrlFYFs7w

If you see anything that needs fact-checked or corrected, please let me know. Big thanks to everyone who participated

[darkshoxx]

I'm going to keep the Lix Levels as a backup/bonus incentive, sorry for not including them directly

[IchoTolot]

I watched all the videos and great job on trying to speedrun the levels and also explaining as much as humanly possible, that is no easy task! 

I think you got a good variety of of levels as well! Some more focussed on certain mechanics and other more pure gameplay wise. 

In the nuke+lem-id part I would've highlighted out the details a bit more, but while also playing the level I think that's extremely difficult and most people will get what happens here.

My own step-by-step explanation would be:

- The nuke assigns the timers frame after frame starting with the lemming that spawned first out of the hatch and continues in order.
- Therefore we want the first lemming's bomb to go off to create the passage to the exit as this is the very first nuke explosion.
- The large climber crowd can exit while their timers are still running.
- This creates a window of around ~25-30 frames where no lemming explodes from the nuke after the first lemming explodes.
- In this timeframe the main crowd needs to drop through the hole from the nuked first lemming into the exit to avoid further casualties.

This method in general turns the nuke into a legitimate skill to use in some levels!