Best moves in Cogs levels

[slamble]

Time is relatively boring - it's easy enough to get a fast time by plotting out the moves in advance. But moves - now that's something that I reckon is difficult to whittle down once you reach a certain point. So I'm going to throw out the challenge - anybody want to try to get the best number of moves for all the levels?

In no particular order, I've managed:

Gears - 9.
Dimensions - 20.
Pipes - 31.
One Chime - 11.
Jack-in-the-Box - 38.
Simulchime - 17.
One Balloon - 30.
Trike - 32.
Two Sided - 33.
Silence - 24.
Synchro - 16.
Wiggle - 29.
Leaks - 41.
Color Match - 23
Color Mix - 34
Pipes and Gears - 34
Spinner - 51
Moving Targets - 22
Leaks II - 36
Siege Engine - 48
Gear Layers - 24
Pipe Box - 33
Triple Prop - 37
Rocketship - 99
Steam Crossing - 34
Metagear Shuffle - 44
Radiator - 53
Two Gears - 48
Music Box - 26
Stop - 30
Hidden Pipes - 36
Podcopter - 48
Chime Pyramid - 25
Hovercube - 55
Helios - 40
Hoverpod - 54
Flywheel - 49
Four Gears - 32
Sliding Scale - 60
Gear Shuffle - 46
Moving Targets II - 31
Plumber - 36
Woven Pipes - 41
Churn - 23
Pipe Shuffle - 47
Rocketship II - 100
Simulchime II - 54
Spinwheel - 38
Leaks Deluxe - 50
Dual Hoverpod - 88
End Credits - 157

I will say that some of these I've worked on, some of them I haven't - so some of them may be easy to beat, but others will be a lot harder. (Rocketship, Rocketship II, and End Credits in particular, I reckon are pretty close to the wire of what's possible.)

Mind you, I haven't noted down _how_ I got those moves down, so I can't reproduce some of those results. They are all legit, though - I promise.

Great game ... where're the expansion packs? ;)

[Watser]

Must admit that this is not something I've been meant to, I've settled for gold until now ;)
So far all my moves are equal to or worse than your best, except for pipes where im down on 25 (note I only got 8 stars atm)

[Talis Cat]

Haven't really tried to get anything else but the Gold ... Here are the level I got better results :
Gears - 8
Wiggle - 27
Leaks - 35

Let's say I'm not very good lol ^^

[Talis Cat]

I tried some more :
Dimensions - 17
Pipes - 27
Jack-in-the-Box - 37
One Balloon - 24
Trike - 28
Two Sided - 32
Silence - 14
Synchro - 15
wiggle - 24
Color Mix - 29
Pipes and Gears - 27

[Talis Cat]

Leaks II - 28
Siege Engine - 40
Music Box - 23
Hidden Pipes - 29
Chime Pyramid - 20
Four Gears - 31
Moving Targets II - 27
Simulchime II - 39

[JediMaster80]

Some scores (later levels) I probably did at least complete, but I lost my save file so had to start over when i reformatted my PC.

This is also why I have gotten 100% of the Achievements too while some later levels i didn't complete.

On some later levels, i just tried to finish it, didn't worry about time or moves.
Some levels i did go back and complete it faster for gold in both time and moves, but didn't improve the scores.


Earlier levels I did replay them ALOT more to improve times.
This is why i have lower moves for them and not other levels.



All scores (Beat / Didn't Beat / tied) are based off the OP's Moves.

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Moves tied:
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One Chime - 11


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Moves Beat:
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Gears - 7
Dimensions - 18
Pipes - 28
Jack-in-the-Box - 37
One Balloon - 24
Silence - 20
Wiggle - 26


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Moves Didn't Beat:
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Simulchime - 22
Trike - 48
Two Sided - 37
Synchro - 28
Leaks - 44
Color Match - 41
Color Mix - 45
Pipes and Gears - 59
Spinner - 84
Moving Targets - 31
Leaks II - 62
Siege Engine - 92
Gear Layers - 55
Pipe Box - 40
Triple Prop - 56
Rocketship - 212
Metagear Shuffle - 54
Music Box - 52
Stop - 53
Hidden Pipes - 63
Podcopter - 109
Chime Pyramid - 30
Helios - 57
Sliding Scale - 124
Gear Shuffle - 88
Moving Targets II - 42
Plumber - 69



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Didn't get Gold on Moves (# for gold):
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Steam Crossing - 83 (80)
Radiator - 133 (110)
Two Gears - 103 (90)
Hovercube - 174 (160)
Hoverpod - 160 (130)
Flywheel - 177 (100)
Four Gears - 67 (50)
Woven Pipes - 167 (120)
Churn - 96 (50)
Pipe Shuffle - 235 (140)
Rocketship II - 350 (250)



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Levels I need to Do:
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Simulchime II
Spinwheel
Leaks Deluxe
Dual Hoverpod
End Credits


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Secret/Custom/Bonus Levels I need to do:
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Leeks
Colors
Alarming News
OO
inion
yap
Window
Double Blank
Coolness
Pipe Mania
Portal 2: <Test>
Portal 2: Portals

[Calmly Frenetic]

Looking through my best scores, I found some improvements:

Gears - 6
Jack-in-the-Box - 36
Two Sided - 31
Wiggle - 16
Plumber - 35

[wickedragu]

two sided is throwing me for a loop, ugh

[wheatrich]

currently I have
Gears 6
Dimensions 16
Pipes 19
One Chime 11
Jack in the Box 36
Simulchime 13
One Balloon 15
Trike 26
Two Sided 20
Silence 12
Synchro 9
Wiggle 14
Leaks 19
Color Match 14
Color Mix 16
Pipes and Gears 22
Spinner 34
Moving Targets 16
Leaks II 29
Siege Engine 39
Gear Layers 19
Pipe Box 30
Triple prop 38
Rocketship 86
Steam Crossing 26
Metagear Shuffle 44
Radiator 36
Two Gears 30
Music Box 23
Stop 25
Hidden Pipes 22
Podcopter 57
Chime Pyramid 20
Hovercube 47
Helios 33
Hoverpod 50
Flywheel 41
Four Gears 22
Slidling Scale 65 (56 is on someone's youtube but I just hate this type)
Gear Shuffle 44
Moving Targets II 20
Plumber 30
Woven Pipes 27
Churn 15
Pipe Shuffle 36
Rocketship II 96
Simulchime II 22
Spinwheel 32
Leaks Deluxe 34
Dual Hoverpod 55
End Credits 163

knew triple prop was beatable and I never bothered attempting to optimize end credits so there's 3 I need to work on I see. Only glanced above tho if I missed any. (won't bother with trying to do that on the portals b/c lol @ that)

[wheatrich]

updating my list above
Two Sided 19
Pipes and Gears 20
Spinner 32
Leaks II 27
Siege Engine 38
Triple Prop 35
Steam Crossing 22
Radiator 35
Music Box 21
Flywheel 38
Woven Pipes 21
Simulchime II 19
some obtained on youtube, some I did on accident, some I tried for, a few were solved via puzzle solver (tho they crash if it's over like 20 moves). Most should be pretty good now. End Credits looks like only the first part could be improvable but I don't want to try. May or may not try on remaining levels idk yet esp that last portal one.

[wheatrich]

31 on spinner... still not maxed probably but w/e

[wheatrich]

apparently I have 12 on simulchime wonder how that happened

[nerketur]

I like the idea of this thread, but honestly once you have the lowest number of moves possible its just a matter of clicking said moves in the fastest time.

So moves is always more important :D

On that note, once i finish all the levels, I'll probably try to minimize moves, and definitely go for move challenge on every level

[JediMaster80]

Your reply nerketur gave me the prompt about this post (I forgot about it).
Damn, It's been since 2013 when I posted this.

I think I did get a metal in every level by now.

And yeah, you can only get so low before it pretty much turns into a TAS (Tool Assisted Speedrun) when you learn the lowest count and best route.

I remember writing it up in a notepad of the moves I could make to get it in the least amount of moves. I think I have it laying around my room (somewhere) but not sure where it is.

[slamble]

Six years.. it's a long time. There was some talk on the Cogs forum (run by the developer, rather than here on Steam) about a level pack, but it doesn't look like anything came of it. A pity - I would have enjoyed playing more levels.

[MJS WARLORD]

I got this when it first came out , if i had got money to back these people i would have tried to get the puzzles made into toys.