Sharing my halfway draft of 'Sneak In V'!

Spoiler Alert: You may want to play my level Sneak In V first before reading.

I saved a draft at halfway of making Sneak In V, when I have implemented the main mechanism and haven't encapsulated it yet. I think it would be something interesting to share. It's one of the most complicated mechanisms I have created!


The purpose of the mechanism is to replace the hanging fake B bot with the real one. I learned the multiple B bot trick from meko's Yellow Land.

Here is the flow of the mechanism:
1.In the beginning, the slider with the fake B bot rises to the top, then a slider with a tall structure comes to block it from falling down. There is also a lower slider which stops at the actual B bot to stop it from getting out (the actual B is getting pushed by balls so that it would come out when there is space).

2.There is a pushable object at the bottom that is blocking a slider to the right. This would be the activation mechanism. This device is activated by pushing down the left ball and the right ball. When the two balls roll down to the pit, they are used to push the pushable object, releasing that slider at the right.

3.The slider at the right pushes the tall structure away. Notice it is stronger because it uses two sliders and the tall structure has only one slider. When it goes back, a small slider blocks it so that it won't move again.

4.The fake B bot moves down. It pushes the lower slider down because, again, it has two sliders. At the lowest point, the actual B comes out and stand on it.

5.The platform with both B bots rises to the middle, being blocked by the tall structure.

 

It's used to reduce inconsistent behaviour. Mekorama physics is sometimes unstable and random, so I need to ensure all interactions are smooth so that they don't get stuck. It's especially the case for pushing the free block with balls, because it might not move a full block width.