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.
Level of the day has been bugging me to play this for months and I’ve been avoiding it because I thought it was gonna be an Oliver Twist monster. Only took 3 tries. Nowhere near as difficult as I was making it out to be.
This level!
At first I was only blocking myself, could not at all figure out HOW to come through.
Then I got some very high stepcount, and only after that did I manage to get 173. In trying to get 167, I was manipulating in all sorts of ways, possible, but couldn't get it down. Well, of course not, cause I was manipulating it all wrong. This thought in my head, that I know where to find the missing steps, was misleading me. When I gave it up, I got it the next try.
Excellent level, IMO!
EDIT (8 hours later): I saw meow lowering it for 6 more steps, and it didn't take me very long to find his 159. Now it's even nicer. Runs quite smoothly. :))
I only have 193, atm, but want to give stars cause I think this is a great level! At first it was hard for me to see, how to even keep enough blocks alive. :)
EDIT (20 minutes later): The 191 surprized me. Would not expect that to be shorter.
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