Goober Land

[fretz]

Designer:		Fretz
Level Set:	6Ho/Ho	Area 6 "Honey I Shrunk The Gruntz" Level 21
Est. Completion:		49:00
Est. Solve:		??:??
Date Released:		July 19, 2010
Status:		Released
Notes:		Difficulty=Medium Size=Big (80 X 80) Density=Normal
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Statz info.
Survivorz:		6
Deathz:		1 (no Goo left behind)
Toolz:		20
Toyz:		1
Powerupz:		1
Coinz:		63
Secretz:		5
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This level startz out easy and getz tougher. There are a couple of placez where you have to backtrack to get all the goodiez.

[GooRoo]

Excellent job of creating the Custom Level announcement! I will be watching for the puzzle, so I can validate it and get it distributed to the Gruntz Fanz ... and create the necessary supporting filez.

[GooRoo]

I received this puzzle early this morning, and am just starting the verification process. I hope to get it distributed today (or tomorrow at the latest). I plan to create a "View the map!" JPEG before I begin a serious attempt at a solution, so when the original post in this thread showz in both the Download and "View..." sectionz ... check your e-mail in-boxez, Gruntz Fanz!

[Rik]

Thanks for this nice level
It say there are a WT, but where ??

Thanks

[GooRoo]

Jul 21, 2010 4:39:52 GMT -8 Rik said:

Thanks for this nice level
It say there are a WT, but where ??

Thanks

When I replaced "NewCustomLevel" with "Gooberland", I did not replace the full string, and wound up with "Gooberlandl" ... which does not exist. The link now workz.

[oldone]

I had the same question, but I managed to finish without it. The first secret was definitely a poser, I had to cheat to get it. Now I'll be able to see where I missed it. Good level...I enjoyed it very much.

[fretz]

Jul 21, 2010 10:00:08 GMT -8 oldone said:

I had the same question, but I managed to finish without it. The first secret was definitely a poser, I had to cheat to get it. Now I'll be able to see where I missed it. Good level...I enjoyed it very much.

Yes I realized that after I submitted the level. I value the constructive criticism of a more experienced level designer. I will heed your comment and make my secrets a little less ambiguous in the future. Glad you enjoyed the level though.

[mommabird]

I have gotten my strawz and newly baked gruntz over the tough spots to were the spikez fieldz are but I think I must have missed a pair of gauntlez somewhere?? And how to get the shovelz from supplies and how to get the A

[fretz]

I'm afraid you're the victim of my poorly marked red warp trigger. I will have to ask GooRoo if I can submit a rivised version of the puzzle with a more clearly marked secret. Since it's my bad, I will reveal the location of the red warp trigger. It's the top arrow on the far left side of the rolling olive maze after you cross the crumble bridge to the island (where the newly baked grunt was placed). After going through the red warp, you will find the "missing" pair of gaunletz. Retreiving the A comes later in the level. You should be able to see the solution when the time comes.

[Gaby]

after that, we all know where the RW is, IMHO there's no need to post a new version... do your best with a new CL... practice makes perfect...

[GooRoo]

The Red , Green and Silver Pyramidz sub-puzzle is a killer! Every time a Coin is acquired, the Grunt makez some sort of exclamation ... and they are not all the same duration! This sub-puzzle seemz to depend on the shortest duration exult for EVERY Coin ... and that just isn't going to happen. When (if!?!) the Grunt arrivez at the Silver Timer Switch , the Silver Pyramidz start changing immediately(!) ... and the Grunt is left standing there until the VERY LONG maze runz its course. The fix for that, alone, would involve dozenz of logicz being adjusted by at least 2500 millisecondz (initial delay). The Rolling Olive also needz to be slowed down ... I could not get closer than two RPz short of making it to the last set of GPz in over half a dozen attemptz. I would suggest changing the Green Toggle Switch to a Black One-Time Switch , and change the tile on which each Coin restz to a Black Pyramid (lowered by said BOTS ). That way, the solver can SAVE (and/or rest!) along the way.

See the post after the next one, for the explanation.

[Gaby]

who was the BETA tester for this CL?...

[GooRoo]

How embarrassing! My subconscious worked on this CL while I slept, and I went back into this CL this morning and re-played it. Sure enough, I was "blind in one eye, and couldn't see out of the other"! That Green Toggle Switch did not lower just one Green Pyramid ... but all of them with a Coin atop it! I was trying to get through the entire Red / Green Pyramid maze in one pass ... not possible ... and NOT necessary!

So I completed the CL, but (since there have been so many re-plays ... from the beginning!) missed one Coin next to the unnecessary Silver Timer Switch / Silver Pyramidz (you know, the impossible to pass one) ... that I acquired most of the time.

Except for the SecretTeleporterTrigger that is not marked for the solverz's attention, this CL played very well ... a "Medium" ... with some 'Hard" parts.

[fretz]

Which Silver Timer Switch is unnecessary? Just curious. To my knowledge, there's nothing unnecessary in the entire puzzle.

[GooRoo]

Jul 23, 2010 17:59:52 GMT -8 fretz said:

Which Silver Timer Switch is unnecessary? Just curious. To my knowledge, there's nothing unnecessary in the entire puzzle.

The one where the Rock-throwing Gruntz are on plateauz, and a SpongeGun Grunt is just north ... with lotz of Rolling Olivez. Just get the Coin, then back-track through the safe zone of the Rolling Olivez to the Two-Way Arrowz on the stairway. So it is not necessary to go through the Silver Pyramidz at all.

[fretz]

Jul 23, 2010 21:03:30 GMT -8 GooRoo said:

Jul 23, 2010 17:59:52 GMT -8 fretz said:

Which Silver Timer Switch is unnecessary? Just curious. To my knowledge, there's nothing unnecessary in the entire puzzle.

The one where the Rock-throwing Gruntz are on plateauz, and a SpongeGun Grunt is just north ... with lotz of Rolling Olivez. Just get the Coin, then back-track through the safe zone of the Rolling Olivez to the Two-Way Arrowz on the stairway. So it is not necessary to go through the Silver Pyramidz at all.

I guess you're right. You know, until you mentioned that, I never even saw it. A one way arrow would've solved that. All things to consider for future levels.

[mommabird]

OK I got to the end and have two gruntz just ourside the king place but only three guys on the switchez. One of the four is still empty??

[GooRoo]

Jul 24, 2010 11:13:42 GMT -8 mommabird said:

OK I got to the end and have two gruntz just ourside the king place but only three guys on the switchez. One of the four is still empty??

The end is one of the 'puzzling' partz of this CL. Which Grunt goes through which Blue Wormhole ... and when. But chancez are the Grunt you are missing is the Gauntletz Grunt, who has to go through the Red/Green/Silver Pyramidz to get to his Blue Wormhole.

[mommabird]

the gauntlez did go through the red/green/silver pyramidz and ended up on one of the four switchez, one of the barhandeds landed where I think gauntlez should be, near the king.

[GooRoo]

Jul 24, 2010 13:31:05 GMT -8 mommabird said:

the gauntlez did go through the red/green/silver pyramidz and ended up on one of the four switchez, one of the barhandeds landed where I think gauntlez should be, near the king.

No, he landed where he should. There is a Mound (or perhapz it is ) reachable by your Shovel Grunt , which containz a pair of Gauntletz . Shovel goez through a Blue Wormhole to reach his final resting place.