[Medium][Hard][Challenge/Maze] The Machine

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Only thing that bothers me is that the suggested secret explaining Disorder was not made, but I understand there wasn't time to do it.

Sorry, I really can't get into this level.

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Not sure why you made the decision to remove the run powerup from the get-go. It makes the entire experience feel boring/frustrating/plodding, especially since these are all screens/areas that we're already intimately familiar with.

Furthermore, the Discord seems to consume your crystal and THEN save, meaning that if you die in the discord, or get stuck (which I did several times over) you can actually get permanently stuck in the game (since the only apparent way to progress is to enter the Discord, but you have no crystals to do so).

So from my perspective, I've spent roughly 30 minutes walking around the same screens trying to figure out what you're expecting me to do, only to become permanently stuck and have to start from the very beginning.

Quote from: pfrangip on April 05, 2021, 00:34:26

Sorry, I really can't get into this level.

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Not sure why you made the decision to remove the run powerup from the get-go. It makes the entire experience feel boring/frustrating/plodding, especially since these are all screens/areas that we're already intimately familiar with.

Furthermore, the Discord seems to consume your crystal and THEN save, meaning that if you die in the discord, or get stuck (which I did several times over) you can actually get permanently stuck in the game (since the only apparent way to progress is to enter the Discord, but you have no crystals to do so).

So from my perspective, I've spent roughly 30 minutes walking around the same screens trying to figure out what you're expecting me to do, only to become permanently stuck and have to start from the very beginning.

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Removing the run powerup at first plays a big role in the progression of the level; there are certain areas in the Disorder you can't get to until you have it. You get it early on, though, once you warp to the Poisonous Forest. The low speed is a bit frustrating, but it does add challenge (getting past the enemies in the Desert and the Orange Grass land is more precise, and the first room of the Dysprosium from the Waterfall Cave requires a precise maneuver). Even when there's no challenges, it still lets you listen more to the new music.
The Disorder mechanic is lifted wholesale from Knytt Underground, including crystals being a non-renewable resource, and the crystals being "consumed" upon a non-successful attempt. (Some inspiration was also taken from two hidden challenges that require you to navigate throughout the map without your primary power, character switching, where it's possible to get stuck and restarting is natural.)
Here, the Disorder map is structured so the only warps you can reach when you don't have the run powerup are to the Desert (which you've already been to by then) and to the Poisonous Forest. There's also no way to get stuck aside from running out of crystals. Did you miss the warps altogether? They look like save spots with odd writing underneath them.