admin
Level: Legendary Smitemaster
Rank Points: 8
IP: Logged

File: ImpossibleCubes.hold (13.1 KB)
Downloaded 3018 times.
License: Other
From: Unspecified

My first attempt at a level for DROD. It has a bit of every monster thrown in it, but most rooms are of moderate difficulty. The level started as an idea to incorporate the 'impossible cube' optical illusion into a room, and the theme evolved to include other square like designs with some sort of trick to them.

I hope you enjoy it.

DiMono
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1181
Registered: 09-13-2003
IP: Logged

Is 2North 1West solvable?

____________________________
Deploy the... I think it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... WHOOSH!

Tscott
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 382
Registered: 02-10-2003
IP: Logged

DiMono wrote:
Is 2North 1West solvable?

Of course.



____________________________
And I can recall our caravel: a little wicker beetle shell with four fine maste and lateen sails,
its bearings on Cair Paravel. O my love, O it was a funny little thing to be the ones to've seen.
-Joanna Newsom "Bridges and Balloons"

DiMono
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1181
Registered: 09-13-2003
IP: Logged

Yeah, I saved it for last, and when I went back I discovered that I'm a total tool. However, for mimicking level 6 you're no longer allowed to design holds... and I'm stealing the idea behind 3N1W from you

____________________________
Deploy the... I think it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... WHOOSH!

bandit1200
Level: Master Delver
Rank Points: 290
Registered: 10-29-2003
IP: Logged

DiMono wrote:
Yeah, I saved it for last, and when I went back I discovered that I'm a total tool. However, for mimicking level 6 you're no longer allowed to design holds... and I'm stealing the idea behind 3N1W from you

I'm stuck on this one. I can't see how to kill the snake in the lower half. A bit of help wouldn't go amiss.

DiMono
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1181
Registered: 09-13-2003
IP: Logged

Roaches are obstacles.

____________________________
Deploy the... I think it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... WHOOSH!

bandit1200
Level: Master Delver
Rank Points: 290
Registered: 10-29-2003
IP: Logged

DiMono wrote:
Roaches are obstacles.

yep, and wraithwings too, but I still can't manage it. you get some holds that look hard and aren't, and some that look like they will be easy and aren't. it's always the ones that look relatively easy that I fail on.

Tscott
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 382
Registered: 02-10-2003
IP: Logged

bandit1200 wrote:

DiMono wrote:
Yeah, I saved it for last, and when I went back I discovered that I'm a total tool. However, for mimicking level 6 you're no longer allowed to design holds... and I'm stealing the idea behind 3N1W from you

I'm stuck on this one. I can't see how to kill the snake in the lower half. A bit of help wouldn't go amiss.

I almost always used

For an all out spoiler of how I normally do it,

____________________________
And I can recall our caravel: a little wicker beetle shell with four fine maste and lateen sails,
its bearings on Cair Paravel. O my love, O it was a funny little thing to be the ones to've seen.
-Joanna Newsom "Bridges and Balloons"

DiMono
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1181
Registered: 09-13-2003
IP: Logged

I usually


____________________________
Deploy the... I think it's a yellow button... it's usually flashing... it makes the engines go... WHOOSH!

bandit1200
Level: Master Delver
Rank Points: 290
Registered: 10-29-2003
IP: Logged

Tscott wrote:
I almost always used

Click here to view the secret text

×a wraithwing to kill it, but it is possible with the roaches.

For an all out spoiler of how I normally do it,

Click here to view the secret text

×Save one wraithwing for last, and lead it to lower left corner of the room. Wait directly above it until the snake moves close by. Move up past the force arrow until the wraithwing follows to one square below the arrow and wait for the snake to fall into the trap. Sometimes it takes a few times to get the snake to do what you want, but it is possible.

That's exactly how I was trying to do it, but with no success after numerous attempts. The snake always turns away once I go across the force arrow. I'll give DiMono's suggestion a try.

bandit1200
Level: Master Delver
Rank Points: 290
Registered: 10-29-2003
IP: Logged

I got back to this hold last night and finished it off. Good fun. (mind you, I say that about all the ones I can actually finish )

Koro
Level: Delver

Rank Points: 74
Registered: 01-16-2004
IP: Logged

Yeah, this hold was pretty jiggy! Its only downside was that it kept me playing straight through when I should have been doing Physics homework. Thanks for the scrolls making sure we did them in a convenient order without hunting for unfinished rooms. There are levels in Dugan's I wish were so friendly.

Peace in the dungeons,
Koro

____________________________
Vectors are pretty cool, they take your mind off of girls.

masonjason
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 349
Registered: 12-29-2003
IP: Logged

Neither of the orbs in 3N 1W do anything for me. Is this intentional, or do I need to redownload?

____________________________
Eighty people came to the bazaar.

Tscott
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 382
Registered: 02-10-2003
IP: Logged

masonjason wrote:
Neither of the orbs in 3N 1W do anything for me. Is this intentional, or do I need to redownload?

They should (and alway have) open the 4 yellow doors in this room, two doors for each orb. I just re-downloaded the version of hold thats in this thread and imported it into a second computer- The orbs worked fine.

I noticed there were some odd orb problems in some of your holds you were uploading. Is everything ok with your install of DROD?

____________________________
And I can recall our caravel: a little wicker beetle shell with four fine maste and lateen sails,
its bearings on Cair Paravel. O my love, O it was a funny little thing to be the ones to've seen.
-Joanna Newsom "Bridges and Balloons"

masonjason
Level: Smiter

Rank Points: 349
Registered: 12-29-2003
IP: Logged

It was, up until this recent problem. It's possible that the two occurrences are connected, but I can't tell.

____________________________
Eighty people came to the bazaar.

larrymurk
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 1917
Registered: 12-09-2004
IP: Logged

Fine hold.
Moderate difficult.
Nicely designed!

SbCl3
Level: Delver
Rank Points: 61
Registered: 02-13-2005
IP: Logged

This is the best hold (other than kdd) that i've played so far. Nothing hard or annoying, just the right difficulty. I'm very anxious to what you'll be making in the future.

You get a 10 from me.

minhtuan
Level: Goblin
Rank Points: 22
Registered: 07-13-2004
IP: Logged

Your hold has great look, very neat design. I was stuck at some corner, but still trying. The idea is original and the hold well-implemented.

bobkberg
Level: Goblin

Rank Points: 20
Registered: 11-27-2006
IP: Logged

Very enjoyable! Thanks for writing it.

Bob

mauvebutterfly
Level: Smitemaster

Rank Points: 774
Registered: 05-03-2015
IP: Logged

Cool aesthetic! This hold is relatively easy but there are a few tricks that can trip you up. I really liked how there are a number of rooms that borrow the same "squares" for the base architecture but that end up playing out entirely differently.

____________________________
106th Skywatcher