New Level - The Spring Palace

[maxnick]

This level got kinda out of hand as I was working on it and the end result turned out sort of crazy.

Hopefully you'll enjoy it!

[Amnon]

This level was extremely hard even without doing it as intended - I hate to consider whether I would have finished it in time (15 minutes) had I did it as intended.

I did not enter the left-bottom room.
I did not touch the reflector near the two gates (so I didn't need to cover them either).
I did not cover the conveyor button (though I understand what it is for!)

Still it was great fun!!!

[maxnick]

Hmm, I'll see if I find your way... When you say reflector near the two gates, do you mean the blue and cyan gates or red and yellow gates?

Time isn't a huge issue though, I can solve it with > 4 minutes left. I probably go very quickly though considering I've played it so much.

[Amnon]

I mean the blue and cyan gates.

[Amnon]

I just noticed something:

Instead of using the bottom-left room to get through, you could just enter it and rob it clean of boxes, which should be enough to enter the island without the transporter and accomplish all that needs to be done there!

[maxnick]

You might be right, although it would be hard to position them correctly I think.

Either way thanks for the feedback, looks like this level has some 'replay value'!

[Amnon]

It is possible, but are you also aware that it is possible to extract a portable cannon, then use it to light the 4 prisms? Placing that cannon beneath the prisms changes the whole level - even the reflectors then are no longer required as such!

[maxnick]

How exactly are you able to do that? I think I must be missing something big, it seems impossible to me.

[Amnon]

it seems impossible to me

Place extra 2 barrels beneath the barrel under the right-most portable cannon, then push an extra barrel through the blue gate, which will explode them all!

Jump up, push the middle cannon down then quickly move out of the way.

[Jutomi]

Hey Maxnick;

hoof, this one was intimidating Like Amnon I probably didn't solve this as intended (I wound up with a spare powder keg in the upper right room, somehow! ), but I think I solved it "close enough"... I hope (Worth noting I also didn't touch the keg on the spring in the top room either ) It was still an involved and creative complex. The upper room giving me a spare box was just what I need it; I tried it a round before and managed to have just enough material, having forgotten the upper section entirely

Definitely I've grown to prefer smaller levels - less overwhelming and less prone to alternate solutions or things-going-horribly-wrong (take it from a hundred-odd levels of experience ), but this was nonetheless a pleasure to solve; lots of planning and really neat little ideas that played into each other. Only took me about 40-odd minutes in the end.

And, of course, my video solution~. Has been a pleasure playing through your levels, new and semi-old. (Hopefully old too ) Hope to see more from ya down the road.