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Title: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Minux on October 16, 2004, 04:23 AM
Very strategic game making a ball to travel to the specified destination without dying. Some of these levels you need to really think them through.

I got to level 17

Password is listed below:
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password = hotwater

Tell me if you beat level 17, it's driving me crazy -.-

LOL url is http://www.2flash.com my bad Adron :(
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Adron on October 16, 2004, 05:59 AM
An url might help?
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Soul Taker on October 16, 2004, 10:42 AM
Google yielded this (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/192217)

Edit: Level 17 was easy, took about two minutes  :P
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: hismajesty on October 16, 2004, 11:55 AM
boo, I'm stuck on 14. hmm
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Soul Taker on October 16, 2004, 12:06 PM
I got stuck on 18 and gave up.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Adron on October 16, 2004, 01:51 PM
I finished it just before I got bored. Thinking or trial-and-error both worked, but the levels seemed too similar for my taste.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Minux on October 16, 2004, 03:31 PM
Quote from: Soul Taker on October 16, 2004, 10:42 AM
Edit: Level 17 was easy, took about two minutes  :P

lies
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: UserLoser. on October 16, 2004, 04:12 PM
Hmm, currently stuck at level 12 18
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Naem on October 16, 2004, 05:35 PM
Level 17 looks impossible. Logically there seems to be no place for the ball to stop at and then travel into the end assuming it travels in a straight line.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Yoni on October 16, 2004, 05:36 PM
Done. There are 21 levels if you're wondering.

I just used DFS on some of the levels. :)
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: hismajesty on October 16, 2004, 05:52 PM
bah, this isn't my game. I cheated on 14 and did 15 and now stuck on 16! :(

14 I still can't figure out, I traced it backwards and see no place for the ball to go - at least not a place that is apparently accessible. :(
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: UserLoser. on October 16, 2004, 06:08 PM
Quote from: Naem on October 16, 2004, 05:35 PM
Level 17 looks impossible. Logically there seems to be no place for the ball to stop at and then travel into the end assuming it travels in a straight line.


right, up, left, up, right, down, right, up, right, up, left, down, right, down, left
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Adron on October 16, 2004, 06:54 PM
Quote from: Yoni on October 16, 2004, 05:36 PM
Done. There are 21 levels if you're wondering.

I just used DFS on some of the levels. :)

DFS?
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Yoni on October 16, 2004, 06:56 PM
Depth-First Search. The graph algorithm. The game is a directed graph. A node is a position on the map and an edge is a movement (left, right, up, down). BFS could be used to find the shortest solution but it's much more tedious to do BFS with nothing but notepad.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Adron on October 16, 2004, 06:58 PM
Quote from: Yoni on October 16, 2004, 06:56 PM
Depth-First Search. The graph algorithm. The game is a directed graph. A node is a position on the map and an edge is a movement (left, right, up, down). BFS could be used to find the shortest solution but it's much more tedious to do BFS with nothing but notepad.

Oh. You need to be on the lookout for loops then. I typically did them by tracing backwards. Not when there were multiple targets, but for single targets it worked great. There would rarely be alternate path choices.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Minux on October 16, 2004, 08:17 PM
Quote from: UserLoser on October 16, 2004, 06:08 PM
Quote from: Naem on October 16, 2004, 05:35 PM
Level 17 looks impossible. Logically there seems to be no place for the ball to stop at and then travel into the end assuming it travels in a straight line.


right, up, left, up, right, down, right, up, right, up, left, down, right, down, left


I am guilty of using Userloser's instructions to beat level 17, I just couldn't do it. :-[
/me hangs his head in shame
And congratulations on completing it Yoni.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: hismajesty on October 16, 2004, 10:25 PM
hrm, 14 was easy after I started looking at it for a long time and getting it wrong a long time. on 16 now
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Minux on October 16, 2004, 10:36 PM
Level 18 Instructions

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right, up, left, down, left, right, up, left, down, left, down, right, up


Level 19 instructions

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down, left, up, left, down, right up, left, down, right


Level 20 = Easy no brainer

Level 21 Instructions

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up, left, down, left, down, left


Level 22 Instructions

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left, down, right, left, up, left, down, left up


So yeah, there you have it :), btw Yoni 22 levels, not 21 :(
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Hitmen on October 16, 2004, 10:58 PM
Quote from: Yoni on October 16, 2004, 05:36 PM
Done. There are 21 levels if you're wondering.

I just used DFS on some of the levels. :)
22.
Done.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: UserLoser. on October 17, 2004, 12:00 PM
Level 12 is where I get stuck.  Previously I started at level 17 with the password supplied, but I'm trying to go start->finish..
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Yoni on October 17, 2004, 12:21 PM
Yeah, 22. My mistake. Miscounted one I guess.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Naem on October 17, 2004, 01:28 PM
Ah ok it was really easy after level 17.

On level 17 I was looking at the wrong endpoint. Heh. Was looking at the one on the left which is why it looked so impossible :p
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: warz on October 17, 2004, 02:48 PM
Currently stuck on 18. Seems pretty impossible.
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Minux on October 17, 2004, 03:03 PM
Quote from: warz on October 17, 2004, 02:48 PM
Currently stuck on 18. Seems pretty impossible.

If you are completely stuck, I posted the instructions above in black.

Quote from: UserLoser on October 17, 2004, 12:00 PM
Level 12 is where I get stuck.  Previously I started at level 17 with the password supplied, but I'm trying to go start->finish..

Oh it took me about 3/4 of my Info Tech class to figure this one out.

If you want, instructions are below. But you seem like a person who might want to do it yourself. But just in case.

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right, up, left, down
Title: Re: Road Blocks (Game)
Post by: Meh on October 17, 2004, 04:13 PM
Quote from: hismajesty[yL] on October 16, 2004, 10:25 PM
hrm, 14 was easy after I started looking at it for a long time and getting it wrong a long time. on 16 now
Exact same as me. 14 just came fater a while but 16 looks impossible.