Updated Graphics area indices

[GooRoo]

Preparing for release of 4 Questz currently in the BETA Board, awaiting verification and looking into the indices that will need updates upon said verification, I noticed the potential for future projects. Silly, I know, but there are certain Quest titles that have no entries for some letters. So I added placeholders for Quest names missing from the alphabet ... X, of course being a letter for which there have not been many puzzles submitted.

The placeholders have a reddish background with a recent Quest awaiting distribution (mine) filling out the skeleton entry.

Mission (should you choose to accept it): create Questz/Battlez with titles starting with those missing letters in the 8 Graphics Areas.

5. By Graphicz Set

1. Rocky Roadz
2. Gruntziclez
3. Trouble In The Tropicz
4. High On Sweetz
5. High Rollerz
6. Honey, I Shrunk The Gruntz
7. The Miniature Masterz
8. Gruntz In Space

When (if?) you choose to fill in a missing title, create an Announcement for it quickly, to avoid duplications, considering there are so many holes to be filled.

P.S. I know that there are existing Gruntz maps that do not exist HERE, but are available within Discord. I welcome said maps that have been verified on Discord to add here.

[swietymiki]

The maps that we decided to only make available for download from Discord meet one of the following criteria:

• The map is a work-in-progress or proof-of-concept
• The map needs extensive changes to be done by the original designer to eliminate unintended solutions or other issues
• It's a Quest and the map is frustratingly difficult to complete
• It's a Battle and the AI cannot conquer forts, therefore posing no threat to a human player

Usually it was a conscious decision to not share these maps on the forum before they're brought up to prevailing standards. But with time and effort, some of these maps could be finished and officially released.

[swietymiki]

GooRoo said:

I downloaded three maps (they all would fill in gaps I have noted), and cannot qualify the Battle, and am positive that "Impossible Mission" is truly impossible (no way to reach the King). I really want to see this one completed!!!

Oh, I'd tried that level out at some point as well, but I was completely stumped. It is possible that the level was playable at some point but a later change made it impossible. But after 15 years even the original designer wouldn't remember that.

[GooRoo]

I am in the process of verifying the number of Gruntz Custom Levelz to update this Forum's comments, and to update GooRoo's Gruntz - The Journey Home. Right now, the indication is that there are 640(+) Questz available, and I think it should be 647. While going through "Gruntz In Space" I count 87 in the graphics set index (+ 1 in "Frustrating"), but there are 88 threads in the Forum. (And the "Frustrating" Quest is NOT one of the threads.) I am puzzled by the fact that I cannot find that 88th thread!

The "Miniature Masterz" index and the Forum's thread count are in agreement. Perhaps someone (younger) with sharper eyes can find the elusive 88th thread, and point it out to me. If it is, indeed, an Announcement for a Quest, I want to make the correction.

[swietymiki]

I counted 89 Questz in the Gruntz in Space Index, which includes 88 threads in the Gruntz in Space board and 1 thread in the Frustrating board. So it appears that all index entries are matched with their respective level threads there. It's only the count at the top of the index page that is incorrect.

[GooRoo]

Apr 17, 2023 14:58:19 GMT -8 swietymiki said:

I counted 89 Questz in the Gruntz in Space Index, which includes 88 threads in the Gruntz in Space board and 1 thread in the Frustrating board. So it appears that all index entries are matched with their respective level threads there. It's only the count at the top of the index page that is incorrect.

I just recounted GIS and agree with you. At least, I did not fail to provide an Announcement for some Custom Level, and need to supply one.

BTW I just finished updating the 8 indices and will be uploading them soon. (With 'tools' that will help me in the next such effort.)