ARFC_B_CIII_Tower (ends 05.09. @16.00GMT)

[mikee7]

Welcome!

This time i came up with a much classical problem to solve: build a tower.

Submissions to mikeeseven@gmail.com or PM

Posting scores is recommended!

Originally this was almost 2x higher, but considering the activity to previous contest i decided to (dramatically) reduce it!
So...
GO-GO-GO!!!

[V4nKw15h]

I took a quick look at this one before heading home from work. Looks like a good one Mikee, and yeah, it didn't need to be twice as high. This is enough of a challenge.

Hmmm, it's tough. At least it's tough to do cheap. My first success without any tweaking for cost came in at $5300. Time to find out how much of the structure is necessary before it collapses.

[steven32collins]

so we are building a tower to get the ball to the portal or who can get it the highest

[mikee7]

Hmmm... yeah i wasn't 100% clear,but there is no special rules, so the point is to get the dillo to the portal!

But thats a great idea for my next one!

[V4nKw15h]

Seems like I'm competing against myself on this one. Has nobody else got a solution?

I daren't even post where I am up to now because otherwise poor Mikee7 might have a results.zip with only one result in it.

It's not that I think I have the ultimate solution, but it took quite a long time to tweak out all the unnecessary materials, and if I post the score before anyone else even attempts it, they will maybe think it's impossible to compete.

This level is like that block building game Jenga. You build a great big heavy tower and then slowly remove materials trying to keep it standing. I was staggered by how much material I could remove, and that's why I wont post my score because there was no possible way I could have planned my tower, the way it is now, from the start.

So tips for anyone else playing. Build a big tower, with as much material as you like. Don't worry about cost. Then go back and start pulling pieces out slowly. It's actually quite fun. It's only not fun if you try to make a really cheap tower right at the start. I made that mistake at first, and then thought "screw this, just make something that works".

[combatopera]

I'm on 5684. This level is good fun!

[TSchultz]

I'm on 5684. This level is good fun!

Dang. There goes my plan of tweaking some stupid solution with a rocket that floats over really slowly.

EDIT: I got at 5700+ L Close to working... fail at balancing though.

[V4nKw15h]

Oh cool. It seems others are working on this one too.

5730+ light

[mikee7]

Till now i didn't get any solutions...
Anybody plays it at all?

[combatopera]

I'm still tweaking. Over 5800 light now.

[V4nKw15h]

I'm still tweaking. Over 5800 light now.

Me too.

I'll send you results soon Mikee. It's a tweakfest of a level. Expect solutions nearer the end of the competition.

Starting at 5300 and tweaking over 500 out of it. You can imagine, it's hard to think I'm finished yet. But I think I'm about at my limit, unless I start again with a new idea.

[JimCDubb]

Couldn't get past 5600, got frustrated and started with a whole new design.
Now I've joined the 5800+ group.
C'mon, V. Two days left.

[V4nKw15h]

C'mon, V. Two days left.

Do you want me to tell you I have beaten you so that you feel the desire to tweak?

Okay, I've beaten you hehe

I'm finished with this one now. I've sent a selection of 4 solutions to Mikee7 to pad out the results and show some of my working towards my final solution.

It was a great level, thanks Mikee. It kept me busy on many days but I've had enough of wobbley towers now.

Good Luck all. I'm rooting for combatopera to win. It's good to see so many new/old players picking up the game again. However combatopera, you are going to have to push it hard to win. I don't like making it too easy.

[combatopera]

Maybe. My best solution is too pretty to tweak any further.

I'm more for elegance than raw cheapness.

[JimCDubb]

Anybody hit 5900 yet?