Maybe I'm stupid, but this feels like a paradox (obviously it's not, because people have solved it, but it's definitely kicking my ass)
The player *has* to pick up the key right next to them first because there's no way to separate them. Now, that key cannot open the door right above it because that has to be the boss door, but blocking the path to the second lock makes the boss lock completely surrounded by walls....
Yep, you’re correct so far. If you block some things off, you can get to something like this:
I put walls to the up and left of the boss, because I don’t think there’s any advantage to making the boss room any larger than it needs to be. The other 2 walls are required to be there.
After this point there are probably a couple ways to make progress, but one way is to notice that the right key is not allowed to see the boss door, or the circle next to it. Therefore you can’t approach the first door from the bottom…
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Hmm...
Maybe I'm stupid, but this feels like a paradox (obviously it's not, because people have solved it, but it's definitely kicking my ass)
The player *has* to pick up the key right next to them first because there's no way to separate them. Now, that key cannot open the door right above it because that has to be the boss door, but blocking the path to the second lock makes the boss lock completely surrounded by walls....
Can I please get a hint about what am I missing?
Yep, you’re correct so far. If you block some things off, you can get to something like this:
I put walls to the up and left of the boss, because I don’t think there’s any advantage to making the boss room any larger than it needs to be. The other 2 walls are required to be there.
After this point there are probably a couple ways to make progress, but one way is to notice that the right key is not allowed to see the boss door, or the circle next to it. Therefore you can’t approach the first door from the bottom…
This felt really great -- the puzzles and the story!
OK that was really sweet. (And not easy!)