Beta 4: Dr. Demented's Den

[RobSeegel]

OK, there are still a few outstanding issues with Area 1, but these have more to do with difficulty level. I've noted them for now, and will likely make more changes to those rooms after the other more basic issues have been taken care of.

I've gone through most of Area 2 again, and found a number of minor issues which have been fixed:

- Updated secret counts for mansion

15898 - Fixed layer 6 issues
15899 - Added BBBs

(I didn't get to all the BBBs tonight, because of other minor rework.)

I rechecked all rooms for Layer 6 issues, and made small corrections for each room. My guess is that there's still some layering issues in area 2.

16298 - Added top to vine; fixed the glowing platform under the vine (it was too easy to climb through the platform and get killed). Replaced spiders/scorpions with acid pit at bottom.

16299 - Slowed down two platforms, and lengthened the track for one of them. There are still two tough jumps in this room. One jump relies on upward momentum from fast platform to make a jump.

16699 - Fixed floor which looked as though it was messed up by

Copy border from adjacent rooms

functionality. swapped yellow door out with a smaller one.

16700 - tweaked

secret

layer 6 passage.

16900-16902 Revised back-and-forth puzzle. These screens contain what I call a

Back-and-forth

puzzle. Basically, it's a room that has a prize, but in order to get it, Jack must perform two or more tasks in the room (usually from two different aproaches.) Both 16900 and 16902 contain purple keys. There are two entry points - one in each room. From each room, Jack follows a pathway into 16901, and then into the next room (to the left or right), where he first stops a moving platform under the other rooms' key, then returns back to the first room, where (if the moving platform has been stopped) It will now be easy to get the key.

The problem was I misunderstood the behavior of stopping a moving platform. I thought a moving platform was frozen in place and that location was persisted after I left the room. It's the state that's persisted, not the location. The location is whatever initial position the moving platform was in when it was stopped. I ended up replacing the moving platforms under the keys with conveyor belts. It appears to work more predictably.

16901
 
  Added solid platforms for Jack to step out onto before proceeding. This way, when/if Jack dies he shoudn't be placed in empty air.

17100
* added bottom of ladder

17101
* added ladder bottom

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