You can't jump, you can't fly, you don't have super-strength, and you can barely scrabble over a single blocky hunk of pixels. But you have the finest person-to-block transmover-ray technology available, and that makes you mighty! Transmover: New Generation is the sequel to Polygon Gmen's Transmover, and it features as much great puzzle-platforming and laser-effected teleportation as the original.
Navigate the game's menus using the [spacebar] and [arrow] keys. Once you select a level, move the transmoving stick-dude with the [arrow keys] and fire your transmoving ray-gun with the [WASD] keys. You can blast your laser gun in any of the four orthogonal directions, but you can't jump, and you can only climb over a single block one unit high. The goal of each level is to grab the key and take it to the door, and since both key and door are often placed in remote, unapproachable areas of the level screen, you must rely on Transmotion to zip you hither and yon. Blasting a green block with your transmotion ray will cause you and the block to switch places, which is integral to accessing all those hard-to-reach places. You can zap a block across a chasm to cross it, or use transmotion to engineer bridges and stairways to make unreachable spots a little more reachable.
Zapping other blocks can have other effects. Some, like blocks that can only be zapped on certain sides, or blocks that change the path of your transmotion ray, will be familiar to those who have played the original. Other features, like conjoined blocks, or block-operated switches, are new to Transmover: New Generation. Despite a few new features, there isn't much different between the New and Old generations of Transmover. Graphics and sound get a slight polish but are still largely recognizable from the original. Level design still offers a familiar flavor of puzzle-platforming. But that's good! The original Transmover boasted a clever concept and fun puzzles, and if Transmover: New Generation is more of the same, it's more of the same good casual gaming.
So get moving! Or, dare I say it, get Transmoving! </unabashed pseudo-pun>
Walkthrough Guide
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Transmotion: New Generation walkthrough
Levels 1-20
Level 1
Climb the ladder, grab the key, climb or fall back down and use the door. Easy!
Level 2
Go right, grab the key, climb the ladder, go left over the edge and use the door. Also easy!
Level 3
Climb down the ladder and onto the wire to position yourself over the key, then press [down] to drop.
Climb the same ladder to the same wire, then drop onto the wire below it.
Scurry up the adjoining ladder and scuttle yourself across the long wire at the top of the screen.
Position yourself over the wire nearest the door and press [down] to drop. Climb over to the right and use the door.
Level 4
Zap the green box across the pit to the left. Climb the ladder and zap the box to the right.
Climb the ladder, then zap the box to the left.
Grab the key, then zap the box you just zapped, now on the right side of the pit.
Climb the ladder to the door.
Level 5
Go over to the green box and stand beneath it, then zap it.
Go to one of the ladders that isn't over the key, then zap the box again.
Climb down the ladder that is over the key to grab it.
Stand under the green box to zap it again, then climb up to the door.
Level 6
Go all the way to the left, then zap the nearest green box.
Climb up the stairs you just made and grab the key.
Go as far to the right as you can, to the wall nearest the door, and zap the other green box. Climb on top of this box and zap beneath you.
Stand one spot to the left of the box you just moved. Zap to your left to move the other box.
Climb up the stairs you just made to the door.
Level 7
Fire at the pink-purple box that's rotating clockwise. Zap it and it will deflect your ray down.
Grab the key, then fire up at the blue box that's rotating counter-clockwise. Then head to the door.
Level 8
Your blast goes through the bluish glass blocks. Zap left, left, down, right, down, then left, to get to the cell with the key in it. You will have to move one spot to position yourself over the green blocks before firing down.
Climb up the green blocks to grab the key.
Climb down again, then blast right, up, right, and finally down to get to the door.
Level 9
Climb up the nearest ladder, across the wire, then up the next ladder so the green box is directly to your right. Fire at the box.
Walk off the ledge to the left, stand under the green box and shoot up.
Climb the ladders and wires until you are just above the key, then drop.
Walk off the ledge, then fire through the glass wall at the green box to the left. Use the door.
Level 10
The two sets of three boxes are conjoined, so if you fire at one, you will transport all three in the same configuration. You switch places with the particular box you fire at. If the three boxes can't fit from where you're standing, teleportation won't take place.
Zap the set of boxes to the right from underneath. Move one spot from the right of the spot just underneath the ledge with the key, then zap to your right.
Climb up the stairs you made to get the key.
Zap the set of boxes to the left from underneath. Move one spot from the left of the spot just underneath the ledge with the door, then zap to your left.
Climb up the stairs you made to get the door.
Level 11
Move all the way to the right, then zap the set of three boxes to the left.
Climb on top of the set of three boxes and zap down.
Move just under the gap between the ledge with the door and the stair-shaped boxes, then zap to the right.
Stand under the set of three green boxes and zap up. Move to the far right of the screen and zap to the left.
Climb up the set of three boxes to get the key.
Stand either underneath or one spot to the right of the nearby ledge and zap to the right.
Climb the stairs you made to the door.
Level 12
Climb the big ladder, then across the wire, until you are just under the leftmost of the two gray blocks, then zap to the right.
Climb all the way up the big ladder, across the boxes you just moved, position yourself on the wire over the key and drop.
Head right until you are standing in the left side of the shallow pit, just under the lowest of the set of green boxes, then fire up.
Climb up the short ladder on the left side of the screen. Stand one spot to the right of the far left wall and fire right.
Climb up the big ladder and across the wires until you are over the green boxes, then fire down.
Climb up the big ladder and across the wire one last time, then climb the stairs you made to the door.
Level 13
Move over the block in the quadrant below you and zap it.
Zap the box to your right, then zap the set of conjoined boxes to your right to move it out of the way.
Move under the block in the quadrant above you and zap it.
Zap left twice, then down, then to the right, so you're back in the lower-right quadrant with the key.
Zap the box in your quadrant to get it out of the way.
Position yourself under the set of conjoined boxes above you and zap it.
Once agin, zap left twice, then down, then to the right, so you're are again in the quadrant with the key. You'll have to move a space to the right before zapping down at the set of conjoined boxes so it can fit in the place you were standing.
Move all the way to the right, as close to the wall with the key as you can. Zap the set of conjoined boxes to the left to make a staircase. Climb the stairs to get the key.
Position yourself under the box above you and zap it, then zap the box to the left so you are in the same quadrant as the door.
Move all the way to the left, as near the door as you can. Zap the set of conjoined boxes to the right to make another staircase. Climb the stairs to the door.
Level 14
The blue gear spins the blocks connected to it counter-clockwise. The blue and red gear spins the blocks connected to it in one of two positions, pointing at 9 o'clock or 6 o'clock.
Stand atop the blue and red gear and fire down. Head down the stairs to the left to grab the key.
Stand under the blue gear and fire up twice. Crawl back up atop the blue and red gear and fire to the left, so the blocks connected to the blue gear are pointing at 3 o'clock.
Stay where you are and fire at the gear below you. Walk to the door.
Level 15
Grab the key right away by climbing the ladder and moving all the way to the right.
Firing at either red gear will rotate everything attached to it clockwise. Stand below the gear on the right and fire up.
Climb up the ladder and move so you are standing atop the top gear, then fire down.
Move back to the lower level to the spot below the same gear, which is now the gear on the right. Fire up.
Climb up the ladder and onto the platform. Fire at the top gear directly across to your left.
Move left to the door.
Level 16
Zap the green box directly below you.
Move all the way to your left, directly below the key, then zap to your right.
Stand below the single green block and zap up.
Move so you are three spots to the right of the far left wall, then zap to your right. Climb the stairs you just made to grab the key.
Stand atop the single green box and zap down.
Move so you are two spots to the left of the far right wall (the one with the door on top). Zap to the left.
Stand under the single green box and fire up, then fire at the gear to the right.
Stand one spot to the left and below the set of connected boxes and gears. Fire at the single green box to the left.
Climb up the stairs you just made to the door.
Level 17
Climb across the wire over the second box from the left, the one with a surface you can zap. Zap it.
Climb up the ladder and zap one of the two middle blocks on the far right side. Grab the key.
Fire to your left to cross the gap, then head for the door.
Level 18
A few hints: The trickiest thing about this level is the likelihood that you will get stuck if you switch places with a box you are standing on top of. To prevent this, make sure that adjacent boxes are high enough so that you can walk under them.
You are trying to build staircases, first to the key, then to the door. The last step in each case is to stand below what will become the lowest step and zapping it. Otherwise you will be stuck below the staircase.
You want to set up the highest step first, then the two middle steps, then the last step. Just because you have a step where it needs to be, it doesn't mean you won't need to move it again.
The solution is in the spoiler below.
Picture the four boxes as Box 1, 2, 3, and 4, from left to right.
You can move a box up by standing on top of it and firing down. You can move a box down by standing below it and shooting up. Keep that in mind as you read the steps for the solution.
Box 2 up
Box 3 up
Box 1 up
Box 2 down
Box 4 up
Box 3 down
Box 4 up
Box 1 up
Box 2 up
Box 1 down
Box 2 up
Box 3 up
Box 1 up
Box 2 down
Box 4 up
Box 3 down
Box 1 up
Box 2 up
Box 1 down
Box 2 up
Box 3 up
Box 1 up
Box 2 down
Box 3 up
Box 2 up
Box 1 down
Take the key
Box 1 up
Box 2 down
Box 1 up
Box 2 up
Box 3 down
Box 1 up
Box 2 down
Box 3 up
Box 4 down
Box 3 up
Box 4 up
Box 2 up
Box 3 down
Box 2 up
Box 3 up
Box 4 down
Head to the door.
Level 19
If you put a green box in the gray switch (the partial gray square), it activate platforms that are off, and deactivates the platforms that are on. The outcome is similar when you put green boxes in the two brown switches.
Stand in the gray switch and zap the green box to the left. Climb the stairs and grab the key.
Zap the box in the gray switch from anywhere you can to flip it back to the original setting.
Climb the ladder and stand beneath the leftmost brown switch, then zap the green box to the right. Climb atop the box so you are standing in the brown switch, then zap beneath you.
Repeat this step for the other green box and the rightmost switch.
Climb the stairs to the left and use the door.
Level 20
Walk off the ledge and over the glass block to the left.
Fire to the right at the green boxes on the left.
Stand on the purple switch and fire at the green boxes to the right again. Do the same for the brown switch and the last green box to the right.
Stand between the purple switch and the glass block to the left, then zap the green box to the left. Climb the stairs and grab the key.
Walk off the ledge to the right and zap at the brown switch to the left.
Stand in the gray switch and zap the box in the purple switch to your left.
Stand between the gray switch and the glass block to the right, then zap the green box to the right.
Climb up the stairs to the door.
Posted by: Mike
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March 9, 2011 3:59 PM
Walkthrough Stages 41-60
Most of the stages have three tiers of spoilers. The first is the general strategy that I used for the level with some tips for the part I found to be the trickiest. The second tier has more of a step-by-step description. Because some of the stages are difficult to describe in words, there is a third tier of spoilers that spell out exactly how to do it.
As you can probably figure out, ▲�-�▼►WASD stand for the keys. If some keystrokes are in parentheses like (D►), it means those keys have to be timed to move a block into the right spot. This really isn't a reflexes game. None of the timing shots are difficult, but some of the puzzles had me stumped for a long time. Kudos to the Polygon Gmen for for an awesome degree of difficulty on these stages.
Stage 41:
Raise the gear platform up to bridge the left gap, and use the Z- and L-shaped blocks to build a stair on the right.
Move the gear platform into place by flipping it over, then raise it up two levels using the two single-use blocks. You can use the Z-shaped block to get on top the platform for the second shot, as in this screenshot .
From the beginning, �-�DD►►S►►►►D�-��-��-��-��-�S�-��-�W.
Build a staircase out of the two blocks. The only trick is to move far enough away from the blocks that you have room to transmove them. There is plenty of space here (not so in later levels).
From the last screen shot, DD ► (all the way to the corner) A►►►►A►►►►►►D�-��-�S ►D�-��-��-��-�S�-��-�D►►►►►A►D, climb the platform, shoot the top gear, and out.
Stage 42:
Build a staircase on the right side first, then move back to the peak and build a staircase on the left side.
Here is a screenshot of the right staircase.
From the beginning, ►►►►S�-�W►A►A.
Transmove back to the peak, and build a staircase on the left side. This move is almost a mirror image of the right.
From the key, A�-��-��-��-��-�S►W�-�D�-�D�-��-��-�D�-��-�D�-��-�D�-��-�D.
Stage 43:
In order to get the key and make it back to the top, you need to have a block from the upper section that you can shoot from below to get back up.
The block with the green on the left bottom is the only block that will work. Put it to the right of the block below the door as in this screenshot.
From the beginning, ►(D�-�)►►W�-�S►A►(D►)A.
Use one of the single-use blocks and one of the green blocks to get the key, then move the green block back onto the lower platform as in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, ►►►►(A►)►►►►(A►)►►►►►SW�-��-�D�-��-�▲ (S�-�)▲▲�-�S.
Place the other single-use block next to the first one, and put one of the green blocks to the left of the single block in the center of the screen as in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, ►A►►►W�-�D�-�S�-��-�W►A►S�-�S.
Now move the green block out onto the edge of the platform, stand next to it and swap places so you can climb the stairs and stand under the half-green block.
From the last screenshot, ►►►►A►D�-��-��-�W.
Stage 43:
In order to get the key and make it back to the top, you need to have a block from the upper section that you can shoot from below to get back up.
The block with the green on the left bottom is the only block that will work. Put it to the right of the block below the door as in this screenshot.
From the beginning, ►(D�-�)►►W�-�S►A►(D►)A.
Use one of the single-use blocks and one of the green blocks to get the key, then move the green block back onto the lower platform as in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, ►►►►(A►)►►►►(A►)►►►►►SW�-��-�D�-��-�▲ (S�-�)▲▲�-�S.
Place the other single-use block next to the first one, and put one of the green blocks to the left of the single block in the center of the screen as in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, ►A►►►W�-�D�-�S�-��-�W►A►►S�-�S.
Now move the green block out onto the edge of the platform, stand next to it and swap places so you can climb the stairs and stand under the half-green block.
From the last screenshot, ►►►►A►►►D�-��-��-�W.
Stage 44:
You can place a block on top of a treadmill by shooting, then moving onto the treadmill just before the bolt hits a block. Also, when you are climbing onto a block, a treadmill that is directly above your head won't affect you. Some shots are much easier if you use the slow speed.
Go to the left side and move the left green block onto the middle left treadmill. Move one of the right blocks onto the lower treadmill. Make sure to raise the other green block one level so you can shoot it later. If you time it correctly, you will end up as in this screenshot.
Transmove the left block under the left middle treadmill, then jump on top of the block and move it up. This is tricky with the treadmill, but if you just hold down ► and tap S repeatedly, it will work. Now hit space to slow the game down to speed 1. Hit D, and just before the bolt hits, tap ►. Stand on top of the right green block and move it up one level.
Move the block on the right side to the top left treadmill to get the key.
Stand on top of the lower block, so you are in the center of the treadmill triangle. Slow the game down again, press D, quickly tap �-�, then wait until the bolt is about to hit the block and tap �-� a second time. If you miss the timing, you can move the other blocks around to get back to the shooting position and try again, or just reset the stage and and start over.
After getting the key, move the middle block in the staircase over to the left, then you can move it onto the middle right treadmill, and finally move the upper left block onto the upper right treadmill.
Start from the position shown in this screenshot. Press S►W�-��-��-�D�-��-��-��-�S►►►►►. Stand in the center of the treadmill triangle, slow the game down, press A, then tap ► just before the bolt hits the block. If you time it correctly, you will end up with a block on the middle right treadmill. The final shot is exactly the same. If you miss the timing, you can use the lowest block to reset the upper block into position, put the lower block back, then redo the shot. No need to reset the stage from this point.
Stage 45:
Spend some time figuring out exactly how the green guys move, you will need to use them as steps. The most difficult part is raising the T-shaped block with a green guy already on it since they can't climb up onto anything.
Move the T-shaped block into position on the left side, then move one of the green guys onto the block, and climb on top of him. Make sure the other green guy is still standing right next to you. Once you raise the block, you won't be able to adjust the spacing between you and the lower green guy. This screenshot shows the position.
Run left to move the green guy out of the way, then back to the right so that your are standing under the key with a clear shot to the right. Press D, then run back to the right so that both green guys are standing next to you. Run left until you are standing next to the right side of the block. Press DD�-��-��-��-�►► to stand on top of the left green guy. This creates the correct amount of space between the two green guys. Now press SD�-��-��-��-�A►.
Swap so the green guy is standing on top of you, then move the block up one level. You can now use the lower green guy to climb onto the platform, and the upper green guy makes a step so you can get the key.
Press SS then move around to the left until you are standing just to the right of the block. Now press D and move left to climb the platform and get the key.
Getting to the door is an exact mirror image of getting the key.
Stage 46:
There is a way to set up the blocks so that you can move a block into the switch while simultaneously escaping from the right side of the screen. The trick is timing your fall correctly.
Use one block to extend the platform above the treadmills one block to the right. I found that placing the other block at the base of the left ladder makes the timing easiest. That way, you can shoot the upper portal and immediately step the right and fall into the switch just as the bolt hits the block. This screenshot shows the position right before the shot. You can make the shot with the block at any position on the lowest level, but you will have to adjust the timing of when you step off the platform.
From the beginning, move left to stand on top of the left block. Raise the block 3 levels by pressing S then climbing the ladder to get back on top of the block. Then press ►W�-��-�D to move the other block to the base of the ladder. Climb to the right block of the 3-block platform. Hit space to slow the game down, press A, then tap ► just before the bolt hits the block. Climb back up into the position shown in the screenshot.
Set the game on slow again. Tap A, then immediately tap ►. If the green block ends up above or below the switch, your timing is not quite correct and you will have to restart the stage. Now climb the ladder and you're out.
Stage 47:
You have to raise the long block up to the top level in order to bridge the gap to the key. The trick for me was realizing that the block doesn't have to go through the gaps between the left and right platforms, it can wrap around the left and right sides of the screen and work as a bridge that way too.
Move the block up through the center gap on the lower platforms, then move it to wrap around the screen so that the left edge of the block is on the base of the right ladder. This way, you can cross to the right side and be able to raise the platform and fall back onto the right platform. If you fall on the floor or the left platform, you won't be able to use the right ladder and continue moving up. The position is shown in this screenshot.
From the beginning, A�-��-�A►S, climb the left ladder and raise the block two more times. Climb the ladder a third time, cross the platform, and stand at the base of the right ladder. Press D, tap ▲, and climb the left ladder again. Press W and you should be in the position shown in the screenshot.
Move the block to the top of the right ladder and shift it one square right so that you can still use the ladder. Then move the block to the top of the left ladder. Shift it left one block at a time until it bridges the gap to the door platform and allows you to still use the upper left ladder. The door and the key will allow you to move a block onto them. The final position is shown in this screenshot.
From the last screen shot, cross the bridge and climb to the top of the right ladder. Press S, and quickly tap ►. Now climb the ladder,cross the bridge, climb to the top of the upper left ladder, and press S. Now you will have to shift the block four squares to the left. To shift the block, just tap W or S and quickly tap �-�. When you have shifted it four times, it should be in the position shown in the screenshot.
Climb to the top of the ladder, cross to the left. While you are standing above the upper right platform, press S.
Stage 48:
You have to build three staircases - first on the right, then on the far left, and finally on the left to get the key. All of the red blocks have to go.
Right staircase. Destroy all three red blocks on the right, then use the three blocks with the green half at the top-right to build a staircase to the right as in this screenshot.
From the beginning, ►A►A►AA►►(A►)►►►►(A►). If you are having trouble with the second timed shot, press space to slow the game down, press A, then tap ► just before the bolt hits the block.
Far left staircase. First destroy the center column of red blocks. This will also shift the center column of half-green blocks to the left. Now destroy the remaining column of red blocks and build a staircase at the far left out of the blocks with the green at the top left as shown in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, �-��-�SDSDSD �-��-��-��-��-�SD�-��-�D�-��-��-��-��-�D(D�-�)�-��-��-��-��-�(D�-�).
Left staircase. The procedure is the mirror of the right staircase now that there is enough room.
From the last screenshot, D�-��-��-�(D�-�)�-��-��-�(D�-�)
Stage 49:
Build a platform that is two blocks wide and two levels below the top of the door's platform. It needs to stick out one block past the edge of the base platform with the ladder.
First, raise the two blocks on one side so that the outer block is one level above the top of the ladder. On the opposite side, raise the outer block one level higher.
See screenshot. I used the left side, but this whole stage can be mirrored either way.
Now move the higher block over to the other side and make sure it is one space farther out than the block below it. Finish the platform by raising the inner block one level. Raise a block on the opposite side to the highest level you can reach (one below the door platform).
See screenshot.
Form the final stair, stand on the outer edge of the platform and move the opposite block over. Now you can stand next to the block, swap positions, and you're out.
See screenshot.
stage 50:
Think about leaving yourself a path for yourself to get back as you head for the key.
In each compartment, move one of the half green blocks down from the ceiling so that they can be hit from the other side of the portal when you need to get back. Remember that one side of each portal will be blocked by the single-use block on the way back.
Here is a screenshot at the key showing the position I used.
Stage 51:
The trick to creating space between you and the green guys is to stand on top of a green guy, shoot down and immediately step away. Repeat as necessary.
You need to move one green guy so that he is five spaces to the left of you, as shown in this screenshot.
Start by moving all the way to the right, the press AA►(S�-�)DD�-�. The timing of the shot is not to press �-� immediately after pressing S. You have to wait a moment for your character to reappear. This will place the left green guy two spaces to the left, and you will be standing on top of the right green guy. If you moved more than 1 space to the left after the timed shot, you will have to step back to the right.
Now press (S�-�)D�-�(S�-�)D, move left and you will be at the position shown in the screenshot.
Swap places with the green guy so that you don't touch the white crumbling blocks, and move out to the end of the platform. Shoot at the green guy and grab the key just before you transmove.
If you having trouble with the timing, you can increase the space between you and the green guy by repeating the (S�-�)D�-� step a few more times. This leaves more time for you to grab the key while the bolt is in the air.
Stage 52:
Recognize that the gear platforms on the right are a one-way road - you can go up, but you can't come back down. Also, the large block looks like a staircase, but it won't work as a stair. Use it to transmove back to the top.
When you leave the left side, make sure to keep the large block in an accessible position as shown in this screenshot.
From the beginning, press �-��-��-�(W►). Cross the handrail to the right, climb to the top of the ladder, and press (S►)�-�W�-��-��-�W. Cross the two handrails.
From the top of the center ladder, press ▼▼A▲▲A. You should be at the position in the screenshot.
Now climb the right side. The platforms are one-way, so you will need to use the one-shot block to exit. If you close the "gate" behind yourself, there will be room to use the large block to get back up on the handrail.
From the last screenshot, press ►▼SD. Move right, stand in the space under the gear you just shot, and press (W►).
From the position in the previous spoiler, press D►►►► A�-��-�D►►A�-��-�D►►�-��-�▲▲►►►▼�-��-��-��-�A�-�W. Cross the handrail to the left and you are out.
Stage 53:
This level is all about figuring out the quirky ways that the green guys can be trapped. For some reason, if there is a green guy on a ladder, another green guy will not cross the ladder under the first one. To me, this was not entirely predictable. The non-intuitive aspects of the green and brown stick guys is probably my only complaint about this otherwise awesome game.
Trap both green guys. One green guy needs to be on top of the ladder and the other to the left of the bottom portal. Stand to the right of the upper portal, shoot left, and quickly run to stand on top of the mirror block. It should look like this screenshot. He's trapped, you can move around and he won't fall. I know, it didn't really make sense to me either.
From the beginning, ►►►A►►►A►S�-��-�(D�-�)�-��-��-��-�►W�-�D�-�S. Now run to the far left side of the screen, then run back under the mirror block, this stretches out the distance between you and the green guy.
From the previous position under the mirror block, press W, then move back to the left and stand on top of the lower portal block. Press (A►)►►►►�-�▲(A�-��-�) and you should be in the position in the screenshot.
Climb up to the upper ladder, swap places with the upper green guy. You don't need him anymore, so move to the left, then back to the right to get him out of your firing line to the block. Move it up, then use the green guy that is still on the platform to swap places and get back up. It should look like this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, climb to the upper ladder, you will have one green guy directly above you and another directly to the left, W►�-�►S►�-�W�-�▲�-�D►A.
Stage 54:
You can trade blocks through the glass wall. Get the more useful blocks on the right, and leave the more limited blocks on the left.
Build a staircase to get the key, but keep the two all green blocks on the bottom as in this screenshot. The only tricks to this are moving the up-down block over two squares and moving the left-right block up two squares.
To move the up-down block to the left, first move it up two squares, then stand under it, press W and quickly tap �-�. To move the left-right block up, press A or D and quickly hop up on top of another block. This is easier if you stand farther away from the left-right block so the bolt is in the air for longer.
From the beginning, �-��-��-��-�S�-��-��-�DW�-�S(W�-�)�-�S►D�-��-�S (W�-�)�-�S►D�-��-�S►S►D�-��-��-��-�S D►►►A►►►► (A►)►►►D�-��-��-�(D�-�)�-�A�-�W►A►S►D
After getting the key, trade the three half green blocks from the right side over to the left side while bringing the two solid green blocks over to the right. You will have to maneuver the blocks around to avoid trapping yourself. One possible sequence is screenshot 1, screenshot 2, screenshot 3.
From the key to first screenshot, press
First to second screenshot, press
Second to third screenshot, press
Use the four blocks to build a stair. The general technique is to set the blocks up so they alternate sides as the go up the shaft. Then you can raise a block through the center and move up the right side onto the top of the staircase. It is better explained in screenshot 1, screenshot 2, and screenshot 3. If you master this building technique now, level 60 will be much easier.
First to second screenshot, press W�-�W►►►►►W �-�D�-�S►►W�-�D�-��-�S►►A►S�-�A►►►►S►W�-��-�S.
Second to third screenshot, press ►W►SAA►►►►►►S�-��-�D�-�S►D.
Second screenshot to end, press �-�S�-�W►S►A►►W.
Stage 55:
Remember that you can swap blocks through the glass. When you are inside the center area, there will be two blocks outside, when you are outside the center area, there will always be one block outside with you. Getting a straight shot and having enough space to transmove blocks is the tricky part.
Ultimately, you want the large square block outside with you, but the long 3-block takes up a lot of space and makes it very difficult to maneuver. I put it outside temporarily while I re-arranged the center section. Here are some screenshots to show the intermediate configurations that I came up with. Other ways will probably work too. Screenshot 1, screenshot 2, screenshot 3.
Beginning to first screen shot, press �-��-��-�DW�-�SDD�-��-�(S►)(W►).
First to second screen shot. Press ►W►A�-��-�DSS►A►►AWWDS �-��-�D�-�D�-�(W►)►S�-�A►►SA►SA►►A►►.
Second to third screenshot, (S►)►W�-��-��-�D�-�(W►)S�-�D, move right to the switches and shoot the block.
Stage 56:
Use a block to hold open the shutter blocks - this swaps their open/close sequence. You can open a hole in the walls of purple and peach shutters, then open the gray shutters and get the key.
First, move a block on top of one of the purple shutters, you will need to use the other two blocks to make a stair from the ladder to the center.
Screenshot.
Open the purple shutters, and move the block into one of the open purple shutters.
Screenshot.
Now close the purple shutters and open the peach ones. Move the block into one of the peach shutters.
Screenshot.
Finally, close the peach shutters, move the block out, and open the gray shutters. The path to the key is open.
Screenshot.
Stage 57:
This level is mostly about figuring out how to maneuver the green guys in a tight space and how the treadmills can trap them or you. The strategy I used was to first get the green block down where I can use it, then to use the block and a trapped green guy to get the key. Then I switched both of the shutters by putting green guys in them while moving a block in and out of the switch. finally, I used the green block and a trapped green guy to reach the door.
Make sure your first movement is to the right so the highest green guy doesn't destroy the platform below the door.
Get the green block. You will need to maneuver the green guys so that you can use one of them to transmove out of the treadmill that you will get stuck in. Then, use the block to open the left shutter and free the green guy. You will end in a position similar to this screenshot.
From the start, ►�-��-��-�►►�-�W►►►►A�-��-��-�DD�-�►ASDDWS►►�-�.
Now use the block and the 3 green guys to get the key. The first move is tricky as you have to shoot the block from above while the treadmill is moving you to the left. Next, trap the three green guys around the lower right treadmill as in this screenshot.
From the last screenshot, press (�-�S). The block should move straight up. Now press ►►AA►►SAA►►(A►). If you miss the timing on the last shot, you can maneuver the block back to the original position and try again. Get the key.
Swap the two shutters by putting a green guy in each (one at a time) when it is open. Trap a green guy in the top treadmill, and you can use the staircase to exit. The final arrangement is shown in this screenshot.
From the key, press �-�SW�-��-��-��-�D�-�D�-�A�-�A�-�DDDD�-��-��-��-�AAA►SDDD�-�.
Run all the way to the right, press A►►►A�-��-�SDD�-��-�SSDD�-�►A►►►A�-��-�SDD�-��-�S�-��-��-��-� DDD�-��-��-��-��-�(�-�S)AA.
Stage 58:
After you transmove a block through the window, you will need a way to get back on top of the closed gray shutter block.
Build a stair so that you can stand in the gray switch.
From the beginning, press D►►AW►►►S�-�A►►S►W�-�.
When you move the block into the switch, it will swap the cycle of the gray shutter because your character is in the shutter. Make sure you raise the block on the right, then move the upper block below the glass block as shown in this screenshot.
From the position in the previous spoiler, press S►S�-�(W�-�)�-�.
Move the lower block on to the ladder, and you can use the right block to climb back up onto the gray shutter.
From the last screenshot, press (S�-�)►►W�-��-�A▲.
Stage 59:
The basic problem is recognizing which shutter block you need to swap cycles. You do this by closing the shutter with a block or stick man standing in it. Once you swap the open-close cycle, you can use the long green block as a step, transmove the green guy onto the shutter blocks, and you are home free.
First, get the key by moving your green guy into the space between the two glass blocks and moving the long green block to the left of the lower ladder, as in this screenshot.
From the beginning, run left until the green guy is under the ladder and you are one block to the left. Press ►▲►S�-�►D. Stand on top of the long green block, press S, and get the key.
Switch the open-close cycle of the left purple shutter. This screenshot shows a starting position for the maneuver.
From the last screenshot, press �-��-�S�-��-��-�D(W�-�). If you time it correctly, the last shot will put the left block of the long green block in the purple switch, and you will be standing in the left purple shutter holding it open.
Put the green guy back in the hole between the two glass blocks, and put the platform to the right of the lower ladder. You can then get up on top of the shutter platform as in this screenshot.
This is exactly the same as getting the key, except you place the long green block to the right of the ladder instead of to the left.
Move the green guy onto the shutter platform, then move to the right and get the key.
From the last screenshot, press A and quickly step to the right.
Stage 60:
It's extremely important to be systematic on this level. You will need to develop a building strategy, then repeat parts of it in cycles as you slowly advance the bricks up the walls. There's no quick solution. My solution takes about 10-12 minutes, and that's if I don't get confused and accidentally undo part of my work.
My solution looks somewhat like a zipper. Position the blocks on the left and right walls of the shaft in a staggered manner, then advance a block up the center of the shaft until you can stand on the top of the highest block and raise it by one square. A good portion of the structure beneath then needs to be rebuilt.
The recursion portion is just like Towers of Hanoi. To solve the problem for 8 levels, you first have to solve it for once for 7 levels and once for 6 levels, which means that you have to solve it for once for 6 levels, twice for 5 levels, and once for 4 levels, which means ... etc.
Here are three screenshots (1, 2, 3) of my solution at various points. You can see the alternating structure. This level was originally very interesting, but it has become a bit tedious and writing a step-by-step walkthrough is more than I am interested in right now. I could probably post a video screen capture if someone wants it.
Posted by: --james--
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April 2, 2011 9:02 PM