×Lost.

×
First Delver! (I was the first non-tester/dev
to conquer TCB.)
d/dy

×2N - I liked this one. A challenge to keep one of the snakes long enough...

1N - Frustrating. I don't really like orb puzzles when I can't see what the orbs are doing. I can probably be more methodical here and solve this. I'll come back to it.

1E - Not figured this one out yet. I've figured out what I need to do, but I seriously do not know how to do it.

1S - I liked this room. You can though go through the trapdoor area forwards or backwards (I believe this is unintended) If you go backwards, the roach spawn rate is much lower when you're on the left (7 rather than 14) though you can only kill one at a time. You also don't have a checkpoint to keep your progress on the left.

1S1E - Another one I enjoyed. It took me a few retries to figure out what area to shape out at the start. The roach queens are just decoration.

1S2E - And this was my favorite of your rooms. A cunning, though brief, trapdoor maze.

× the snake should not be set free

×
First Delver! (I was the first non-tester/dev
to conquer TCB.)
d/dy

×I'm able to solve this room without touching any orbs. I've got a bad feeling you've designed this room so you can't reach the blue exit door unless you've left the tar mothers alive. If so you may want to rethink this, would force most players to replay most or all of this level from a restored game, since they would naturally solve this room when they first entered it. Of course, if my assumptions are incorrect, ignore this comment.

×I just went back and found I was able to get to the blue door after re-entering the room. Forget everything I said above.

×Lost.

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2N: Glad you liked it. It's an interesting, simple puzzle, in comparison to some of the other rooms.

1N: I specifically tested it to ensure it could be done from both directions, so I was wondering there. It's frustrating, I know, and probably unnecessary. Although, now I think of it, it's really two rooms, the tar mothers and the path to the blue door. Well, give me a bit...

Entrance: Call me crazy, but I thought the maze worked nicely. I'll wait for the aesthetics crew to get in, then.

1E: I'm disappointed you found it so easy. How did you thwart my schemes, zex? The idea was to force at least some of the roaches along a particular path to kill the snake, but it looks like you found an easier way, probably involving only a couple of roaches.

And I'm wiling to give it to you if you manage to kill the snake first.

2E: This room probably suffers from timing issues, but I'm hoping that's just because I'm slow. The idea here was to run the mimic and avoid the wraithwings at the same time. I'm still proud of it, though.

1S: It's intentional that you can go backwards. The idea was to make sure you couldn't run from the roaches, but then, roaches are the least of your worries. Maybe I'll change it, if I decide to keep it.

1S1E: This room was a cop-out room, and I don't like it. I knocked it up really quickly because I couldn't think of any new room ideas, and I wanted to see what everyone else thought of the other, more interesting rooms. It turned out well, apparently, so I might place it somewhere on the next level where it would be more suited.

1S2E: Interestingly, this hold went through several incarnations, as I never bothered to save it before upgrading. The only two rooms I ever kept were this room and the Entrance, although the Entrance is the most cunning here. The trapdoor maze changed as well, and eventually shrunk because I didn't really want to make a large one - they either were too easy, or impossible. I may expand this maze, but I'm happy that I've got it knotted enough that it's interesting.

×Lost.

× I'm reluctant to spil my fun, but...

This is a famous problem, the Seven Bridges of Konisburg. I picked the puzzle because it has a well known solution that isn't immediately obvious, and I wanted people to be able to pick it up immediately.

It's a hard, hard puzzle, and I seriously doubt you'll be able to get through.

I may change it later to make it easier, to pervert the well-known solution.

×Lost.

×
First Delver! (I was the first non-tester/dev
to conquer TCB.)
d/dy

×The Seven Bridges of Konigsburg is well-known for having no solution, and generally leads into a discussion of network puzzles, which are easily implemented in DROD. Seeing as every island has an odd number of paths leading from it, there's no place to start where the red door can be lowered.

I'm afraid it's an example of mis-direction, as you'll see if you finish the hold and take a look at the screen beyond.

It's a cruel joke, but I honestly thought no-one would be fooled.

×Lost.