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I have finished this hold completely and I think I'll release it to the Holds board someday.

All I need now is just your opinions and see whether there are trivial solutions.

Don't mind the initials of this hold. It just came in by accident.

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06-28-2007 at 05:09 PM
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Mazer wrote:
I have finished this hold completely and I think I'll release it to the Holds board someday.

All I need now is just your opinions and see whether there are trivial solutions.

Don't mind the initials of this hold. It just came in by accident.

That's a pretty nice...umm, well, you know.

I can pretty easily solve seven of the required rooms. The secret room at

Click here to view the secret text


is quite easy -- easier than most of the required rooms.

So I've got four required rooms and a couple of secret rooms that I haven't solved yet. I haven't found any problems with any of the rooms yet...

Josh

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06-28-2007 at 07:52 PM
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OK, I've mastered this, and am working on the post-master rooms right now.

Most of the rooms are quite interesting, and there is some good use of pressure plates.

I'm attaching a demo of The Ment Base:
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, as I wonder if my solution was intended or not. It may be that the power token needs to be moved to the entrance.

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07-02-2007 at 01:13 AM
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This is a short, fun hold, with pretty tight puzzles. I enjoyed playing every rooms, especically The Ment Base 3S, and the master wall rooms.
07-02-2007 at 01:36 AM
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jbluestein wrote:
I can pretty easily solve seven of the required rooms. The secret room at

Click here to view the secret text


is quite easy -- easier than most of the required rooms.

I've made the whole room again and now it's something entirely different.
jbluestein wrote:
I'm attaching a demo of The Ment Base:
Click here to view the secret text
as I wonder if my solution was intended or not.
That's a secret room, so you might want to use some secret tags. I thought it was a bit too easy, so I changed it too.
And I can't look at your demo, since I changed the entire room. :nugget

Updated hold in first post.

07-02-2007 at 06:57 AM
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Mazer wrote:
jbluestein wrote:
I can pretty easily solve seven of the required rooms. The secret room at

Click here to view the secret text


is quite easy -- easier than most of the required rooms.

I've made the whole room again and now it's something entirely different.

The new room is definitely better. Although it's easier than I thought it was at first, since:
Click here to view the secret text


jbluestein wrote:
I'm attaching a demo of The Ment Base:
Click here to view the secret text
as I wonder if my solution was intended or not.
That's a secret room, so you might want to use some secret tags. I thought it was a bit too easy, so I changed it too.
And I can't look at your demo, since I changed the entire room. :nugget

Updated hold in first post.

Does this room need a power token? Because I can't pick up the speed potion. But I'm not sure if I need to or not. (I can escape from the walled-off area without it, but haven't been able to get anywhere with cutting the gel.)

And, while I'm here, a question about
Click here to view the secret text


Any hints to be had here?
Click here to view the secret text


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07-02-2007 at 12:12 PM
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jbluestein wrote:

The new room is definitely better. Although it's easier than I thought it was at first, since:
Click here to view the secret text
Click here to view the secret text

Does this room need a power token? Because I can't pick up the speed potion. But I'm not sure if I need to or not. (I can escape from the walled-off area without it, but haven't been able to get anywhere with cutting the gel.)
D'oh! I should have tested that room in-game, not just from the editor. :nugget Fixed anyway.
And, while I'm here, a question about
Click here to view the secret text


Any hints to be had here?
Click here to view the secret text
Click here to view the secret text
Click here to view the secret text

Updated hold in first post.
07-02-2007 at 01:19 PM
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Mazer wrote:
jbluestein wrote:

The new room is definitely better. Although it's easier than I thought it was at first, since:
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Click here to view the secret text


That's what I did.
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Ah. Forgot to look at that one.

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07-02-2007 at 01:52 PM
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Post-mastered. It's all good.

Josh

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07-02-2007 at 04:21 PM
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Argh! My brother just found an unintended solution in
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It's fixed anyway.

Hold updated in first post.
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I made a minor change to 1S2E. There was a solution which ruined the point of that room.
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Hold updated.

Sorry for the double post.

EDIT: Whoops, didn't fix it properly. A properly fixed version in first post.

EDIT2: Now it's really fixed this time.

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Mazer wrote:
I made a minor change to 1S2E. There was a solution which ruined the point of that room.
Click here to view the secret text

Hold updated.


Hmm...I think that was the solution that I used. Guess I'll have to try it again.

By the way, not sure if you know this, but if you set up a private beta board, you can automatically view the demos of your beta testers. Makes unintended solutions easier to catch.

Josh

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07-03-2007 at 05:35 PM
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I have uploaded the final version of this hold. I changed the following rooms: 2S1W, 2S1E, 4S and 3S2E.
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Mazer wrote:
I have uploaded the final version of this hold. I changed the following rooms: 2S1W, 2S1E, 4S and 3S2E.

The changes all seem OK.

2S1W: The pressure plate does make things more difficult.
2S1E: Seems fine.
4S: I assume that the goal here is to
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3S2E: Not sure I see the point of the changes here -- the room seems about the same to me.

I am having some problems with the new version of 1S2E, however.
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07-23-2007 at 03:47 PM
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Whoops...spoke too soon. There is a major problem with the changes to 2S1W.

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07-23-2007 at 03:59 PM
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jbluestein wrote: Whoops...spoke too soon. There is a major problem with the changes to 2S1W.
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D'oh! :nugget I really should play through the hold when I make changes! It's fixed.
I am having some problems with the new version of 1S2E, however.
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Click here to view the secret text

EDIT:
jbluestein wrote: 4S: I assume that the goal here is to
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Whoops! That was not supposed to happen. I have attached a new version in the first post. Also, I added some more checkpoints.

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07-23-2007 at 04:23 PM
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OK. The entire hold is confirmed masterable.

One minor note, secreted because it discusses the path to a secret room:

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Josh

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07-23-2007 at 08:14 PM
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