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1 I WAS A PRESCHOOL DROPOUT

An introductory level, introducing most of the new mechanics in CC2. But not designed as a lesson-type level, it's a bit hard in places.

2 MELINDA'S MODERN LIFE

This level started out as a level where pushing one ice block would affect the rest of the level. I kind of dropped the idea and made it into a simple puzzle to start with.

3 POLITICIAN HOUSE

A level where thieves everywhere decides what areas you can use what tools in.

4 LITTLE BO PEEP

I wanted to make a smaller, easy level early in the set. This level requires some knowledge of each room in order to proceed.

5 MO CHIPS MO PROBLEMS

A level wherein you have a finite supply of Chip characters that you can either choose to use, or send to goal immediately. More Chips used will make the level easier, but the ending more difficult.

6 SOOTHSAYING

A block-pushing puzzle in a blue maze where you have to use the new teleports to your best advantage. Fortunately, there is many hints as how to proceed.

7 EBENEZER

This is a level based on the Charles Dickens' novel. My ghost-level

8 A DAY AT THE POOL

A small, easier water-filled level where you have a finite supply of fins and must choose to play either Melinda or Chip for your limited amount of dips.

9 HAMSTER WHEEL

This is an old level I made, the only one from back then that I thought was good enough to fit in. It's a level which you have to run a certain amount of laps round. Updated for CC2.

10 SNOWBLIND

A shorter level with more random elements than I usually prefer. I'd like to think the duration makes up for it. Would like some opinions on that.

11 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE

Another thematic level, this is the biggest of the levels so far, with many ways to solve it. Has some hard to get bonuses that I'm pretty satisfied with.

12 CLOCKWORK

A 'boss' level, which means a real hard puzzle to test your mettle so far. If the time on the clock runs out, a teeth will be cloned where Chip is.

13 PLAYGROUND

A seemingly simple sandbox-type level where you have to solve a problem with the two cloning machines you have available.

14 GREED

On this level, you will want as few chips as possible. One where you have to plan every move carefully. I wonder how difficult it is.

15 CAKE EATER

An easier and smaller puzzle, where I finally get around to using the speed boots properly.

16 LAUNDRY DAY

You will go for several laps around this level, trying to figure out how to get all chips.

17 SUSPENDED IN TIME

Take as much time as you like in the beginning to plan your moves, after that the clock is on.

18 CORPORATE SLOGAN

I wanted a level where Melinda's inability to walk on dirt and gravel made the player have to think a bit like a monster. Partly inspired by Socialist Action.

19 SOMETHING'S AFOOT

A mysterious level. Based on a Twilight Zone episode. One of my favorites in the set.

20 SKYSCRAPER ESCAPADES

I wanted to experiment and make a level which was only 3 tiles wide. After finding that to be not possible in the editor, it became a skyscraper!

21 THE MELINDA SEQUENCE

Inspired by two different CC1 levels (which ones I'm sure you can figure out). You can see all rooms from the beginning, all you need to do is figure out the 'sequence'.

22 GREAT EXPECTATIONS

This level has some hidden information, but it's not very difficult (in my opinion, would love to have more opinions on that).

23 BLOBPARTY

So I made a blob leve- wait, you begin with the helmet! I wanted to make a blob level that is more strategic, but blob haters are free to skip this one

24 KEMIT-CAL REACTION

In this level you will trade bowling balls for tank and toggle button hits. You can either play this level very safe or use some of your bowling balls for bonus points.

25 CARNIVAL

The idea for this level came from the image of the player in a conga line with a lot of teeth . I'm satisfied that there's a lot of different strategies to win this one.

26 EYE KNOW

I wanted to make a level where the secret eye is really useful. The shortest way to solve it takes luck, and to get the most bonuses you need a boatload of luck (or speed). But there are multiple other safer ways to solve it.

27 GAUNTLET

I'm not sure how challenging this level is, getting the bonuses can be a bit tricky.

28 SCIENCE FAIR PROJECT

An experimental level where you program fireballs to press buttons at selected intervals. Subconsciously, this became a homage to Perfect Match.

29 BARBECUE CHIPS

There is a simple solution and a clever solution to this level, getting the bonus will require the latter.

30 NON SEQUITUR

This level will require some outside the box thinking in order to solve.

Quote:Alright, this is a review of the 0.1 version since I'm losing access to CC2 for a while and won't have time to review the 0.2. Great levelset with a pretty high difficulty level. Favorites are MELINDA'S MODERN LIFE, POLITICIAN HOUSE, and MO' CHIPS MO' PROBLEMS.

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01 MELINDA’S MODERN LIFE
WONDERFUL level with a pretty steep learning curve! Thoroughly enjoyed it. Definitely requires you to think ahead with where to use your precious ice blocks. I didn't think it was a `simple puzzle' at all but it was really good!

02 LITTLE BO PEEP
Loved it! Didn’t need the blue key. Really enjoyed setting up the bomb room and leading the ants to their deaths.

03 POLITICIAN HOUSE
I love this one. It feels extremely loose and open-ended, very choose-your-own-adventure. I beat the level without needing the hook or the bribe, was that intended? I also didn't feel it was very much of an item-swapper, it was more about discovering a route to end up with enough tools to get everywhere I needed to.

04 MO’ CHIPS MO’ PROBLEMS
Fantastic and extremely difficult! I would up the time limit to 900, minimum. Even when I figured out what to do I ran out of time (next time I finished with 172 seconds, so it’s not awful). I love the concept, 100%. The puzzles are top notch, however I didn’t use the trap or red door in the main set of rooms or the bowling ball at upper left. Were those red herrings? Going through all that work and having blob dodging at the end is a bit demoralizing but I guess that’s part of the concept. I did it with 2 Chips (and I’m assuming that’s what it was designed for), and dodging 4 blobs wasn’t too bad, although I would have been livid if I’d screwed it up at that point, after already running out of time the previous run. Actually, one more suggestion: use pink buttons and wires for the traps. I got confused early on and opened the editor to figure out what some of the buttons were for, it would have been easier if I could trace them out. But excellent level, frustrating in a good way, I’m glad I put in the time to figure it out.

05 CORPORATE SLOGAN
I’m going to skip this one for now, maybe I’ll review it in the future .

06 EBENEZER
The first two puzzles are a lot of fun. I think I busted the third one though. Solved the level without using the doppelgänger at all, just used the ice block to bridge to the TNT (I had flippers), blew up the flamethrower and the dirt blocking the blue teleport, and returned to the top room. Used boots and blocks to circumvent the blue teeth and exited. I had a lot of fun with this level but I’m not sure I understand it. What did the hint mean? Why is there a green button?

07 THE CHIPS ARE GREENER
Solved it without using the doppelgänger clone machine or getting the brown boots. Felt busted. Solution: go through lower transmogrifier, become Chip, go through upper transmogrifier twice, collect 9 chips on left side, press tank button, push 3 ice blocks, collect ice cleats, go through lower transmogrifier, become Melinda, walk through the passageway the three ice blocks were in, collect 9 chips on right side, exit.

08 ILLUSIONIST’S MANSION
Sorry, but this is exactly the sort of level that I hate. Invisible walls everywhere, surprise deaths by mimics that make you afraid to push blocks, creatures with secret inventories, blue keys that get erased before you get there if you do things out of order. Don’t get me wrong, in one sense it’s incredibly well-designed, it’s just that imo it makes for a 100% unfair and not-fun player experience. Not completed

Great levelset. Lots of fun and puzzling. Thanks for the upload.

Quote:Level 1, Melinda's Modern Life: I think i busted it.

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Bring dirt block from the upper right to the water at [14,8] and another dirt block to [13,8], then bring an ice block to clear the dirt and fill in [14,9]. Another dirt block to the trap button, and another to remove the bomb by the exit.

Level 4, Mo' Chips Mo' Problems: Melinda can go through the pink toggle wall at the start, negating the entire level.

Is there a reason Snowblind and Down the Rabbit-hole are missing from the set?

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Did you think it was too easy?

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I think these levels needs a rehaul. I'm gonna try and patch them up sometime soon, since I still like them.

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I'm not sure what you mean here about the fire boxes. Would be nice if you could elaborate, either in a PM or here

Quote:For the end, if the exit with the teeth is moved two blocks to the right, it's enough to have a peek at the edge of the screen when standing at the left wall at the starting area, which would imo remove the feeling of, I didn't have a chance to know what's coming...

Quote:I'll weigh in on EBENEZER. I actually really enjoyed the exit puzzle with the teeth, because I had access to two dirt blocks from the center room below, and 4 items in my inventory. Thus it was just a puzzle of using the items and blocks to corral the teeth in the starting room, and then run to the exit. It definitely makes the puzzle harder, but I quite enjoyed it, and so if you do take it out, I wouldn't mind seeing that concept in another level.