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"RetCon" by N7DOT

added 19 Nov 2013 23:27

Solved 3/3

Cooked 0/3

Difficulty 5.33

Style 6.33

Rigidity 3.66

Shortest Solution
Name Speedrun

Length 78 moves

By mark

On 22 Nov 2013 11:52

Comments (turn spoilers off)

18637 RetCon mark (2878) Fri 22 Nov 2013 11:52 SPOILER

Added speedrun: 78 moves (old: 79).
Only just scraped in by one,different route.

18629 RetCon Jim (2369) Wed 20 Nov 2013 22:50 SPOILER

Whew, finally got it.

18628 RetCon N7DOT (2227) Wed 20 Nov 2013 22:36 SPOILER

It took me a couple tries to get a solution, too. I feel that it's possible to make an even harder version (the number of dots here was my limit; I would have preferred a higher dot to block ratio). The nature of the level does admittedly lead to some unpredictability. Each push creates a fair number of new possible moves, but also prevents quite a few more, leading to the ending game being rather constrained.

I was thinking of a puzzle where the 'current panel flips' idea would happen for every move, but at that point most would be trivial or impossible. So I think this is a better use.

18627 RetCon Jim (2369) Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:01 SPOILER

At least for me, I'm finding this way more difficult than a 4 rating. I've tried 3 different times now and the closest I can get is 2 dots left.

18626 RetCon Dave (2400) Wed 20 Nov 2013 05:04 SPOILER

Added speedrun: 79 moves (old: 99).

18625 RetCon Dave (2400) Wed 20 Nov 2013 00:52 SPOILER

Added speedrun: 99 moves (old: 114).
First solve

18624 RetCon N7DOT (2227) Tue 19 Nov 2013 23:27

'RetCon' uploaded by N7DOT:
Every time you push a gold block, the tile you are standing on is flipped. It's up to you to use this to your advantage.

(thanks to radiant for the epic mechanism for incrementing timers only when a block is pushed)

Comments (turn spoilers off)

18637	RetCon	mark (2878)	Fri 22 Nov 2013 11:52	SPOILER
	Added speedrun: 78 moves (old: 79). Only just scraped in by one,different route.

18629	RetCon	Jim (2369)	Wed 20 Nov 2013 22:50	SPOILER
	Whew, finally got it.

18628	RetCon	N7DOT (2227)	Wed 20 Nov 2013 22:36	SPOILER
	It took me a couple tries to get a solution, too. I feel that it's possible to make an even harder version (the number of dots here was my limit; I would have preferred a higher dot to block ratio). The nature of the level does admittedly lead to some unpredictability. Each push creates a fair number of new possible moves, but also prevents quite a few more, leading to the ending game being rather constrained. I was thinking of a puzzle where the 'current panel flips' idea would happen for every move, but at that point most would be trivial or impossible. So I think this is a better use.

18627	RetCon	Jim (2369)	Wed 20 Nov 2013 20:01	SPOILER
	At least for me, I'm finding this way more difficult than a 4 rating. I've tried 3 different times now and the closest I can get is 2 dots left.

18626	RetCon	Dave (2400)	Wed 20 Nov 2013 05:04	SPOILER
	Added speedrun: 79 moves (old: 99).

18625	RetCon	Dave (2400)	Wed 20 Nov 2013 00:52	SPOILER
	Added speedrun: 99 moves (old: 114). First solve

18624	RetCon	N7DOT (2227)	Tue 19 Nov 2013 23:27
	'RetCon' uploaded by N7DOT: Every time you push a gold block, the tile you are standing on is flipped. It's up to you to use this to your advantage. (thanks to radiant for the epic mechanism for incrementing timers only when a block is pushed)