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Blocks That Matter (2011)

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Well, here's another Blocks That Matter level that I've created. It involves a 3-up moon from Super Mario World, but it's a bit too big for Tetrobot to use, so we've gotta dig through it.

Now, this level is pretty easy to simply clear (in fact, you can use the line clear function to tear through the moon right away and get to the exit quickly), but the real challenge of this level is trying to collect every single sand and stone block (and using the line clear function right away will obliterate the very blocks you're trying to collect). This is tricky to do, and there's a good chance you'll trap yourself if you're not careful.

Now, the way I've done it here is just one of many ways to collect all of the blocks, and the line clear function can still be useful for clearing out rows of obsidian at the bottom as long as you're not clearing out any sand or stone blocks. Also, quickly placing down stone blocks to stop falling obsidian at certain times is quite important as well.

Oh, and I stuck a custom BTM chest in the upper-left corner of the level. Reaching it is significantly easier than collecting all 106 blocks in the level. Just build some steps up to it using your stone blocks (and sand if necessary, but make sure it's supported by stone, since sand obeys gravity).

Now, while this is definitely a successful run of this level, it's kind of slow and sluggish for the most part, and it might very well be doable in half the time it took me if here by someone that knows exactly what they're doing. But, whatever. There's no time limit here, so overall speed isn't important.

A couple of things to note:

The counter in the lower-left stops when it hits 99, and shows a yellow star at that point. However, when you clear the level, it adds up your blocks properly, and correctly hands out a star if you qualify for one. 105 (all but one block) gets you a yellow star, and 106 (all blocks) gets you a green star (and yes, I tested both of those cases, along with finishing the level with between 99 and 104 blocks, which properly does not yield a star at all).

Also, for some reason, there's an empty row showing at the bottom of the level below the floor, but only when I play it in the Community Levels (and not when I play it from the level editor). I don't know why the camera pans down that far there, but it's just as well, because of YouTube covering up the bottom of our videos now with the progress bar (unless you're in full screen or have embedded the video somewhere else, in which cases the progress bar autohides after a few seconds). What the heck was YouTube thinking with that anyway?! It's just not right! ...Sigh...

By the way, let me know if there are any other community levels that you guys want me to make a video of, as long as they don't contain offensive content or are something lame like blatant edits/copies of the default test level. (However, if someone has done something clever with a default test level edit, then I might be willing to show it off!)

Feel free to comment, but just know that I dislike profanity. Any comments containing F-bombs and/or S-bombs will be Giga Drill Breakered! (In other words, they'll be deleted.)
(Comments containing other types of inappropriate content may meet this fate as well.)

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