Alneyan
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File: DDR Downward Descent 1S Victory.demo (705 bytes)
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From: Mike Rimmer

There was a demo somewhere, but I can't find the specific thread. Anyway, here it is (it's Mike's own demo).

Basically, it is a matter of pure luck (or *very* comprehensive planning of serpent moves), and it can be tough to get that serpent to move as you wish.

(A nice opportunity to test special license options too)

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Alneyan wrote:
There was a demo somewhere, but I can't find the specific thread. Anyway, here it is (it's Mike's own demo).

Basically, it is a matter of pure luck (or *very* comprehensive planning of serpent moves), and it can be tough to get that serpent to move as you wish.

It's not so hard if you know what you're looking for. It may be hard to describe now, because I do it from memory...
1. Get the serpent to follow you. Lead it to the lowest right blob of tar.
2. Go to a place behind the wall - near the room entrance. Try to get tar babies temporarily blocked by serpent's body. For this to work, you have to lead the serpent close to wall (corner).
3. Make sure serpent won't follow you too far. Tar baby should be stuck behind the horizontal wall in left-middle part of map. This lets you to create a serpent trap at the corner. You need only 1 tar baby for this.

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Alneyan
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Sure, *knowing* what to do is relatively straightforward: actually doing it is another matter, because of how serpents move around. I gather the Wizard recognised it was something like that in his last post on this thread.

Of course, having trouble with the concepts of finesse and subtlety doesn't help, either: I'm the kind of delver who drools when seeing a throng on goblins, and shivers in fear at the mere sight of a lone serpent waiting to be lured someplace in the room.