House Of Darkness.

I gave up thanks to the ball / mechanism corner. After 15 tries, the ball didn't make it to the water hole. Either the mechanism fell incorrectly or the ball rolled away off the side. :mad:

Won on third attempt and different number of balls each time . Won with three in trough when i would have thought four would be required. Have not worked out the purpose of the lowest ball yet.

I at first thought there were some huge red herrings in this level but on investigating further i am not so sure

Spoiler: Red herrings?

its easy to win with 3 or 4 balls without using R. However R can be released and a ball can be held so that R is pushed forward by the motor. I have not used this to any benefit but i am no longer so sure its a red herring. It is also possible to win with one ball.

Have also found what looks like a designed alternative win for B

Spoiler: Alternative win

by releasing the ball above and to the front of Pillarbot and crossing the falling ball and then fall down shute to land beside winblock

I thought to remove one star for such amount of instabilities (most important one is last ball) but honestly, it so big path, reusing some pieces, with such nice visual design that I decided not remove it. Thanks!

Spoiler: Question

I didn't understand first move. Moving the draggable you touch B so he can move. Then some times balls fall and other times I push B with draggable. ¿?

@ridgerunner I had to use all the elements in my solution. Just FYI...

@chemi

Spoiler: My Trick

You should move draggable inner side and push the ball

@PvB ..Staring

Spoiler: Starting

i just pushed/pulled a few times and always worked. Though all that is required is push in , then move B onto step and gentle pull out moves B one tier down. Great level for interesting moves and plethora of shortcuts, though i never got pbot to do anything essential and never worked out what the designed solution was. I did get an R win though.

@ridgerunner That is not intended trick you should

Spoiler: Push

The draggable inside and then push the ball which is placed into the start of the level

Hey! @gmacpro don't giveup there is still win without using corner side ball.That ball just make a balanced way towards win.

Great level!! Really a challenging and a bit hidden but intuitive path!! I enjoyed a lot!! Thanks for sharing and excellent job @PvB Btw...

Spoiler

I used all the balls but I needed only three balls to cross the water...I have doubts about I did it in your intended solution...I also released R-pillar but not sure for what... If I have not misunderstood it, the last ball has been pushed inwards so that the side ball that leads B to push the ball and the block to go towards the win block ...

Intended way

Spoiler: VS (1.6.2)

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Spoiler: VS (1.6.2)

Wow!
I believe I won the intended way. All balls deployed to proper spots, PillarR completed path for ball & final ball in pool. Alot of restarts, mostly just to figure out order & what goes where. The stack fell wrong 2 times & B needed to be cautious around final ball. All in all, a very satisfying win! House of Darkness is a keeper.