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submachine 3 the loop ext
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DUSTIN                            2024-08-12 23:00
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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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DUSTIN                            2024-08-12 23:01
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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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ARNO                              2024-08-14 11:50
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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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DUSTIN                            2024-08-14 21:06
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THANKS arno! :)  
  
ACTUALLY, YOUR THEORETICAL SOLUTION SOUNDS MUCH LIKE MINE WHEN I TESTED THE CAVE :D

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DUSTIN                            2024-08-14 21:07
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BUT nicol'S ZIGZAG PATH LOOKS VERY INTERESTING AS WELL! :D

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ARNO                              2024-08-15 13:50
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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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DUSTIN                            2024-08-16 01:37
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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