New Level - Vexed Annex

TheoX · Post by **TheoX** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 4:56 pm

Hello - Here's a new brain strainer from me! I tried to make it loophole free, so let me know if it seems too easy! Hopefully it's a little stinker though

Have fun!

EDIT: Updated the level to clear up a loophole that Mark pointed out. I'm not sure if it fixed everything. If anyone has the time, please try out this new version and let me know if it changed how you solved it!

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 7:47 pm

Wonderful level, thanks!

Took me about 20 minutes, so I wouldn't call it a stinker.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 8:39 pm

Absolutely Incredible!

What a Brain-Storm!

I finally found a path that did not require any fast or tricky moves.
But quite a bit of positioning and rolling around to get a gold star.

Though I did finish in less than a minute.

Thank you, Theo!

Chip · Post by **Chip** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 9:05 pm

Hi Theo
Discovering 'a little surprise' changed the things but didn't make them easier.

Finally the two heroes learned to push in the right order and to wait on the appropriate tiles.
Thanks a bunch for this great puzzler.

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Sat Jul 05, 2014 10:27 pm

Though I did finish in less than a minute.

I did it differently and it took me 40 seconds.

TheoX · Post by **TheoX** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 1:07 am

Hi guys! Thanks for playing!

The time you take to solve this level doesn't matter too much to me, just the time it took to think about it. I believe Amnon solved the level the way I intended, but I'm not positive. I might upload a video of the way I solved it (later though, tied up at the moment).

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 2:18 am

I believe Amnon solved the level the way I intended

Here is one sign: I did not touch the green or the yellow spheres.

TheoX · Post by **TheoX** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 6:10 am

Amnon wrote:I did not touch the green or the yellow spheres.

Well I'll be!

I don't even know how you did that. My own creation eludes me!

I'm about to upload a new version to tie up a couple loopholes. I'm curious if this changes how you solve the level. If you have the time, please let me know how it goes!

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:09 am

I'm curious if this changes how you solve the level.

It doesn't, except of course that a few more seconds are now needed to cover the new button.

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 8:50 am

I've just made it also in the intended way, or at least something I believe is closer to that.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 10:55 am

Theo,

I'm still able to use my solution to solve your new version.
I just roll the blue sphere down + right + down at the end.

TheoX · Post by **TheoX** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 4:52 pm

I think I should have left it the same!

Maybe this will teach me to plan out my levels better. I think I'm going to stop messing with this one though.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Sun Jul 06, 2014 7:53 pm

TheoX wrote:I think I should have left it the same!

Maybe this will teach me to plan out my levels better. I think I'm going to stop messing with this one though.

Don't feel bad, Theo. The same thing happened to me with my last level, "Solstice".
Amnon found a shortcut, so I made two updates to fix it, which made matters worse.
But in the end, I went back to the original version.

I don't think it's possible to catch everything. And believe me, I spent four days working on that project.

"Vexed Annex" is an inspired concept with perfect misdirection.

You did an excellent job as always!

doodlebug · Post by **doodlebug** » Mon Jul 07, 2014 6:14 pm

Lots of fun. Took me forever to decide I was doing it all wrong.

Thanks

Annie

Liz Mayhew · Post by **Liz Mayhew** » Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:25 pm

Very difficult for me to work out Theo.

What a clever puzzle.

Thanks for the brain-ache!