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2021-11-21 12:49 dustin  
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random seed: (100 137 140 251 51) 79 94  
the "pattern" of the original 5 levels was that the same seeds are used as in bd1-i and bd2-m (interestingly, these are exactly the caves with huge |-\ mixtures!) but for bd1-i/7 i used the seed 93, which turns out not to be ideal here. the reason is that seed 93 has a max of 108\ to collect, three more than my custom lebel 6. and the problem is i can't increase the \ quota because the bd2 engine did not allow three-digit \requirements. (i definitely want to construct the custom levels such that it would be possible with the original engines!) so with seed 93, level 7 would actually be easier than 6, which makes no sense.  
the next seed, 94, has a max of 104\. this is one less than level 6. not much, but it's a basement to argue that this one is slightly more difficult than level 6!  
btw, the original level 5 had a max of only 102\! but there were "only" 95\ required so that there were 7 bonus \ possible, which makes both custom levels 6 and 7 slightly harder. that was a tricky one! :d  
  
\required: (75 80 85 90 95) 99 99  
as mentioned above, i want to follow the bd2-engine two-digit restriction.  
  
cave time: (200 190 180 170 160) 150 140

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2021-11-21 17:19 dustin  
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here's an overview of the required and available \\\ on each level of this cave (just for fun):  
  
original levels (values: required/available/bonus)  
level 1: 75/111/36  
level 2: 80/119/39  
level 3: 85/107/22  
level 4: 90/113/23  
level 5: 95/102/7  
  
there's a big difference between l1-4 and l5, i think that l1-4 are all more or less equally difficult/easy while l5 is significantly more challenging!  
  
custom levels:  
level 6: 99/105/6  
level 7: 99/104/5

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2021-11-21 17:48 nesdori  
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 dustin , level 5 max is actually 103 because instead of getting 2 extra \ by releasing a | from any of the silos before enclosing amoeba it's better to keep the silos closed and instead get 3 extra \ by doing the enclosement with the "cso-move" in the upper right corner :)

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2021-11-21 18:20 dustin  
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 nesdori , ahh! very nice observation! :d

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2021-11-21 22:28 dustin  
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hmm... come to think of it, it's then possible to get even more than 103\ by pushing || out of the way to give the amoeba more space at the top right before doing the cso trap :d

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2021-11-21 22:49 nesdori  
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 dustin , ahh! that's right. it's possible to create extra \ even with a stopper without cso by pushing || away and then using a pillar stopper instead of standard "stairs" stopper. a pillar wastes 1\ but pushing two | away already gains 1\ total.

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2021-11-21 23:51 dustin  
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ah, true  nesdori !  :d

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2021-11-22 00:16 dustin  
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just used our ideas for a nice little 114\ run on level 1, though it was barely not enough to break  darkstoorm 's highscore :d