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15 new lynchpin-type puzzles for your perusal.

Edit: Altered 1S, 1N, 1N1W (extra brain was there originally, but had taken it thinking it was redundant).

Edit: 6 extra rooms.

Edit: 1N2W more interesting.

Edit: 4 final rooms. Hopefully fixed a few unintended solutions.

Edit: Sorry, one of the rooms was not accessible. All are
completeable though.

Edit (25/08/10) No new rooms, but have altered a few, correcting unintended solutions.

Edit (31/08/10). Green doors, room corrections, new name

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Sorry, small error in 2S1W.
Corrected now.

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All done.

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Nice one, thanks.
All solutions sound intentional, barring 1S.
Will take a look at that.

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Oops, assume you're using the aumtlich to set off bombs, before going onto oremites.

Need to make that impossible.

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1N1E seems to have an US. Just release the aumtlich, freeze it in the lower side, and let it go for the stalwart. It will make the stalwart hit the bombs.
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All done! Lovely little Lynchpin hold! And not too hard either. I don't have much to say. I think the rooms was of a consistantly high quality, I think the layout was excellent, and made the level easy to explore. Rooms that I particularly liked was: 2N, 2S1W, 1N1W and 2N1W. 2S was also really good. The fact that I could have had a spare decoy for 1N makes me wonder if I did something you didn't intend. Here's my demo
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Altered 1S, 1N, 1N1W (extra brain was there originally, but had taken it thinking it was redundant).

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It all seems to work as intended now.
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6 more rooms for you guys to check out.

I should probably call an end to this at some point.

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Thanks for this.
1N2W was certainly the weakest room, now it should be a bit more interesting.

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Thanks again for testing and finding mistakes.

Posted another version with some improvements and the final lot of rooms.

Won't be adding any more now, but will correct any other issues with the existing rooms.

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Comments on a mastered hold and a pack o' demos (will remove on request once you have them).

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Thanks for those comments.

Updated version up.

Still need to think of a good hold name and add a bit more text/aesthetics.

Main changes are to 1N2W and 3S, but have made a few other scattered changes.

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1N 2W: I assume the guard-hits-orb solution is unintended, so I give you demo of doing it.(tell me if I'm wrong and decoy-hits-orb is unintended)

3S is slightly trickier now.
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New update with new name, and corrected rooms, and new green doors, since I've decided there should be some sense of progression through the level and a sense of being rewarded for completing rooms.

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I've played through this one, and found it a lovely way to spend the evening. Each room is based on one interesting trick, which is not too hard, but also not too easy to figure out. Nice aesthetics too.

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I'd be happy to post any of my other demos if they're needed. :)
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Thanks CSR.

Appreciate you playing through and commenting on all the rooms.
Glad you enjoyed it.

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I haven't played all the rooms yet, but I was surprised that in 1S1W
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And in 1W I would like to know how others have solve itedit: found it.
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Hi Tim, thanks for testing this too.

Tim wrote:
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That sounds interesting. Could you post a demo?
This isn't meant to be a particularly hard room, so I don't really mind if there's another solution.

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That was my solution too, but don't mind that there's another solution here either. The other one's actually harder, I thought.


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Here's a demo.

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