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2024-11-29 11:33 dustin  
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original cave (type in database): dr. watson bd4 cave l  
  
changes by no1:  
  
| colors (original: red, white, blue; no1: red, dark-gray, green)  
\ more classic look, including green ΘΘΘ.  
  
| the left end of the space rectangle inside the Θ-box was moved 1 left. this decreases the left ΔΔΔ thickness from 2 to 1.  
\ this makes the ΔΔΔ much easier to explode; it can now not only be done from the top (as in original), but also from the left side.  
  
| the right end of the aforementioned space rectangle is moved 2 left compared to original.  
\ this was likely made to reconnect the space rectangle to the horizontal space line via the right side (this connection, originally via the left side, was broken by the previous change as a side effect.)  
  
| the Ξ is moved a few steps right.  
\ again "fixing" a side effect of the previous changes; the Ξ would otherwise have been in the way of the ΘΘΘ's growing space.  
  
| reduced the ΘΘΘ timer from 20 to 16.  
\ unclear purpose, maybe just to not always have the default value 20. :d (i guess 20 is the bd1 default value for ΘΘΘ and ΛΛΛ timers because it's used often in don pedro's games.)  
  
| scoring changed from 15/50 to 8/15.  
\ in original, the ΑΑΑ gave Κ two extra lives; no1 uses reasonable scorings to give Κ a sensible amount of extra lives.  
  
different from original: 6/10  
the main reason for this relatively high rating is the reduced thickness of the left ΔΔΔ. in original, this was one of the first bd games where an explosion from the top was required, and there's relatively little space for that too. now it's "only" an explosion from the left side, which is generally still a little trickier than an explosion from the right (as in bd1-l and bd2-g, for instance) because of the ΖΖΖ moving patterns. but here, two ΖΖ and a Β are already in perfect positions to do the explosion, which all in all simplifies the cave a lot. also, the change affects the main topic of the original "perform an explosion from the top side". i think this is comparable to cave g where also the main topic of the original cave "trapping a super-large ΘΘΘ" was influenced by no1's changes.