New Level - The Emporer of Ice Cubes (Advanced)

Jordan32 · Post by **Jordan32** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:34 am

Happy Birthday Loiraeeeeeeee !!!

I wasn't going to post this level because it's such a Stinker! But I didn't want to leave the gift all wrapped up with nobody to open it either.

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Hint: A barrel can stop a sphere from rolling.

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:56 am

Thanks for this, Jordie Pordie Pudding Pie. I feel like I've been working on this one for weeks and still can't figure it out

but I know birthday luck is on my side. I'm sure to get it. (In the next 4 minutes since that's all that remians of my lucky day?

)

wonderlandlover · Post by **wonderlandlover** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:34 pm

So far, I can get 3 coins. No hints, just letting you know my progress.

bob roest · Post by **bob roest** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:49 am

I'm thinking of re-gifting this one!

Been pushin' barrels and balls for 20 minutes to no avail. I can get 3 coins, like the rest but not 4

I'll take another run at it tomorrow. Thanks, JD

bob roest · Post by **bob roest** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 8:48 pm

Even with a little inside help it was still a bear to work out!

But I was successful and now I need a drink!

Thanks Mark,

drushing · Post by **drushing** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:48 am

I finally figured this one out! I tried and tried the other night but just couldn't get it solved! Gave it another crack tonight and everything fell into place! Awesome feeling to collect my gold star on this level!

kiki · Post by **kiki** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:55 am

So close yet so far away, I can only get three, I just can't see it yet.

Liz Mayhew · Post by **Liz Mayhew** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 8:30 am

Like most others here, I can only get a maximum of 3 coins - and it felt like a miracle when I managed that.

Such a fantastic puzzle with so few game elements. But I don't think I'll ever complete it without help!

Lillie · Post by **Lillie** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:50 am

Jordan32 · Post by **Jordan32** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:57 pm

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Here are my opening moves:
Legend: N= North S= South E=East W=West

I first push the N sphere left, N barrel all the way right.
Push E barrel all the way down. Push S barrel against the S sphere
to keep it from rolling right later. Push W sphere down and W barrel up all the way. Now push the N sphere right...

I use both snowmen and one ice cube to line up the last sphere.

JD

Lillie · Post by **Lillie** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:23 pm

Even with your cloooooos I had a tough time of it

Finally got the gold and got outta there! It looked very nice up there with the glistening ice coooobes

Simplistically spectacular Mr Minimalistic - BRAVO for stumping us all with four spheres and four barrels

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 11:53 pm

Jordan32 wrote:

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Here are my opening moves:
Legend: N= North S= South E=East W=West

I first push the N sphere left, N barrel all the way right.
Push E barrel all the way down. Push S barrel against the S sphere
to keep it from rolling right later. Push W sphere down and W barrel up all the way. Now push the N sphere right...

I use both snowmen and one ice cube to line up the last sphere.

JD

My birthday wish is that this would work! but it didn't. I followed it step by step by step and When I push the N sphere right at the end, it just rolls all the other boulders (but the south one) right and the N sphere ends up against the exit ice cube. Nothng is exploded. And I'm still lost.

Amadeus! · Post by **Amadeus!** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:39 am

Here's a picture halfway through the level that should help...

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:55 am

I never get anything even close to that. Hmmmmmm.

kiki · Post by **kiki** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 1:59 am

I did it, Happy Birthday Loirae indeed, Even with the clue it was tough, I had it like the screenshot many times, I finally got it right from that point to the finish.

Jordan this was a very intricate sphere puzzle, I can move on now, Excellent work.

Jordan32 · Post by **Jordan32** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 3:25 am

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Solution:

Legend: N= North S= South E=East W=West

Push N sphere left, N barrel all the way right.
Push E barrel all the way down. 
Push S barrel against the S sphere. 
Push W sphere down and W barrel all the way up.
Push the N sphere right, up and then right again to collect NE coin.
Push W sphere up and left.  
Push E sphere down.
Collect NW coin and slide cube two tiles right.
Push W sphere right, up, right, down, left and down. 
Push S barrel all the way left.
Push either sphere left and collect SW coin.
Push last sphere up, right, up, right, down, right, and down.
Collect SE coin and exit.

JD

Loirae · Post by **Loirae** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 5:15 am

Woopeeeeee! Finally! And all with your help. You put a lot of work into this level and I appreciate it very very much. It is a tremendous work of simplicity. thank you. thank you. thank you.

Liz Mayhew · Post by **Liz Mayhew** » Thu Apr 27, 2006 10:04 am

Thanks so much for the walkthrough Jordan.

At last I've done this one. It was the ice cube block which I needed, and which was causing me the mental block.

Excellent puzzle. What a brainbox you are to be able to think of these things.

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 2:23 pm

Difficult indeed!

Here is my video-solution, poor quality as usual: I'll appreciate if someone can reproduce it and/or copy it to a more secure web-site.

https://vid.me/RwMS

It was great to solve, Thanks Mark!!!

bob roest · Post by **bob roest** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 5:41 pm

It's interesting, when Mark mentioned his aliases when commenting on Chip's list I immediately decided to replay his Jordan32 levels. And the beauty of aging is that I had almost forgotten them completely so they were all wonderfully new and fun...except this one.

I had to come looking for a hint...again.

Thanks Mark, it just goes to show that the old levels are not totally mothballed.

And I wonder, judging from all of Amnon's comments if he didn't have the same thought as I did, to revisit Jordan32.

Amnon · Post by **Amnon** » Tue Dec 02, 2014 7:36 pm

And I wonder, judging from all of Amnon's comments if he didn't have the same thought as I did, to revisit Jordan32.

Actually, what prompted me to play Jordan32, was Mark's recent comment that he has five faces: http://www.pcpuzzle.com/forum/viewtopic ... 202#349546

I have never played these levels before.