key-smiter
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What method do I use to get past the first dozen eyes? No sword direction, nor travel direction, has worked yet. (I thought about a scheme to fill the room up with roaches, but realized that wouldn't work either.)

Thanks -

Briareos
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key-smiter wrote:
What method do I use to get past the first dozen eyes? No sword direction, nor travel direction, has worked yet. (I thought about a scheme to fill the room up with roaches, but realized that wouldn't work either.)

np: Fat Jon & Styrofoam - Upgrade (Grace Period Mix) (The Same Channel)

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Incidentally, you can also kill them one row at a time.

(not secreted because I don't consider this a spoiler...)

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Thanks to both of you -

Incidentally, you can also kill them one row at a time.

This was the approach I thought would be most promising, except I couldn't figure that out either. No place to hide . . .

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A simple trick. (secreted to save space)

Chaco
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Actually, the way I solved this part was to do it like this!

1. Face West and go here.

2. Continue forward, swing counter-clockwise to kill an eye, and duck here.

The eyes then can't get you because they can't move through that eye.

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Chaco wrote:
Actually, the way I solved this part was to do it like this!

1. Face West and go here.

2. Continue forward, swing counter-clockwise to kill an eye, and duck here.

The eyes then can't get you because they can't move through that eye.

I got killed trying to do that. Are you sure about this?

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Tim wrote:
I got killed trying to do that. Are you sure about this?

Well, it might just work - if there weren't any brains, which there are...

np: Mira Calix - Because To Why (Eyes Set Against The Sun)

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Ack, I'm sorry, no, that doesn't work, and in fact, that's not what I did. Sorry about that.

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Huh. Seems this room is slightly less evil than I thought. I used some roach eggs to help me get safely back by the orb, and it wasn't easy.