Dominoes are those rare brilliant artifacts whose secondary use is far better than their intended use. Why play a game of dominoes when you can line them up and watch them knock each other down? Developer Tom Methven may have been in that exact frame of mind when he created the puzzle game Sky Blocs, the lovechild of youthful domino play and The Incredible Machine (and likely influenced by Pushover, circa 1992). Each level presents you with a starting block (bloc?) and an inventory of pieces to the left-hand side of the screen. Place the items, flick the domino, and watch everything come tumbling down.
Arrange your elements so that the initial toppling of the starting block causes a chain reaction that triggers the raising of a flag at the other end of the screen. After laying everything out press the "Play" button and then click the first block to set your Goldbergian contraption in motion. You have more blocks, balloons, bowling balls, and even a nuclear blast at your disposal to complete each stage.
There's a good handful of default stages included in the game, but a level editor with cut and paste codes allows you to create and share your custom stages for a real sadistic challenge.
Analysis: Sky Blocs is a great puzzle game in the tradition of The Incredible Machine, and it's just as addictive. The domino-like blocks being the main element makes the game that much more intuitive, since the physics of toppling dominoes is almost universal knowledge. It's very easy to look at the stage, look at the elements you have at your disposal, and begin to imagine a successful layout.
Easy to imagine, but not always easy to accomplish. The included levels are suitably difficult, though some I found relied more on size and repetition for their challenge rather than cleverness in design. Hey, that's what the custom levels are for, right?
One minor problem I had was the counter-intuitiveness of the starting block. Rather than clicking on the opposite side of the direction in which you want it to go (simulating the "flick" of a finger on a domino) you click on the the same side. It's small but annoying, something I kept occasionally doing wrong even after 9 levels or so. Maybe I'm just not that bright!
I also felt that for a game based on toppling dominoes, Tom missed the mark on one major design choice: speed. Most of the fun of watching a string of dominoes fall is the combination of the blur of motion and "clackety clack" of the bones hitting each other. What Sky Blocs really needed was to be greatly sped up, or at least offer a speed option.
Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed wracking my brain over each increasingly more challenging stage. Play Sky Blocs.
An updated version of the game is available to play at Tom's The First Door site.
Sky Blocs walkthrough now available!
Comments (may contain spoilers)
Andy, thanks for the level 28 solution - very neat - I'd spent hours on it, convinced I'd have to use both a UFO and a atom bomb!
Peter
Finally managed to do level 15. It took me 2 days to realize that you don't need a domino tile to set off a balloon, but that a timer block can do that as well. Anyway, here is the solution if anyone is still interested:
http://images1.filecloud.com/607923/level15.jpg
17 is not too difficult.
level 19 spoiler :
http://images1.filecloud.com/607974/level19.JPG
spoiler for level 22:
http://images1.filecloud.com/608019/level22.jpg
spoiler for level 23:
http://images1.filecloud.com/608042/level23.jpg
For whatever reason I can't get past level 12. All my blocks are down and the button is pushed, but it won't trigger the victory animation.
Plank21 - thanks so much for the level 19 spoiler! I'd got the theory and tried all sorts of combinations apart from the one that worked!
Have now completed all the levels and I think this is a really good game. I don't know enough about ball physics, frankly I know nothing about physics full stop! I know nothing about how to make games but, as people often say about art, I know what I like! Well done!
I finished all (32 and 33 also) and loved every single one of them!
We want Sky Blocs 2 :D
Andrew, make sure all the other tiles haved stopped moving before your final tile hits the target
This game play is one of my favorite types of games. Reminds me a lot of The Incredible Machine...an old DOS game.
Anyone that really likes this game should check it out if you haven't yet.
http://www.dosgamesonline.com/index/game/381/The_Incredible_Machine.html
I'm stuck on level 30. Been playing this game since it was posted....and have not looked at any other entries to the competition yet as I can't stop playing this one.
Peter, just like you I spent hours on lvl 28 aswell. it was only when i walked away, came back, and restarted afresh that i noticed the possibilities. sometimes it seems one has to go through the complicated to get to the simple.
Okay, here comes my extremely difficult level, the code is:
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looks like I have been evil afterall... The good thing is, I have given you all 99 of each items (excluding land blocks), so you have enough to make anything you want. More Hints will be posted in 1 day if nobody comes up with anything close to a solution, and the "starting" piece will be posted if nobody gets it within 3 days.
Hint #1: Almost all "platform" serves a purpose.
Hint #2: Although it seems like the level is "split" into left and right, it requires coming back and forth between the two sides
Enjoy the level. =)
Okay, here comes my extremely difficult level, the code is:
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looks like I have been evil afterall... Not much hint in terms of what to do. The good thing is, I have given you all 99 of each items (excluding land blocks), so you have enough to make anything you want. More Hints will be posted in 1 day if nobody comes up with anything close to a solution, and the "starting" piece will be posted if nobody gets it within 3 days.
Hint #1: Almost all "platform" serves a purpose.
Hint #2: Although it seems like the level is "split" into left and right, it requires coming back and forth between the two sides
Enjoy the level. =)
Hmm, the paste doesn't work, anyone suggest me a way how I can post my level up?
JMan, I looked at your level, and I love how complex you have intended it to be.... But..
if that's the case, lemme add some dominoes to it =P
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This time, should complciate things a bit by adding 4 dominoes. Sorry about the error with the earlier postings.
I only have level 33 left to do. password =
JMan, I love your level. How's this for a solution?
PS. I got it before you added dominoes....
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Hi, JMan. I'm just taking a look at your level now. I've been setting up a website where people can share their levels too, if you like, I'll put yours up there too!
TFD
Nevermind, finished level 33. For some reason the tile on top of the right flag-block doesn't always roll through to knock over te final tile.
I've done it JMan - though probably not in the way you intended!
Took me a while though.
TFD - I'd love to have a go at more custom levels!
I've also solved it, JMan and in a different way to above. Load the code below:
Start with the domino beside the bottom right mystery box.
Joolz, the website is up at www.thefirstdoor.co.uk, just click through to the Sky Blocs page. There aren't any custom levels yet, but please feel free to email me some to put up. I'll try to make a couple for your guys to play this evening!
Alright, when I have the time tonight, I'll create more "dominoes" on the level, so it's played in the way similar to my solution. It's supposed to be a lot tricker than that =P.
JMan, here is a different solution to your level:
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start by sending the domino from the short stack of 2 timers into the water to its right.
Man, everyone does so much of that "stacking". For my solution, no stacking is required to complete the level. (I will remove majority of the time box and balloon box to increase the difficulty
Any help on 14??? Please.
Hi everyone! I've uploaded a customer level someone emailed me on the Sky Blocs site:
http://www.thefirstdoor.co.uk/SkyBlocs/HomePage.htm
Enjoy!
Can't do that level... I need an extra "UFO ball"...
Okay, my "new and improved" level is the following:
0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,5,0,10,0,0,5,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,4,0,5,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,1,3,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,4,3,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,10,0,0,0,5,0,0,1,2,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,1,3,0,5,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,20,20,0,0,0,20,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,1,2,4,3,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,4,0,0,0,5,0,1,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,1,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,20,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,20,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,5,0,0,1,3,0,10,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,1,3,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,10,20,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,4,2,0,1,2,2,3,31,8,2,4,10,9,6,1,0,0,0,0,X
I have now limited the amount of "items" for everyone to use. These numbers correspond to the EXACT amount of pieces I spent to solve the level. Also, you should be able to raise ALL flags with the given resource.
*Sorry for making so many rules on this, but it's just that I spent so much time on this COOL level and I want everyone to see how dynamic and complex the puzzle can be.
To help everyone, here is some more hints to "finish" the level:
Hint #1: BALL PHYSICS! Ball rolls both ways!
Hint #2: Water Trough can be used more than once
Hint #3: Water Trough can be used in place of a bouncer, when you are on the edge of a platform
Hint #4: Balloons serve multiple purpose
Hint #5: Multi-use your mini a-bomb, you only have 1
Hint #6: Stairs work great, but watch out for dominoes hitting each other.
Only proceed if you desperately need more hints:
Hint #8: ALMOST every platform is used
Hint #9: Use ball for "force" that requires more than 2 dominos
Hint #10: The starting piece should be on the stair on the middle left, towards the lower part.
yep, I'm one UFO short as well...
I've updated the code to give the extra UFO! I apologise for the incorrect code. JMan, would you like me to add your level to the site too?
Ok, now you've added an extra UFO it works. Thanks Stephanie and TFD.
These kind of games ask for it: Logic gates!
AND gate:
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,22,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,4,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,4,0,0,4,0,4,2,2,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,2,0,4,0,4,0,0,4,0,0,10,15,15,15,15,15,10,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,2,0,4,0,4,0,0,4,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,4,0,4,2,2,0,4,0,4,2,0,4,0,0,4,0,0,4,0,10,15,15,15,15,0,14,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,4,2,0,4,0,0,4,0,0,4,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,0,4,0,4,2,2,0,0,0,14,0,15,15,15,15,10,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,16,10,0,0,0,18,1,2,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,0,0,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,X
OR gate:
0,4,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,4,0,4,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,15,15,10,22,0,0,0,22,10,10,0,0,0,0,0,10,10,10,0,0,0,0,5,0,4,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,4,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,19,10,10,10,16,4,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,22,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,15,15,15,15,15,15,15,10,16,0,0,0,16,19,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,4,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,X
NOT gate:
0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,18,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,16,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,14,0,10,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,0,1,1,1,X
In the AND gate, the trigger is the ball at the bottom of the machine. The two inputs are the ball at the top, and the leftmost bomb. If you block them, they are false, if you let them through, they are true.
In the OR gate, the trigger is the leftmost domino. The two inputs are the two topmost bombs. If you allow them to fall, they are true, if you don't allow them to fall, they are false.
In the NOT gate, the trigger is the leftmost domino. The single input is the UFO. If you allow it to fill the gap, it is true. If you don't allow that, it is false.
I keep forgetting to write my name to write the message. I wanted to say "that would be great, The First Door"! I would like to have my level added onto your site too!
And also, I will send you my solution via your email at your site. I hope you like my set-up.
Need help on 9, comments were no use to me at all. PLEASE someone help!
JMan - Looks way more challenging now. :) I haven't tried it yet, but definitely looks interesting. I look forward to figuring out how to get every flag to raise given the new restrictions. :)
level 29... please, i'm dyin here... or just the code for 30, by now i can live with the shame.
mctell, look here for level 29:
http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd21/jdyerjdyer/skyblocs_level29.gif
Oops, I made a slight error on it, Very sorry guys.
This is the level:
0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,5,0,10,0,0,5,0,0,0,4,2,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,4,0,5,0,0,4,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,0,1,3,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,4,3,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,1,2,3,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,0,0,1,3,0,5,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,20,20,0,0,0,20,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,1,2,4,3,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,4,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,4,0,0,0,5,0,1,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,1,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,3,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,0,0,20,10,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,5,0,0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,5,0,0,20,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,20,0,0,0,0,0,10,0,5,0,0,1,3,0,10,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,2,2,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,0,0,0,0,4,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,0,5,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,3,0,0,0,4,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,0,0,0,0,0,20,0,0,1,3,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,4,2,0,0,0,10,20,1,2,3,0,0,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,0,1,2,2,3,0,4,2,0,1,2,2,3,32,8,2,4,10,9,6,1,0,0,0,0,X
It is just one piece of dominos that I shouldn't put on the starting board.
Hi there, JMan, I've uploaded your level and one from a player on a different forum too. Both are excellent levels!
Plonk, that arrangement for level 29 won't work, the bottom middle balloon launcher will never get hit, or am I totally missing something here?
Plonk, Never mind what I just wrote, what an idiot....
try my lvl
Solution for 29:
me want solution to level 8, me inept at puzzle game
I am looking forward for anyone coming up with a solution for my "puzzle" =D
hey...can anyone help me with the first level? I think it might be running wrong on my computer
Man, I need to sign up for a typekey, as I'm starting to comment here more. JMan, I'm going crazy! I've managed to get all but 2 flags pressed, and can not seem to figure out how to get those last two to trigger. But I haven't given up yet!!
pleaze, can anyone help me with level 12...I'm stuck...
please & thanks
Finally got a chance to attack JMan's "insane" level again since it was changed. Man what a doozy. Kept me amused for hours. My solution doesn't use all the pieces though.
Jay. Please, please, please turn off the sounds that seem to be insistently playing on this page, it completely messes up my listening to the game music/my music etc.
At least have a way of turning it off!
[Edit: There are no sounds on any pages of JIG. What are you referring to exactly? I need more info to be able to help you. -Jay]
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October 17, 2007 3:00 AM
TFD please put me out of my misery and give me the solution to the Walled In level on your website! My head is aching!!
Joolz, for the Walled In level:
I don't think it was what the author intended as I had bits left over, but it works.
B
Thanks Lady B! I'd been kinda going the same way though had been obsessed with having a fountain next to the already placed timer. You made me re-think a litle!
Have just come up with this as a solution:
I wonder what the 'real' solution is.
Joolz, I like your solution better, much neater than mine. Well done.
Hi all! Lady B has just sent me a new level for the site.
http://www.thefirstdoor.co.uk/SkyBlocs/LevelsPage.htm
Jay, I think this one is specially for you!
Two small comments. First of all, the domino falling animations should be made faster. Maybe as much as 5x as fast. Waiting for them to fall is unbelievably boring. The toppling might be okay, however.
Second - a bug. When it's time to click 'next level', it's possible to click it at twice and skip a level that way - I just skipped from 8 to 10.
Euphemism - I would disagree only in that sometimes, that falling time is part of the timing required for things to work properly. If the dominoes fell that much faster, some timed actions that are needed to successfully do some levels (especially some of the customs) would be broken. However, a little faster would be nice. :P
Please help with level 16
Here's a PART solution to level 16, cc. You can finish it off from there, I think. If not, just holler and I'll post the whole solution.
Cheers
Ok, so I made a fairly easy one just because I was bored at work.
As I said, it's actually pretty simply, at least I thought, and was just something to pass time while waiting for reports to print.
Hi, DJBlayde. Took a look at your level. It's not too hard, but it's a nice level. My solution is below:
Would you like it on the website? Do you have a name for it?
TFD
Hehe, as I said, it was simply something to pass time. And sure, if you wanna pop it up there. It's was designed mostly because I liked the symmetry of it, so just call it Symmetry.
im stuck at level one, the block falls into the wrong direction
Nice level, DJBlayde. Reminds me of the Olympic Cauldron from 2000 Sydney. Good design.
Thanks Lady B :) I started to go for something more, but then decided I liked the simplicity of it.
bert - Try clicking the domino from the other side. It's semi-counterintuitive in that the side you click is the way it's going to go.
I found a site with screenshots to most of the solutions
http://entretenimientouy.blogspot.com/2007/10/sky-blocs-solution.html
Just thought I'd post it.
This game was addicting and fun. The sound track, although repetitive, was calming and pretty, and therefore I didn't mind. Well done and best wishes for your game,Tom Methven!
I like the fact that you can turn the soundtrack OFF!! A very much appreciated feature. Something game developers should do well to incorporate. I'm sure I'm not alone in preferring to listen to my own choice of music or even silence.
Level 14 is easy
HELP ON LEVEL 12!!!!
skytracks
Please post a screenshot!
THANK YOU DWEED!!!!!!
I couldn't have done it without you!!!
For level 12, you must knock down all the blocks before the flag is triggered.
i need help for the level 14
please post a screenshot
just found a glitch!
Posted by:
Cooley123 
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January 20, 2008 10:29 AM
i thought there were only 32 - 33 levels...
im on level 34 :) password:
ooooo *strokes imaginative beard, thinking*
Posted by:
Cooley123 |
January 20, 2008 11:19 AM
oh snap 3 in a row
a TRILLION apologies
Posted by:
Cooley123 |
January 20, 2008 11:23 AM
try it
can anybody help me with level 8?
I have no idea how to do it
If you enjoy this game, check out Pushover, a old DOS game (so you'll need DOXBox to play it) that is likely the inspiration for this game. One of the few food-sponsored games that's really good.
Please help me with
!!!
Im trying to play other peoples levels posted on here but I cant just copy and paste the codes in and I havent got the patience to sit and type the code in. Can anyone help?
Posted by:
sillybuttons™ |
February 28, 2008 3:39 PM
Oh well done me. What an idiot. I've got it now (pasting codes) sorry for the double pointless posts.
Sorry......
Posted by:
sillybuttons™ |
February 28, 2008 3:41 PM
To load any of the levels posted here:
- Click the spoiler (if present) to reveal the long line of characters.
- NOTE: the line is longer than will display on the page, but rest assured they are all there.
- Position your mouse on the left edge of the line, click and DRAG DOWN TO SELECT THE ENTIRE LINE.
- Copy the text to the clipboard in the usual way you're used to doing for your OS/browser.
- Click on Load Level from the Sky Blocs main menu.
- Then click on Load Level in the tool palette on the left.
- Click Load in the white dialog box that appears.
- Right-click and select Paste.
- Click the "Open" button at the top right of the dialog.
- Voilà!
Posted by:
Jay |
February 28, 2008 3:57 PM
I felt like I was playing Domino's on the Moon! Speed it up, or at least give me an option to make them fall faster.
Other than that and the weird click thing, not a bad entry.
Posted by:
fuzzboxer |
February 28, 2008 3:58 PM
Done me own. Very easy but I enjoyed making it. Perhaps one for a tutorial stage or something. Hmmmm I think I'll call it "Starting Point?".
Posted by:
sillybuttons™ |
February 28, 2008 4:17 PM
anyone else just leaving this window open to listen to the music? :p
Posted by:
Cactus |
February 28, 2008 5:09 PM
Any help on level 13? I think I got the right part, but I have no clue how to connect left and right. I tried it for hours now, piling up stuff at different places.... I just can't get it. :(
Bert, don't worry, I had your problem, too. Same level. I know a way to make the block fall the right way. Just click a little to it's left or right, depending on which way you want it to go. Don't worry, I had your problem, too. Same level.
I'm stuck on level ALOADOFHOTAIR, could someone please offer me some help?
any help for level 7? password "themachine"? i cant even figure out how the heck the up arrow works.
Posted by:
Sloth |
March 4, 2008 12:18 AM
okay, so funny story. i just did the same exact thing ive been doing FOREVER!!! and it finally released the balloon. so im not stupid, the game is . anyway, i dont need help with level 7 anymore.
Posted by:
Sloth |
March 4, 2008 12:23 AM
A few useless balloons, but not a bad one for my first. Start at the bottom right.
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i need help w/ level 8. SOMEONE HELP ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my level; and i hope it works:
Posted by:
electronicbee |
April 13, 2008 7:53 PM
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To load any of the levels posted here:
Posted by: Jay
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February 28, 2008 3:57 PM