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MekoMole

Dancing Guitars

Expanding timing level, medium to hard difficulty. Precision ball drop. Difficult Piggy Back. Hidden Star. No tricks. B must collect tips left by customers for the Flamenco Dancers. You assist the Prima Donna make her grand entrance.

Dancing Guitars
MekoMole, Feb 5, 2022
MomoKeego, Helena, delator77 and 2 others like this.
    • MekoMole
      An expanding 'sculptural' level with a tongue in cheek twist. B has to tour the club collecting tips left for the talented Flamenco Dancers. Unfortunately the dancing guitars have other ideas and try to hang on to the money. You as the player have to assist the Prima Donna make a grand entrance to join her dance partner. It takes two to Tango after all. A successful stage entrance requires careful timing else tips will be lost.

      Not a huge amount of gameplay but hopefully enough to be entertaining.


      General advice.

      The ball drops could become repetitive if you are too skilled but otherwise give plenty opportunity to practice. Technique is somewhat similar to deflection shooting?
      To get the star on the male dancer's knee is probably the trickiest part.
      The 'unfolding' is quite slow and could become an irritant if having to restart. However it is not necessary to wait till the male dancer attains his full height before beginning play. It IS necessary to wait for the female dancer to get to full height before continuing play.

      Stability

      As always with bots wearing a costume balace is critical and any obstruction can cause problems. Hopefully otherwise stable.

      Design

      This was originally conceived as both figures rising to form an 'art tableau'. However this concept is becoming a bit tired and I added the guitars. I like films like Roger Rabbit mixing Toons and Humans and this has turned out to be my take on the genre. I also liked the idea of the second figure rising mid game. Pretentious twaddle as usual from me but hopefully the level provides some fun.

      Hints
      B should nudge the ball just before the guitar arrives on the block where he pivots 90° to step towards the incoming ball.

      Make sure to move B before swinging into position for the second ball to avoid accidental launch.

      Releasing the female dancer too early means the third ball cannot be launched.

      To cross between dancers and take the third star, position B at the bottom step down from the female dancer's skirt. Wait till just before the fretboard of the guitar touches the step and step forward. B will rock as the guitar turns but should maintain his balance. This is the most difficult move in the level in my opinion.

      Similarly step B forward just before the fretboard touches the male dancer's knee.

      The vertical slider is a bit sticky at the knee.

      If you accidentally knock B on to the white there is an alternate route to the final star.
    • Rating:
      5/5,
      Denis Nazin
      This is incredibly AWESOME!!! I am delighted! Sculpture - SUPER! You are a true master of folding sculptures! Very very realistic! The figures of a man and a woman are beyond praise.

      The gameplay was also interesting. Only one star is unstable with you - a star on your knee. The path to it is very unstable - I fell many times. But everything else is just amazing!
      Well done! Thanks for your art. Of course 5!:thumbsup::thumbsup:;)
      MekoMole likes this.
    • MekoMole
      Thank you @Denis Nazin, formerly Santa now turned gambler. I am delighted you approve the design.
      As for the gameplay I was unsure as to just how difficult the path to the star on the knee would prove to be. With the amount of practice I have had during testing I can usually manage 2 out of 3 times but it depends on how stiff my hands are and also level of tiredness. The answer, of course, would be a bigger landing platform but this presents practical as well as aesthetic problems.
      As always thank you for taking time out from your hectic schedule to play, comment and award such a generous rating.
    • Rating:
      5/5,
      delator77
      WOW!! Super,super nice & cool design & fun precision gameplay (easy for me :p:rotf:)... realistic design of a stage with its two dancers in flamenco position... bravo amigo, bravo!! thanks for sharing @MekoMole ;)
      MekoMole likes this.
    • MekoMole
      @delator77 Gracias amigo for such generous praise and rating. I'm glad you found the gameplay fun and I appreciate very much your comment regarding precision. As always thank you for playing and your continued support.
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