Lamont Cranston (The Shadow)

[IdleAl]

Designer:		GooRoo
Level Set:	8GS/GS	Area 8 "Gruntz In Space" Level 29
Est. Completion:		14:30
Est. Solve:		??:??
Date Released:		June 20, 2002
Status:		Released
Notes:		Difficulty=Medium Size=Medium (48X48) Density=Normal
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Statz info.
Survivorz:		1
Deathz:		0
Toolz:		7
Toyz:		1
Powerupz:		10 ... all the same
Coinz:	14	+7 (hidden)
Secretz:		+2 +3 (hidden)
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[WalkingBear]

Ok, IdleAl, time for that walkthrough....

I have tried several different approaches here , and none seems right....

Where to go first? Down to the fort, and dig holez where needed, get the invisibility and go through the arrowz to the spikez, get the gravity bootz and go to the checkpoint?

Down to the fort, if I step on the ? switch, and get the strawz, it also triggers the steps in thep pool and no one is at the bottom yet, to step on them....

So, pray tell, how best to begin?

[Gaby]

like you WalkingBear... I tried different approaches ... it seems to me that the first step must be on the secret and west...dig out the invisibility and continue west... dig out a coin... continue north step on BOTS dig out the invisibility continue east... dig out gauntletz break a rock get a coin... break another rock... step on the secret and get the invisibility...contiue east all the way through the wall... there break a rock... this is as far I got after several experimentz... going down to the arrow maze will take you at the end of the journey to the warpstone...so I think that part must wait for a while... correct me if I'm wrong...

[IdleAl]

Those red footpads that are blinking after that last rock was broken (between the 2 purple swordz) holds some more openings.

[WalkingBear]

I originally thought as you did, Gaby, and went around the top area, with the invisibility, through the wall, broke the rock, but you can't get out of that area....there is a BP blocking the way to the west...or did I miss something?

Is it better to go through the BP just south of it, and keep going east?

And, IdleAl, which red footpadz are you referring to?

[Gaby]

well... it seems that I've missed that part... thank you IdleAl...

[WalkingBear]

here is where I am and have been so far:

Start with a barehanded grunt...Move down through the lava and pick up the megaphone and gauntletz. Break brickz, get beach ball, shovel and coin. Fill holez, leave invisibility powerup for the moment, go right, get coin and dig up powerup for later. Return and get first powerup and step on ? switch.
Follow path. Dig hole in middle of spikez quickly and get powerup, dig second hole, get coin, go up to BOTS, dig hole and get powerup, walk east to next hole next to black pyramidz, dig hole, get gauntletz, break brickz, get coin and then step on ? switch with powerup and move east beyond wall, break brick, leave powerup for now, and step (quickly) onto red footpads to the right and back to red warp.
At warp landing, get coin and "W" while stepping on BOTS's. Enter warp again, get powerup and move to green pyramdiz. Break brick, step on GTS and enter warp. Get powerup and walk past swordz to BOTS, break brick and then walk back again to enter area with switchez and pyramidz. Navigate through these, get zap cola, and give beach ball to swordz. Quickly, go step on ? switch and head down and to the right, follow path which bringz you back to the start area.
Get the invisibility powerup to the right and go past the swordz to the BOTS and enter the area, get the shovelz from the resourcez, and dig the hole by the green pyramidz, get the coin, and walk down to the fort. Dig the hole in the upper corner, then the one at the bottom revealing the ? switch. Step on it and out of the way, kill the enemy strawz and leave it for now...
Walk up and to the left, dig the hole and reveal the powerup.

And this is where I am stuck. IF I send shovelz down through the arrowz, get the coin and the "A", and then go squish the gunhat, I am STILL left without the strawz to suck the goo, and there is no way back through the arrowz to get it, without using that last powerup to go through the swordz.

IF I give shovelz the springz, he can go get the gauntletz, and gravity bootz, but the green pyramidz are still up....

What to do? What to Do?

[Gaby]

nice piece of walkthrugh WalkingBear... thank you... I did it just like that, altohugh I think you've got to leave the first invisibility powerup for later ... when coming back from the arrowz...

[Gaby]

:)I've doen it... and it's a PERFECT ... I enterd the arrowz with the straw... so I used all the toolz... now it's someonz job to collect the pieses we provided, and write the whole stoy...

[WalkingBear]

Gaby, after I dig up the invisibility powerup at the top of the swordz gruntz (near the fort).....

Did you go back, and get the strawz? Go down through the arrowz, get the coin and the "A" and then go to the spikez area?

How did you suck the goo without dying?

And how did you lower the GP's in the timer area?

Also, you went out into the area before you took the first powerup to the top?

I'll give it a try!

[Gaby]

WalkingBear... after you dig out the ? switch... and the warp letter near the fort, you dig the one to the west... go south to the YTS ... dig out another invisibility powerup get it... go to the ?switch, step on it... go north 2 tilez, let the strawz enemy follow you and kill him...take the straw... go to the YTS avoiding the swordz ... go down the arrowz to the east...get the zap cola, the warp letter and the coin... go west with the arrowz ( the left arrow and middle arrow must point to the west)...you must not suck the goo for there is no need to create another grunt... get the springz...the first megaphon getz you gauntletz (do not use them yet)... the second megaphon gets you bootz...use them... kill the gunhat...go to the checkpoint...now get the gauntletz from the resource... break the rock... step on the GTS that lowers the GPz...step on the timer and enter the SP... collect the coinz... step on the BOT and exit the SP... good luck

[WalkingBear]

You were right, Gaby....SAVE that first IP til the end........

when you get out of the GP and SP maze, work your way through the switchez and pyramidz, stepping on the ? switch. Immediately head to that IP, and go get the "R" and then down to the warpstone, step on the last BOTS, and then head out to the fort. You'll have to take at least one hit from the swordz, then go to the left side of the fort, step on the checkpoint, go to the right and get the "P", and watching out for the pink swordz and the RR, step into the fort! Whew!

Thanks for everyone's help! Another walkthrough completed! (In bits and pieces, but here nonetheless!)

[Gaby]

WalkingBear... you will not get hit if you save the ball ... do not give it up near the ? switch - give it to the swordz as warpstone...

[IdleAl]

Can't get the R but still got a PERFECT at the end.

[GooRoo]

IdleAl said:

Can't get the R but still got a PERFECT at the end.

That is another one of the quirkz of the Grunt game ... triggerring the Secret is sufficient ... you do not necessarily have to get the Warp Letter in order to get a "PERFECT!" score. (Now if the Secret leadz to Coinz, that is a different story ... no "PERFECT!" for you.)

[GooRoo]

I just uploaded and linked the ALPHA walkthrough for this CL. I would appreciate it if anyone who usez this walkthrough to play the CL would tell me about any problemz, so I may fix whatever is wrong.

[oldone]

I'm happy, happy! Everytime I do this CL, I have to restart two or three times. Thanks to the walkthrough, I sailed through. (Got killed a few times, but at least I didn't have to restart )
Thanks GooRoo, for all the hard work lately. It is much appreciated.

[peekaboo]

I wish the walkthrough was available. Very interesting tricky puzzle. Oh well, only the shadow must know.

[peekaboo]

Thanks GooRoo. That answered my last question and got the perfect in twenty min. That's fast for me but I already knew all the tricks to the game except one. I had used the ball to get past the SG by the green and silver pryramids and then didn't have anything left to get past the SG in the corridor to the kings fort.

Really nifty game and very clever. Thanks. You sure are a designer of interesting games.

[GooRoo]

peekaboo said:

Thanks GooRoo. That answered my last question and got the perfect in twenty min. That's fast for me but I already knew all the tricks to the game except one. I had used the ball to get past the SG by the green and silver pyramids and then didn't have anything left to get past the SG in the corridor to the kings fort.

This was one of the earlier CLz where I used Toyz to do what the game designerz intended them to do ... distract enemy Gruntz, so that some action could be performed. Most of the time, I had only used Toyz to satisfy CheckPoint Switchez.

Really nifty game and very clever. Thanks. You sure are a designer of interesting games.

Thanks! I try to incorporate into my CLz the neat thingz that other (more original!) Gruntz Custom Level Designerz have done. (I just tweak them a bit, to make them more my own.) In this one I show my advanced yearz, through the title of the CL ... and give a clue to the solution at the same time.