My (Grant's) levels for CCLP1

[mathgrant]

I have uploaded three level sets to the Yahoo group (and may upload them here, too, just because) which I would like considered for CCLP1. They are in the directory "Grant's CC levels", and they are, in chronological order, GRANTF.dat, Grant.dat, and grant2012.ccl. Many levels in the first two sets are not Lynx-compatible, so I will work on taking the same ideas and making them not only Lynx-compatible, but also better. For example, MAZE OF THE FIREBALL in GRANTF.dat isn't Lynx-compatible because it relies on the behavior of tanks in MS (stopping when an obstacle is encountered and remaining there until a blue button is hit); FIREBALL MAZE in grant2012.ccl removes the tank room altogether and adds two fireball-shaped rooms to strengthen the theme (one of which also has a fireball as a visual reminder to the player of how fireballs move, i.e. turning right when an obstacle is hit).

I would have much preferred to post this message on the newsgroup like a normal person, but I apparently lost my password to an account I forgot I had, and for identity-protection reasons, I'm not allowed to create another account with the same e-mail address. I really hope a message on CC Zone will work for submission purposes. . .

EDIT: Any feedback on levels in grant2012.ccl is greatly appreciated, especially regarding MS- or Lynx-compatibility or busts. If there are levels or ideas present in the other two sets which you would like to see adapted in a Lynx-compatible way, say so, and maybe it'll motivate me.

EDIT2: I changed the thread's title to have my name in it. That way, when a reply to this thread is the most recent one in this subforum, people will know whose levelset is being talked about!

[Ida]

I posted this on the Newsgroup for you... Hope you don't mind!

[M11k4]

I tried grant 2012 and I must say I really loved it! There's only four levels there now, but I enjoyed each one tremendously!

I posted short comments on each at the level download section.

-Miika

[jblewis]

Wasn't "Release Me" in your previous set?

[mathgrant]

I posted this on the Newsgroup for you... Hope you don't mind!

Don't mind at all. I would have posted to the newsgroup myself had I access to it!

Wasn't "Release Me" in your previous set?

Yeah, but the old version has a minor bust in Lynx.

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In MS, part of the puzzle is that you have you put blocks on two fire spaces to prevent the glider from suiciding while toggling a green button for you. In Lynx, the glider avoids the fire, making this part of the puzzle not even a puzzle anymore. I changed it to "use two blocks to clear away the bombs" to make it play more equivalently in MS and Lynx.

Also, the chase scene in the top part originally had Chip pushing a block onto water to clear a path for the fireball to remove a bomb. I changed this to clearing a bomb out of the way to give the player more leeway in Lynx (remember, the dirt square created from pushing the block onto water can't be stepped on for a short time in Lynx).

A lot of levels in this set will be improved versions of old levels, especially when those improvements are Lynx-compatibility!

[jblewis]

I recall seeing that when reviewing the level for CCLP3. Thanks for fixing it!

I love "Fireball Maze," by the way. This is the sort of shortened puzzle that will work well for CCLP1.

[mathgrant]

I recall seeing that when reviewing the level for CCLP3. Thanks for fixing it!

I love "Fireball Maze," by the way. This is the sort of shortened puzzle that will work well for CCLP1.

Thanks.

In case you don't follow the Yahoo group files or the downloads section here, the level set has been updated with IT TAKES A THIEF, which is a remake of an older level. It aims to fix a bust present in the first version's upper-right corner room:

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In the first version, you were intended to use 5 blocks to create a nail on a series of force floors so you can later get by them without suction shoes. But in MS, if you make Chip attempt to push a block which is supposed to be moving but is being delayed by slide delay, it'll make the block freeze for all eternity, even if you were trying to push it where it was headed for anyway. This means the nail can be created without using all of the blocks. Now you're required to use three blocks to clear away bombs, and two blocks as a nail. Hopefully there's no bust now.

If FIREBALL MAZE is a shortened puzzle, then consider IT TAKES A THIEF to be a pair of thematically linked, and slightly more shortened, puzzles.

[jblewis]

If FIREBALL MAZE is a shortened puzzle, then consider IT TAKES A THIEF to be a pair of thematically linked, and slightly more shortened, puzzles.

I totally caught that.

[mathgrant]

I totally caught that.

What did you catch? Did you catch the thief? Nooooo! We need the thief to aid and abet Chip!

[mathgrant]

I updated the file with two additional levels. Level 7, AQUARIUS, is a series of four block-pushing puzzles set in a watery world; level 8 is one which I will let speak for itself. . . .