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2024-08-12 23:00 dustin  
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the shortcut from the original is fixed, and when i was already at it, i thought that an extension to 4-times the size would also be nice ;)  
  
this is primarily a puzzle / maze. a good path is most important, although the fly-dodging is also not trivial.  
  
named after an old point-and-click puzzle game series ("submachine"). in episode 3, the player is locked in a maze of infinitely many equal-looking rooms, so this reminded me of my cave :d anyone know these games? :d  
  
difficulty: 6/10 (hard)

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2024-08-12 23:01 dustin  
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the Ξ is in the only room where it's possible to be after collecting all ΑΑΑ (all are required, no Η crushes should be possible.)

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2024-08-14 11:50 Arno  
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nice puzzle! :-)  
  
there are of course many ways; i figured a path in which the clearing is mostly column-by-column and row-by-row. in other words, you cross most of the rooms straigtly instead of taking a turn. this seems to me the most simple solution, in theory, although some optimization can probably be done because of the ffly/bfly directions.

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2024-08-14 21:06 dustin  
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thanks  Arno ! :)  
  
actually, your theoretical solution sounds much like mine when i tested the cave :d

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2024-08-14 21:07 dustin  
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but  nicol 's zigzag path looks very interesting as well! :d

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2024-08-15 13:50 Arno  
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my run is a variant of the solution i wrote about previously.  
  
again, most of the rooms are crossed by taking the "opposite door". the first time i visit the room i just follow the path of the flies, so the flies remain walking around and is easier to dodge the flies the second time, when i go through the middle, picking up the diamond.  
  
in the rooms where i take a "side door", the first time i take the first possible direction after walking 1/4 of the outer path along with the flies. just one room is an exception, where i walk 3/4 of the outer path.  
  
this is (by far) not the fastest possible solution, but rather a compromise between simple, fast and safe... ;-D

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2024-08-16 01:37 dustin  
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very nice  Arno ! my solution was kind of similar, just with the 1st and 2nd "halftime" swapped ( i first did the rows, then the columns.)  
  
also a nice idea to not disturb the flies in the 1st halftime! :d