Recommendations Levels good enough to tweak

@DDD offered me a little challenge: He had a nice-looking scene with an interesting mechanism, inspired by the Japanese shishi-odoshi. Could I make it into a playable level?

Here's what I came up with, trying not to disturb the pleasant design. The star is DDD's good idea. I made a small tweak to the posted version to close a shortcut. (Sorry about the mechanism noise; turning down your volume is recommended.)

(Solution video here)

 

Another great level by @Block builder, Hamlet, started me thinking again last week. It's got a beautiful setting, fun storyline, and a mysterious, surprising ending. Cows, too! I switched out the L-bot, and the stars. Then got inspired to try a few other things, and ended up changing the gameplay quite a bit. So if you played this before, try to forget what you did and start fresh. (Thanks to @Kureigeous68 for the sticky metal!)

The statue of Saint Bot has fallen from its place in the grotto, and broken. In his quest to restore it, B must rescue his helpful (but blockheaded) friend, face an angry bull, and get through the haunted chapel and a dark, flooded cavern. If he can reach the statue, then maybe, with help from on high, he can repair the statue and be elevated to sainthood himself.

Spoiler: Hint for the bull

To get past the bull, bump the ball just as the bull starts charging.

(Solution video here)

 

I enjoyed another fun little world by @Block builder recently, Sand castle. Great-looking castle, and fun to explore. I got a little nervous at one point, because it looked like the end would be very challenging. When it turned out differently, I kept thinking about that imagined ending, and then tried to make it doable. I think it's an exciting finale.

There's a troublemakeR hiding somewhere in the castle. B needs to get him locked up before he can continue on his way. But the troublemakeR will probably try anything to escape (and cause more trouble for B if he can).

(Solution video here)

 

I was very impressed last week by the wonderfully imaginative and enjoyable multi-level saga Spell Book, by @Valentin. My son played all the levels he could manage, and I helped him with the harder ones. The last one got me thinking. B could only climb so far, but what if...? So I did some experimenting, and learned some more about R behaviors above the 16 block limit. (If "B" gets stuck on the climb, moving the tower a bit usually gets him going again.) Playing all the previous Spell Book levels first is highly recommended!

(Solution video, just the very end)

 

I was very impressed by @Valentin's Acrobot a few weeks ago. Amazing mechanisms and good challenges to get the stars. Fun to see what B can do on a ball. I wanted to play this over and over, so I did a little work to try to improve reliability, but the fun gameplay is the same. (I meant to post this earlier but have had issues with my hosting service--and have been moving to a new house!)

(Solution video here)

 

Another amazing mechanized creation by @97 NinetySeven appeared recently, Run-Away Raptor. He continues to push beyond what seems possible in mekorama. I wanted to play more with the raptor, so I tried a couple different things with the stars.

(Solution video here)

 

For everyone who likes to tweak levels (or build with an advanced level editor), @Gepeto just announced that Mekostudio has been updated to support L-bots. This includes the 3D builder as well as the handy level customizer. Big thanks to @Gepeto for his generous work (and web-hosting) that makes Mekostudio available to everyone for free (and made this thread possible).

 

When I saw that @Gepeto had updated Mekostudio, I remembered a favorite level with L-bots and thought I'd try experimenting with it. It's BhvR by @Fendi. This level isn't in the forum, but it has some surprising and fun bot moves and Fendi's signature aesthetic style. I took out a couple of the bots and changed the gameplay a little at the end, but the magic is all Fendi's.

(Solution video here)