Morior
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File: Album 2.hold (6 KB)
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After a long hiatus, I've returned to DROD, and finished work on a new hold, along the same lines as my last one. It's another short one- 1 level, 12 puzzle rooms.

What do you guys think?

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[Last edited by Morior at 07-21-2008 03:55 AM]

noma
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Nice little hold: a tasty snack. Simple puzzles but fun and well designed.

I will admit some rooms made me think a bit (4S, 1W until I worked out the "trick"; 6S, 1W; and 3S, 1W and 6S both took me quite a few tries) but then I'm not part of the ESOL (see CSR's link in the "DROD abbreviations" thread.) And there are quite a few rooms that I think optimisers will enjoy, uh, optimising.

I'd give it 8 for fun and 2.5 brains.

hartleyhair
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Is this one, too, based on an album to guess?

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Chaco
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Once South REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY I'M NOT KIDDING needs checkpoints, seeing as it's the first room, it's a trapdoor maze, and it blocks all the other rooms.

More comments as I get to the rest of the hold.

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Morior
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File: Album 2.hold (6.1 KB)
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Hartleyhair- it is based on an album, but I put what it was on a scroll in the last room this time. (I'm changing the scroll's location in this update so that you don't have to see the scroll if you'd rather guess.)

Chaco- Thanks for pointing that out- I'm adding a pair of checkpoints there.

Here's the updated version.

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CuriousShyRabbit
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Hmmm... I took the version from the top post out of habit. Morior, it's a common practice in this forum to keep attaching the most recent version of your hold to the top post, replacing the previous version.

1S - Like Chaco says, this room could use a checkpoint or two.
2S - Quick and fun.
2S1W - I didn't really see what the puzzle was in this room. I hacked up a bunch of wraithwings and left.
3S1W - This was better. Tricky to get the timing right here.
4S - I've seen many rooms similar to this. Easy.
5S - Okay, but more trial and error than I usually enjoy.
6S - Good room. I made a plan and it worked.
6S1W - My favorite puzzle in the hold. Lots of interesting things to do in the correct order.
6S2W - I think this one has an unintended solution. You can put the mimic anywhere.
5S2W - Easy. I thought there was going to be more of a trick, like maybe the adder should eat all the tar, or maybe it might get stuck in the wrong spot, but no.
5S1W - A bit trickier. I had to be careful not to accidentally destroy the broken walls.
4S1W - The south entrance looked so good to me, I didn't try too hard from the north entrance. Some people will think it's bad form to hide the entrance to the required room to the east with secret wall, though.

Morior
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Sorry about that- the top post has been updated, and the mimic placement on 6S2W has been limited.

Thanks for the comments!

/goes off to tinker and decide what he needs to change.

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CuriousShyRabbit
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Looks like 6S2W works properly now.

Something to think about: do you want to add conquer tokens to 1S, 3S1W, and 6S to make these rooms highscorable?

Morior
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CuriousShyRabbit wrote:
Looks like 6S2W works properly now.

Something to think about: do you want to add conquer tokens to 1S, 3S1W, and 6S to make these rooms highscorable?

I've been thinking about that, and I think I'm going to go with no. Tokens just feel out of place in those rooms.

Any other suggestions before I submit this?

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larrymurk
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Not bad, unfortunately I don't know the album.

In any case..

6S2W- US? I just waited in doorway then used mimic to kill snake.
5S2W- Add a save pt maybe?
5S1W- Add save pt maybe?
4S1W- Remove scroll.

Morior
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Changed up the pathing on 6S2W, added a checkpoint to 5S1W, and deleted the scroll in 4S1W.

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larrymurk
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Morior wrote:
Changed up the pathing on 6S2W, added a checkpoint to 5S1W, and deleted the scroll in 4S1W.

Hmmm, are u sure you uploaded the new version properly? When I downloaded it, I got a msg saying it is exactly the same as the previous version.

Morior
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Okay, I think I got the right version up this time- check again.

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larrymurk
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Morior wrote:
Okay, I think I got the right version up this time- check again.

6S2W- ok. I now have to stand at row 10 to defeat the room. Doesn't seem very challenging compared to the other rooms.

Morior
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New version of 6S2W up- finally found the time to finish that room.

Still easy, but not insanely easy.

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The sparrows are flying again.

It's peaceful here. But I won't be lulled. I'm unlullable.