07-Mar-2021, 7:28 PM
Without further ado...
Congratulations to all of you! I enjoyed playing through these levels, and I'm thankful to everyone who submitted a level, even Sickly! Even the levels I disliked had some strong ideas in them, even if there was some bits that struggled (though that might also be the constraint's fault to some degree).
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6th place [Click to Show Content]
A Sickly Silver Moon - (youtube link to MARIO SCREAMING 4: SCREAMSHINE)
Congratulations, Sickly, you managed to frustrate me! Of course, I managed to frustrate you just as much by not noticing the teleports. Honestly, it was mildly enjoyable for a bit, but not really 10x100 worth of enjoyable. I think I'd still put it above frogs in hell.
Congratulations, Sickly, you managed to frustrate me! Of course, I managed to frustrate you just as much by not noticing the teleports. Honestly, it was mildly enjoyable for a bit, but not really 10x100 worth of enjoyable. I think I'd still put it above frogs in hell.
5th place [Click to Show Content]
Chipster1059 - Evil Mirror Universe
Also submitted: Quiz Time!
Several people submitted variety levels with a number of different puzzles arranged next to each other. As such a level, the individual parts were pretty good, but as a combination they were frustrating enough to not feel worth it.
Quiz Time! was kind of fun to go through once, but enough of the questions felt unfair that I didn't get it the first time, and the conceit as a whole only kind of works once. Also, the fact that you can't know whether you got an individual question right or not (except by going down and up again, which cuts your margin of error in half) isn't great.
Also submitted: Quiz Time!
Several people submitted variety levels with a number of different puzzles arranged next to each other. As such a level, the individual parts were pretty good, but as a combination they were frustrating enough to not feel worth it.
Quiz Time! was kind of fun to go through once, but enough of the questions felt unfair that I didn't get it the first time, and the conceit as a whole only kind of works once. Also, the fact that you can't know whether you got an individual question right or not (except by going down and up again, which cuts your margin of error in half) isn't great.
4th place [Click to Show Content]
Dave Varberg - The Long Ness Monster
Also submitted: Frogs In Hell
The multiple stages of deductions in this level were fun to figure out; especially going between the red and blue teleports and figuring out which ones were which, as well as the yellow teleport bit. Unfortunately, if I see myself trying to explain the coupon collector's problem during a stream that doesn't say good things about the amount of time I'm having to wait during a level. I'd strongly suggest not requiring all 9 keys to get out of the first area.
Frogs In Hell... is the same thing 24 times. I'm admittedly going on faith for the exact number, but that's not one I'm going to revisit.
Also submitted: Frogs In Hell
The multiple stages of deductions in this level were fun to figure out; especially going between the red and blue teleports and figuring out which ones were which, as well as the yellow teleport bit. Unfortunately, if I see myself trying to explain the coupon collector's problem during a stream that doesn't say good things about the amount of time I'm having to wait during a level. I'd strongly suggest not requiring all 9 keys to get out of the first area.
Frogs In Hell... is the same thing 24 times. I'm admittedly going on faith for the exact number, but that's not one I'm going to revisit.
3rd place [Click to Show Content]
Tyler Sontag - Hallway of Justice
This definitely earned its completely arbitrary place as the last level in the pack; a solid set of puzzles, some of them with pretty tight time constraints, that also worked out as pretty tough. I liked figuring out each of the sections I got to. I'm not sure I would've been able to get past that block section but even so, it's impressive as a puzzle.
This definitely earned its completely arbitrary place as the last level in the pack; a solid set of puzzles, some of them with pretty tight time constraints, that also worked out as pretty tough. I liked figuring out each of the sections I got to. I'm not sure I would've been able to get past that block section but even so, it's impressive as a puzzle.
2nd place [Click to Show Content]
Jeffrey Bardon - Serpents' Tower
A solid set of Snake puzzles. I really enjoyed solving them, well, at least the ones I actually solved. The other two I'm sure I'll enjoy solving on puzz.link or penpa if/when that happens
I also liked the theming, and the dramatic serpent-themed hints.
A solid set of Snake puzzles. I really enjoyed solving them, well, at least the ones I actually solved. The other two I'm sure I'll enjoy solving on puzz.link or penpa if/when that happens
I also liked the theming, and the dramatic serpent-themed hints. 1st place [Click to Show Content]
Ida - 8 Bit Puzzle
Also submitted: Ice Climber CC Style, Fido
Congratulations, Ida! Several people submitted variety levels arranged next to each other, but I think this is the one I actually enjoyed the most. I was about to say "I especially liked the" followed by the puzzles I like, but then I realized that might just be "all of them but the rovers ". I also like the letter system meaning that you didn't have to do the whole thing in a loop when you start over, which is really nice during a stream or in casual play. (Though I might make the bonuses under the ice blocks 1Ks to make them more worthwhile for optimizers)
Ice Climber CC Style was a nice homage to a game I've never played, though I did look up the bonus level after the stream. It was a nice race against time with a difficulty slider. Fido was also a decent variety level, though the first few sections were way more frustrating and it sucked getting Fido mixed up with the other two. Sad ending
Also submitted: Ice Climber CC Style, Fido
Congratulations, Ida! Several people submitted variety levels arranged next to each other, but I think this is the one I actually enjoyed the most. I was about to say "I especially liked the" followed by the puzzles I like, but then I realized that might just be "all of them but the rovers
". I also like the letter system meaning that you didn't have to do the whole thing in a loop when you start over, which is really nice during a stream or in casual play. (Though I might make the bonuses under the ice blocks 1Ks to make them more worthwhile for optimizers)Ice Climber CC Style was a nice homage to a game I've never played, though I did look up the bonus level after the stream. It was a nice race against time with a difficulty slider. Fido was also a decent variety level, though the first few sections were way more frustrating and it sucked getting Fido mixed up with the other two. Sad ending
Congratulations to all of you! I enjoyed playing through these levels, and I'm thankful to everyone who submitted a level, even Sickly! Even the levels I disliked had some strong ideas in them, even if there was some bits that struggled (though that might also be the constraint's fault to some degree).
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