× - The Entrance: Does the snake *has* to be that long? It took me 100 moves to kill the queens on my first try, and I then had to wait for slightly less than 300 moves until the snake died. On CaravelNet, it will also make the best demo for the room easy to get.

- 1S: Very nice room. I wonder if it is possible to do it without the Wubbas... something I shall have to try.

- 1S 1E: Another nice room, so no complaints here either.

- 2E: I like that room. I can't get the mimic to kill the last queen, though: how are you supposed to get that last kill? There might be a bug here: bombs were changed with 2.08, so it might be it. The other explanation is, of course, that I don't get it (and it's the more likely of the two).

- 1N: Grr. By far the room I like the least on your hold. Clearing up tar gets tedious rather quickly, and there is no real threat when doing that.

- 2N: Very nice. The actual quote is "No one expects the Spanish Inquisition" (article "the", capital letters to Spanish and Inquisition, and present tense), though the past tense could work, with something like "You sure weren't expecting the Spanish Inquisition", or some such. On another note, the script is used every time you enter the room, even if it has already been conquered.

- 1S 2E: Clearing up mud/tar really doesn't strike my fancy. Still, I liked it more than 1N, perhaps because it does involve some danger and thought (getting to the mothers and avoiding the spawned babies).

- 1N 1E: Great room. No, really, I'm not *always* negative. Excellent use of the eyes, and the coloured tiles are, well, brilliant.

- 2N 1E: Not finished right now, but so far, it's looking just as good as 1N 1E.

So, not a bad hold overall, with some very strong concepts, but also what I feel are weak rooms (particularly 1N).

×You will need both mimics to kill the last queen

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Entrance: you may be right. I'll see what I can do.

1N: Have you actually tried to conquer the room ? It gets much better once you realize you can't get mud mother so easily. And then, you have to make sure tar/mud is in right shape before you shut second mother down. Perhaps I should've emphasised that part more. But yes, I was unsure about that room.
If more people comment in similar way as you, I'll change black door to green. And make another, more polished room with two mothers.

1S: Last time I checked it was possible to win going either left, center, or right. There are certainly multiple way to do it, usually with goblins right on your heels. That's what I like about most of my rooms.
Initially it was meant as a random room/slashfest. Later, when I added some crumbly walls, I got the idea to try making a deserted village. Turned out better than I thought, visually.
It could be a good idea (to boost difficulty) to remove one wubba, or even two.

DON'T YOU DARE to post hints about secret rooms. Shhh.

1S 2E: I guess this is a matter of taste, because I actually enjoyed the hidden room of KDD level8. Even when I had to conquer it again due to certain infamous 8 level room.
I don't have full JTRH, so I make many rooms that I can have fun with myself. These rooms have no specific path/solution, so they're roughly as fun to play for me as for other people.
Another good side of that is that these rooms (rooms of this level in general) can be often solved in more than one way. (support for challenges). And it may take a while to discover fastest solution.

1N 1E: That's a room I'm especially proud of. I've never seen anything like that in DROD holds. I'm considering making more rooms on the theme, but I'm a bit worried the concept may get stale after a while.

2N 1E: First variation of room on mentioned above. It's worth noting that you don't have to do everything perfectly to succeed, but you have to be efficient. I could make the serpent a bit longer and it would still be possible to win, but it could become too difficult to be fun.

2E: I just double-checked it, and yes, it is possible to conquer it. Put both mimics in same squad. Set them to Hold and attack: nearest Roach Queen. Don't forget to research Movement Order: 3 first.
I have to admit conquering it second time was harder than expected. For a while I was even scared I broke the room. But if you put some thought into it, solution is primitive.

× First attempt on 1N was a failure, because of the tar factor. Second attempt worked just fine, by simply waiting for the whole room to be filled in tar (it does take longer, but it can't fail). Getting to the mud mother isn't particularly difficult, though it takes a while, and there are very few babies making your life harder. 1S 2E has some of these spawns, plus a nastier layout, so I feel it works better.

I thought about using both mimics to do the same thing in 2E, but I couldn't figure out *how* exactly. I'll have to give it another try... Bah! Sometimes, I feel like giving my brain a good slap. I thought the *whole* bomb area was covered with those yellow doors, but of course, it isn't the case. Talk about self-induced illusions.

And speaking of illusions, nice background you have in 1N (that's something I forgot in my previous post, somehow thinking I was deceiving myself).

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It seems you have found a bug in 2E. The area under bombs is normal floor just for cosmetic purposes. I changed it after final test of the room.
I'm impressed, but I will have to change the room to prevent that. Just spawning second mimic at the roach is not the intended solution. Sorry for inconvenience. I hope you like the last room.

× Amazing, I now find bugs without even trying to. By "bomb area", I meant the *whole* area around the bombs and the queen, and not only the bombs themselves, so I think I had your intended solution in mind.

Of course, now that you mention those bombs and their lack of yellow doors, I can see where we are going. Sneaky!