I loved this level! But had serious troubles, finding the 532. My path here was 550, for quite some time. Then I progressed to 546, 540 and 536, where I got stuck again. I figured where I was loosing and finally managed to get that section right.
I love the way this level looks. I have a visually simmilar level in my ''drawer'' (not published), but it's a very different path, there. Maybe I'll publish, some day. :)
When JeffB set 176 I could not find it, at all. But when CarlAndre set 174, I almost immediatelly found 176 and quite soon after that the 174, too. The path is so smooth I believe it's optimal.
If not, I'll be back. :))
From the start I didn't see how to move in order to not get blocked. But after I figured that, it went quite smoothly and with each try I cut a few steps. When looking for manti's 225, I had some troubles again, but then I just jumped from 227 to 223, which was quite different.
Loved it! :))
I enjoyed looking for 551 (had a two off, before that, as well, and was stuck at 585, for quite a while).
Not sure if it's optimal. If proven not to be, I'll be back. :D
Stuck on 163 but still wanted to share my journey.
This is the first "hard" level that I wanted to try because all block-hole pairs are obvious. I thought it can't be that bad? Turns out it took me 5 hours (on 3 seperate nights) to just reach the exit. There are quite some mental blocks to figure out, all stuck on the upper 5x7 space. Which is just amazing, and really satisfying once you got them all cleared.
Then in the next 10 minutes, I quickly got 169 and then 163 by redoing the last 80 steps or so. Not sure if I'll ever get 159 but if I do, this will be my first Professor level... grinding
edit: (30mins later) I did it. Yes.
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