Fantastic mekorama

You just reminded me of my demo called Rodeo, and it occurred to me I could make it into a level you can win with a little skill and a little luck:

 

I saw some research about this once, but I can't remember where. The main idea is that it calculates the "center of gravity" of R to figure out where the zapping zone is. So if you find the average location of all the blocks attached to R, that should be where zB can zap from.

Out of curiosity, why is 27 lightning bolts the theoretical limit?

 

Hey denis look this one

 

Thank you my friend . I like your demo map.

 

Speaking of elevators like those on @Denis Nazin last level, I noticed this fun and interesting thing:
a slight pressure on the draggable is enough to accelerate the climb!

Spoiler

 

Watch this! The ball appears out of nowhere!


Unfortunately it is not possible to predict where the ball will appear, and at times it will remain interpenetrated with the wall.

(The phenomenon is generated by an eye on the ball that makes it vibrate and throws it over the walls.)

 

lol, that's pretty awesome. Now that you mention it I've seen vertical zappers before, but I had forgotten about them until now.

 

I've used it at my level before. For the zapper the physical remains the same, but the parts for attaching to movable blocks follow the visuals.

 

This card is a demo of two new techniques: one that is kind of cool, and one that was less successful than I hoped.

The first is what I'm calling the Star Squat Reverse Wedge Autopilot rotf: I'm open to better names). At the beginning of the level tap the stairs under the ball, then tap the red brick.

The second technique is a combination elevator/wedge-stair autopilot. I was originally trying to see if I could make B take an elevator ride in the middle of an autopilot. That actually works some of the time and when that happens you can win the level with one autopilot.

Most of the time, though, B gets stuck in the elevator. In that situation, wait until the auto-sliders above the elevator push it as low as possible, then tap the same red brick. Sometimes it takes a few tries, but eventually B should complete the level.

It doesn't work great, but I figured it was interesting enough to share. Maybe someone else will have an idea how to refine it.

 

(Not) an elevated zapper.