Orbox B
Orbox B by GameBalance is a game of striking simplicity and compelling puzzle solving, and is the sequel to the original Orbox game previously reviewed here. A pure puzzle solving game with 30 levels, this one isn't the most innovative game you'll play this week, but it could very well be one of the most mind-bending.
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17 was fun, 21 was fun too hehe
remember: for 21 (and maybe 17, i cant quite remember)
you gotta be fast
i thought 26 was a tricky one, 28 was even harder but not frustratingly so, 29 was even more hard (maybe i was just getting more and more tired by that point)
holy moly, level 30 took me AGES... i reckon its the hardest one of the lot by FAR (but then again previous argument applies, that is, im getting more and more tired...)
final score of 17795, could be better but meh
Still, an awesome game
very challenging without being frustrating *glares at "jamel and the wasp bunker"*... grrr i hate that game...
Great game. Level 28 and 30 were by FAR the most challenging. I had to draw marked diagrams for both of them - There was no way I could keep track of all the information mentally!
My solution for level 30 had a lowly score of 1350 and invovled 3 timed bomb sequences.
Here are the first few moves:
After taking the teleporter, I move to the left and take a drop on the bottom row between the R and B. I hit 2 swtiches and go back up; this is the first timed sequence. Then I move all the way to the left and drop at the O to hit the left side of the first switch. Then back up and to the right on the second row....
Did anyone come up with a better solution?
Level 29
Let's assign numbers to the switches and letter to the collapsible gates.
A B
2 6
1 3 5 7
4 8
C D
E
Switches 4,8 can be reach very easily as long as gates C and D have not been collapsed and the bombs next to E are not destroyed.
To get to 3,5 you need to collapse either A or B. You also need to leave the other side open to be able to escape once you're between the switches.
The remaning switches on the side you collapsed (either 1,2 or 6,7) are easy to get to. Remember that you can go in any direction once you stop at the triangular 90 degree reflector object. Now, you can collapse the gate on the other side (A or B) and hit the remaining 2 switches.
To reach the exit, you'll need to collapse gates C + D and get to the top left side of gate E or the left side of the block just above it.
level passwords
level01:zzx112
level02:tro412
level03:gac721
level04:yan226
level05:bod257
level06:eca900
level07:wce293
level08:fvz006
level09:evy614
level10:acc820
level11:plp017
level12:rfx345
level13:vln619
level14:hxi442
level15:jma555
level16:eeg028
level17:uns368
level18:nps912
level19:tgb517
level20:yan226
level21:rat480
level22:rbf294
level23:ttf730
level24:ydk629
level25:qqk747
level26:avs170
level27:han211
level28:kid668
The person that helped with Lv. 29, can you clarify what and how you are labeling these items? this is a great help, but not so much if it had a little more depth on the descriptions...
Let's assign numbers to the switches and letter to the collapsible gates. A B 2 6 1 3 5 7 4 8 C D E Switches 4,8 can be reach very easily as long as gates C and D have not been collapsed and the bombs next to E are not destroyed. To get to 3,5 you need to collapse either A or B. You also need to leave the other side open to be able to escape once you're between the switches. The remaning switches on the side you collapsed (either 1,2 or 6,7) are easy to get to. Remember that you can go in any direction once you stop at the triangular 90 degree reflector object. Now, you can collapse the gate on the other side (A or B) and hit the remaining 2 switches. To reach the exit, you'll need to collapse gates C + D and get to the top left side of gate E or the left side of the block just above it.
Got it! I agree - 28 and 30 gave me the most trouble. But I finished with a score of 18005 - so I was happy.
Here's some solutions I came up with - D-down, R-right, L-left, U-up -- and when you see two consecutive directions (i.e. DD or UUU) it means break through those boxes and keep going.
Level 28 -
LDLULURRURDRDRULURDLLULRULULURURDLURUL
Careful here, there's a couple timed sequences you have to hit right on the noggin
Level 29 -
For those struggling, use this - It's not the greatest solution, but this will get you through the level.
DLLUURDLULURDULDDLURDRDRUDLDRURLULDRURRUULDRURULDURDRDRDDLULURULDDRURU
Level 30 -
My solution -
RDLUULDLURULDRURDRURUUULLDDLUULLLLDRUUURRDURRRDLURDDLUURR
More help with level 29.
First of all, the lettering and numbering is done in a top-down manner. In other words, the collapsible gates in the middle near the top are A and B. The left switch is numbered 1,2,3,4 with 1 on the left, 2 on the top, 3 on the right, and 4 on the left. (The right switch is 5-8 with 5 being on the left and 8 on the bottom). The collapsible gates C,D are obvious now. Lastly, the collapsible gate E is in the very center at the bottom.
You will first want to get the bottom switches (4,8). You will now have the bombs next to E blown up, but 4,8 are both on.
Next close the B gate and get 3 and 5.
Next get 6 and 7 (you will be on the 90 degree refelector).
Now you close the A gate and repeat similar steps for 2,1...remember you have to close C,D and get to the left of either E or the block above it to exit. Hopefully the step-by-step pieces will fall into place if you've made it to level 29.
(Now I'm just waiting for a level 30 tutorial).
Level 21 Solution
Ok, I finlly found my way thru 21, and here's a legible solution.
You need to go up to the top row, lighting all the bombs except the top row, right bomb. This include both of the "side" bombs in row 2. Hit the right side (but not top) go to the left, and hit the left top. Drop down, (Critical! when you drop down, be sure to just light the bomb, not blow it, you'll be coming back this way soon)
Go left to the side bomb, down to the bottom left bomb, thru the bomb to your right, to the right side, back up thru the bottom row to the top right one that you left unlit. (At this point you'll realize why you have to go fast) go back to the left side (already lit) and down (already lit) but this time go to the right, and then down.
Not sure if this is right, but I think the keys would be, u,u,u,r,l,u,d,l,d,r,r,r,u,u,u,l,d,r,d, then g,o,2,f,r,i,d,g,e,&,g,e,t,a,b,e,e,r.
U U
hey guys, level 15, argh! I am a tad stuck... I can't find anyone else who has posted about being stuck on level 15 but i can't see why they haven't 'cause i am well jammed in on this one.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y164/rsarick/OrboxBL15.jpg
I have got too here, i know that i have to do the top left one at the end, but can't get to the bottom two, argh! Well killing my brain, anyone generous peeps got any ideas?
the key to 25 is the box to the upper left corner of the middle orb thing. Once you hit it move fast, first light the bottom side of the orb, move to the left side and hit that box and light the left side of the orb, next you light the right side get back to that one box by attaching from the right, light and top side of the orb and go through the exit. If I say more it will spoil to much, this level isn't too hard once you have this strategy
SPOILER FOR ENTIRE GAME
Here are passwords and keystrokes for every level.
There may be better ways of doing them to get a higher score but this will get you all the way to the end. Also on levels where you need to move fast you may find that you need to add an extra keystroke to blow up a bomb if you are going faster or leave one out if you are going slower, these are based off the speed that I did them.
I tried to double check my keystrokes when I was typing them in but who knows.
Level 1
U R D L U R U L D R U L
Level 2
tro412 D R U L U R D R
Level 3
gac721 R R R R R R R U R D L U R D D D D D R
Level 4 - be quick
kbr146 D U R U D R L D U L
Level 5
bod257 D L U L U R D L D R D R U R D L D L U
Level 6
eca900 L D L U L U R D R D U R D L U R U L D U R U L D R D L D R D L U L
Level 7 - quick
wce293 L L L R D L L L L R D R U R
Level 8
fvz006 D L U R D L U R D L U R D L U L D R D L
Level 9 - fast
evy614 L D R U R U U L D D D L U D L D D R U U U
Level 10
acc820 R D L U D L U R U L D U L D L D R D R U
Level 11 - quick
plp017 D D D L U R R R D D D D D D R U U U R U
Level 12 - fast
rfx345 D R D L D R U L U R D D D D D L D R D L D
Level 13
vin619 L U L D R U L D R D L U L L L U U U L L L L L D R U U U U U R D
Level 14 - quick
hxi442 U U U U U R R R D U U U R U U U R L L L U L U D D D L D L
Level 15
jma555 L D R D R U R U L D L D R U R D L D R D L D L U R U L U L D R L U L U R U R D
Level 16 - fast
eeg028 R U L D U L L D U L L L D L U L U L L U L
Level 17 - fast
uns368 U R U L R D L U U L D L U R L D R U R D D L
Level 18
nps912 U L D R R R U L D L U U U R U U U R D L U R
Level 19
tgb517 L U L U L D R U L D R U R U L U L D
Level 20
yan226 U R D L L L D L L D D D L D D L R R R U L D R R R D D D D D R R R U R R U U U L D R U
Level 21 - very fast
rat480 U U U R U D R D L L L U U U L R D L D
Level 22 - I'm sure there is a better way
rbf294 D L U L U L U R D R D R D L D U L U R D L D R U R D L U R U R D R U L D L D R U R D L U R L U R D R D L U R D R D L D R D L U D R U L D L U L U R D L D L U R D R U L D R D L
Level 23
ttf730 U L U R L R U L U R D R U L D L U L D L D R D L U L U L U R
Level 24 - very fast
ydk629 U R D L U L D R D L D U R U L L L U L
Level 25 - quick
qqk747 U D R U U U L R D D D L U U U R L D D D L D U
Level 26 - quick
avs170 L U L D D D U L R U L D R L L L L L U D R U R D L U D R U R D R U L D
Level 27 - I can't see anything
han211 R U L D R U L U R D L U R U R D L D L D R D R U L U
Level 28 - has a fast part
kid668 L D L U L U R U R D R D R U L U R D L L L U L R U L U L U R U R D L U R U L
Level 29
hfd535 L D L U L L L U U U R U R D R D D R U L U R D R D R U R L U L U R U L D D L D D D R U R R R U U U U U L D L U L D R U R D R U L D U R D D L D L R U R U
Level 30 - couple of fast parts
orb003 R D R U R U U U U U L L L D D D L U U U L L L L L L L L D U U U R D L U R U L L L D R U L U R R R R R R R D R U R U U U U U L L L L L D L U R D D D L U U U R R R
Congratulations you're done
guess im playing a different game then the ones posting for levels 28 to 30...not only did i not need the LDURL etc that they made sure was in sequence(had nothing to do with the puzzle i was looking at..and level 30...has a clue of length of deep....nowhere is there anything to do with bombs and gates so not sure what game they are playing....maybe if we can get spoilers for the real levels would be helpful...thanks
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Walkthrough Guide
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level passwords
level01:zzx112
level02:tro412
level03:gac721
level04:yan226
level05:bod257
level06:eca900
level07:wce293
level08:fvz006
level09:evy614
level10:acc820
level11:plp017
level12:rfx345
level13:vln619
level14:hxi442
level15:jma555
level16:eeg028
level17:uns368
level18:nps912
level19:tgb517
level20:yan226
level21:rat480
level22:rbf294
level23:ttf730
level24:ydk629
level25:qqk747
level26:avs170
level27:han211
level28:kid668
Posted by: Adam | March 31, 2006 5:55 PM