SueB
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Must be something I'm not seeing here, I can't seem to get past the final two roaches. Tried to get the left-side roach to come out prior to releasing the right-side one but it didn't move. No way to go around twice that I see. The north-facing arrow must be a clue but I can't figure it out.
A hint, anyone? Thanks.

Moo
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Which north-facing arrow? I think the one on top of a door is to keep the snake from moving...
Is it the two roaches behind the doors that you're stuck with?

If you look at the achievements screen you'll see this is called the "Master Intellect room", so I'm guessing it's meant to be pretty tricky. There's an achievement for it too, so there must be more than one way of doing it. I managed both, eventually, so it can't be that hard as I'm not a very good DROD player.

SueB
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Moo wrote:
Which north-facing arrow? I think the one on top of a door is to keep the snake from moving...
Is it the two roaches behind the doors that you're stuck with?

Yes. The rest of the room is no problem.

If you look at the achievements screen you'll see this is called the "Master Intellect room", so I'm guessing it's meant to be pretty tricky. There's an achievement for it too, so there must be more than one way of doing it. I managed both, eventually, so it can't be that hard as I'm not a very good DROD player.

Moo
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I'm guessing the problem is that you go in, both roaches are the same distance away, and you can only kill one before the other one gets you?

SueB
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Exactly.

Moo
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Without wanting to give too much away... What is there in that area that could stop that from happening?

SueB
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Er, the snake? O dear, don't tell me I have to clear the room of roaches so efficiently that the snake hasn't self-destructed by the time I get there.

Jatopian
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SueB
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The only thing I observe that doesn't make sense to me is the bell that frees the final roach (which keep killing me off) also opens a door at the far right (square 25,9) near the entrance for no apparent reason. Could this be a clue?
I have come within 2 moves of freeing the west-side roach before the snake expires but I haven't been able to shave any more moves off my game.
There's something here I'm not seeing...

TripleM
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That door opening is the only way to leave the room again afterwards, so no, that isn't a clue.

SueB
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Thank you! When I started paying attention to what the queen was doing, it all became clear.