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Scare Crow

The Shrine of Darkness

Born in Darkness and a slave to it

The Shrine of Darkness
Scare Crow, Sep 17, 2016
    • meko
      I can finish this with only one move:D
    • Scare Crow
      Lol you have found the secret then I take it!!!!!;)
    • nGord
      Hmm, I don't understand the title, the title description, or the point of this level. I do see that motors turning opposite the direction that B wants to travel do prevent him from doing so. @meko - when you say you can finish with only one move, can you put specifics into a spoiler? I think the point of this level was to show that one couldn't simply do so.

      Of course, pushing B through the gates formed by the motors worked, but there are four openings and only two sliding draggables. I completed the level thusly:
      I sent B through the gate immediately between him and the win block and as he was struggling to get through, I gave him a bit of a glancing push using the sliding draggable.
    • Scare Crow
      @nGord that is another way to complete the level....but not the intended one I beg your pardon for this...
      The intended way lies in the darkness and the name of the level and description provide a hint to the Intended way
    • nGord
      Nope, sorry, still not getting it. I did, however, solve it another way:
      Using the first sliding draggable I launched B off the game space and then had him walk up the stairs such that he could be pushed through the final motor-gate with the other sliding draggable.

      Unfortunately, I also found some more problems with the level:
      1. Some of the motors would spin themselves out of position such that they would angle away from the gate; and
      2. Because the sliding draggables don't have a rail or a proper stop, I have found them to pass right through the motors at times.
    • Scare Crow
      @nGord Great....you have found 2 out of the 3 solutions I anticipated were possible....
      there is a free draggable hidden in darkness in the cage at about 4:00 below B...if you pull the draggable out and after lifting it to the platform using the stairs,pass it over the flag the flag button gets pressed and HURRAH!!!....Thats it......level completed.....this is the last of the solution I anticipated
    • nGord
      Thanks. :( Rather than award a 1 star, I'll explain that:
      free-draggables are generally detested by most and considered a cop-out from good level design. Hidden draggables are not much fun either unless it is clear that the object is to find something hidden. This is the case when there is no other way to complete the level (example: Meko's Begin Again). As you can imagine, hidden free-draggables are simply the worst.

      If you were intending us to find three ways to complete the level then sure, that might be fun to try them all. As it was, I didn't enjoy the two I found and despite your explanation of the third, I am still not able to find it.

      I would also like to encourage you to avoid structural flaws like the two I mentioned above.

      Cheers.
    • Scare Crow
      @nGord well I am sorry for that....but In this level I am sure using the hidden draggable doesn't require much skill....that is the very reaaon I put it there......and....that too with 2 other ways to solve the level in case the hidden draggable was not found...it's just a shortcut......:(....if you say it is still a problem....then I surely wont use hidden free draggables in my future levels:(
    • nGord
      I'm not saying that they are a problem, just that they are not fun for most players. You can have a look at this thread or this thread or the comments for The Farm. If there were no shortcuts possible, then I would at least find the adventure to look for something hidden interesting and worthy. In this level I just feel that the joke is on me. I might be alone though. Who knows...
    • Scare Crow
      Well after considering all your words i came to the conclusion to not to use free draggables.......thank you for your kind words:)
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