File category: CC1 Levelsets


JacquesS1 is a 'Best Of' levels of Jacques.dat (which can be downloaded on pieguy's site). It isn't as good as JacquesS2 but I think it has some fun levels in there. I'm not sure every single level is possible, but that's what I want to try and fix now. There are a LOT of invalid tiles for those who hate them (come on, they're fun), and unlike JacquesS1, they are kind of annoying (hidden Chips, monsters under blocks, and worst of all hidden traps) but those are rare. The rest are not too intrusive.

There are 233 levels in this set.

Have fun!

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So what did I do in January regarding Chip's Challenge?

One of the first CC related actions I took this year, was to sign up to a cool new forum I found. Since you're reading this post, I'd venture a guess that you've found said forum yourself. The activity on here has been incredible! We've had more than a thousand posts per week! And some of those have even been about Chip's Challenge

During the first week I worked on finding some levels in CCLP2 that could be modified for Lynx play while changing as little as possible. I'll probably be sharing more thoughts on this subject in the future, so I won't say more quite yet.

I also played some CCLP3 in Lynx. I had been saving the last thirty levels for a while. It felt great to play the same levels again that I had just worked on exactly a year ago, except this time in a different format. It was nice to spot some small differences in between how the levels worked between the two rulesets. So finally during the third week I managed to solve the whole set! My score is 6,030,400 but there's a lot of levels I could go back and optimize. I only played through them casually and plan on going back to optimize if someone else actually starts posting competative scores.

Then I built a level! I haven't touched a blank page in an editor since CCLP3 came out, so it was about time to try doing that again. I was inspired by a conversation on the newsgroup about block slapping, so I guess I needed a little nudge to get back to building stuff. Now that I've mentioned it, I'll have to share it with you guys as soon as possible. I'll see if I can do that this month, and then I'll talk more about it and the other levels I've made. Hopefully I can find about ten that are worth releasing.

And pieguy posted new records for the original levels. Yes, you read that right, not just one record, but the plural with an s! Incredible. Let's see someone else match that, even for CCLP2.

I also recorded some avis for levels in CCLP3. You can get them on Mike's site, but here's a link to all of them at once: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?r1pdq6197hrr95c They are mostly alternate bold routes to levels that already had their bolds made public. It would be interesting to see if someone else has still found other routes that score the same on some of these levels (like Pac Man).

Amidst doing that, I took a look at the new CC Zone time trial and treasure hunter competitions. Man, that was quite fun as well! The treasure hunt was fun, and the time trial levels were just the right difficulty. I didn't get an idea for a level to enter into the create competition untill the very end of the month. Can't wait to hear the results from that or see the other entries! And of course it will be fun to try out the new ones this month as well. Hopefully lots of people enter all the competitions.

Now that I wrote all that, I really wonder where I found the time to do it all? Looking back, I don't really know, particularly since I mainly procrastinated for the last week in the month. It's been a crazy start to the year. Here's for hoping it won't get much worse!

Next time, I'll be thinking about the competition formats, but maybe writing about that topic will have to make way for something more current. See you around! And leave comments!

-Miika

Where did I find the time to do that? Looking back, I don't really know. It's been a crazy start to the year. Here's for hoping it won't get much worse!

This is in the newest, most updated version (1.2) which fixes a few minor issues.

Assuming out of 999 seconds for the untimed levels. These are my times - if someone beats one, I'll list your name after the time.

MS

1 - Broken Portal -- 285 / 500

2 - It's Coming! -- 284 / 350

3 - Alien Ship -- 575 / 900

4 - Preview -- 258 / 500

5 - Tank Gauntlet -- 82 / 90 (I think this is the best possible time)

6 - Twist -- 307 / 500

7 - Mind Lock -- 48 / 60

8 - Deflection -- 689 / - - -

9 - The Elements -- 746 / - - -

10 - Mountain Cavern -- 324 / 500

11 - Maze of Death -- 782 / - - -

12 - Switchgears -- 334 / 500

13 - Block Hall -- 63 / 100

14 - Twister -- 104 / 200

15 - Microwave Popcorn -- / 999

16 - There's a bug in here. -- 300 / 500

17 - Yeti -- / 600

18 - Falling (not lynx compatable) -- 230 / 400

Lynx

1 - Broken Portal -- 206 / 500 (lol - I think you could gain like 45 seconds over this)

2 - It's Coming! -- 280 / 350

3 - Alien Ship -- 591 / 900

4 - Preview -- 245 / 500

5 - Tank Gauntlet -- 74 / 90

6 - Twist -- 288 / 500

7 - Mind Lock -- 48 / 60

8 - Deflection -- 583 / - - -

9 - The Elements -- 670 / - - -

10 - Mountain Cavern -- 262 / 500

11 - Maze of Death -- 776 / - - -

12 - Switchgears --290 / 500

13 - Block Hall -- 59 / 100

14 - Twister -- 90 / 200

15 - Microwave Popcorn -- 627 / 999 (I had a 722 route, but a tile change made the solution invalid and I couldn't reproduce it due to my insane dodging skills not working right now)

16 - There's a bug in here. -- 204 / 500

17 - Yeti -- 118 / 600

This is what cold is. Some of you may be familiar with winter in a northern climate, but for those of you who don't...

Extreme cold warning from the national weather service in Fargo Grand Forks ND (fgf).

This is for -15 to -25 degrees F (-26 to -31C) tempratures with -35 to -45 (-37 to -42C) wind chills.

Of course, this is nothing exceptional for the people from this region, but everyone else may find it intresting. It's still "Throw a pot of boiling water in the air and it hits the ground as ice" cold. Yes, you can really do that.

Quote:http://forecast.weat...0cold%20warning (THIS link will break as soon as the warning as no longer active).URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

318 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...BITTERLY COLD WIND CHILLS MOVING IN TODAY AND TONIGHT...

.AN ARCTIC AIRMASS ON THE HEELS OF A PASSING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE

WILL BRING VERY COLD TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS WIND

CHILLS TO THE REGION TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY. TEMPERATURES TONIGHT

WILL DROP FROM 15 TO 25 BELOW ZERO AND COMBINED WITH THE WIND WILL

PRODUCE WIND CHILLS FROM 35 TO 40 BELOW ZERO.

MNZ001>003-005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ030-038-

039-049-052-053-191800-

/O.CON.KFGF.EC.W.0001.120119T0000Z-120119T1800Z/

WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-EAST MARSHALL-

NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-

SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-

EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-

TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS...

HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...

THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...

MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...

WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...

WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...

GWINNER...WAHPETON

318 PM CST WED JAN 18 2012

...EXTREME COLD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST

THURSDAY...

* TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO AROUND 20 BELOW ZERO

OVERNIGHT. WIND CHILL VALUES WILL APPROACH THE 40 BELOW TO 45

BELOW RANGE.

* FROSTBITE CAN OCCUR WITHIN MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

AN EXTREME COLD WARNING MEANS THAT DANGEROUSLY LOW TEMPERATURES

ARE EXPECTED FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. FROSTBITE AND

HYPOTHERMIA ARE LIKELY IF EXPOSED TO THESE TEMPERATURES...SO MAKE

SURE A HAT...FACEMASK...AND HEAVY GLOVES OR MITTENS ARE

AVAILABLE.

I can't say with certainty that it isn't my fault, however, I have been having trouble updating Shattered Glass for some reason.

It seems like it has not been actually taking the download (as in, when I download it to make sure it worked it's still the old version).

Naturally, if I managed to clutter it with a bunch of "failed" uploads that really worked, you can erase the spares (the newest should work).

(N/T: I don't have any funny jokes to tell. I'm just that kind of guy. I leech off of other people's wit.)

...what's the big deal? It's all about money and cut-throat actions anyway, so why not? Let 'em do whatever they want to get to the top, so long as they're not taking out hits on their opponents.

Aimee Bender is a master of this; she writes stories with the most outlandish premises, and they end up tearing you apart. She has this one story in which a woman finds herself with four potatoes for children. There's another story in the same collection in which a pair of pumpkinheads (yes, their heads are literally pumpkins) give birth to a child who has an iron (you know...like the piece in Monopoly) for a head. The stories are simultaneously ridiculous and tragic.

Hi, I just updated LizzyB1.dat again, to remove one stupid filler level, and add four new levels, which I forgot to do when I created them in September. I just realized that there is a fifth new level that I forgot to include when updating the set, which I will fix now. Chaos in the chip factory is a chip collecting and pink ball dodging level that is quite fun, the most annoying dodging level ever is a short and simple level that takes a little bit of practice to master but it gets very addicting when trying to beat it, beat the blobs is a simple race type level that isn't one of my favorites but is a decent level anyway, the most annoying chip collecting level ever was built from the dodging level and is a tad bit time consuming, and the fifth one I'm about to add called: treasure hunt, was inspired by watching one of Rock's CCLP2 videos and the desire to create a picture or painting using different level elements.

My scores for my levelset on the first go. They seemed much harder on the MS ruleset, but it might just be me.

Version 1.1

MS Tile World

01 - (Untimed) 962

02 - (Untimed) 997

03 - 271

04 - 259

05 - 248

06 - (Untimed) 997

07 - 354

08 - (Untimed) 935

09 - 280

10 - 244

11 - 308

12 - 248

13 - 330

14 - 162

15 - 8

16 - 231

17 - 460

18 - 48

19 - 214

Total - 131,650

I'll update my post when I've done it in Lynx.