[Enigma-devel] Mas Microban 43 Issues

[Ryan Lortie]

Mas Microban 43 has 3 problems:

Problem 1: It is unnecessarily and annoyingly difficult.
Problem 2: It is ocasionally impossible to beat.
Problem 3: It is always trivial to beat it.

I'd better elaborate :)

Problem 1: Enigma isn't the best possible interface to Sokoban to begin 
with.  Having a marble makes it very easy to accidentally knock blocks 
that you didn't mean to.  Being in a level with water is even worse (plus, 
the code that auto-detects impossible-to-resolve situations and turns the 
blocks into death blocks doesn't work in water levels.)  Being in a water 
level is also the root cause of Problem 3.

Problem 2: Due to the random placement of the oxyd stones each time the 
level is played, sometimes the stones get placed *behind* the two floor 
switches at the bottom.  This makes the level impossible to beat.

Problem 3: If at the start of the level you immediately hurl your marble 
into the water you become invincible for a short time and can simply touch 
the oxyd stones from the outside of the level.

Thanks.  Cheers.