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Robots From the Sky
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Sep 21, 2023 @ 8:52am
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Robots From the Sky

Description
Welcome to my third level! You will need to make careful choices to avoid crashes on this one.

Number of quests: 3
Maximum train size: 7 cars
Maximum number of trains: 4

The human workers are missing at the electronics plant! Luckily the nearby castle in the sky makes some high quality robots and all we have to do is send them our crates of goods. ; )

However, robots are very efficient, maybe too efficient. Guiding your trains along the accelerators in this tightly-spaced production facility will be a challenge. And it’s a challenge you will have to meet to attain 5 stars. Make sure not to send trains too soon after each other, especially on the hyperloops (one to the quest completion, and a disguised one to the castle).

The tracks are conveniently prebuilt on this one, but you are free to customize them if you dare. Good luck!

Note: Please visit hika's Castle in the Sky level, which my level pays tribute to: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3023977402
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pluto  [author] Oct 11, 2023 @ 12:14pm 
Good ideas, thanks jn4959!
jn4959 Oct 3, 2023 @ 12:57am 
@pluto
Hi I didn't realise my time was that good, but it has happened before that my first run time was good enough for LPT top ten. I like getting a good time (first run means first real run, of course I do some tests and have a good look at a level first) but replaying a level over and over to find the last seconds is less appealing to me, besides LPT hours don't suit me. But of course I participate sometimes, my besty result is 3th.
IMHO pb plus 50% is rather generous but it depends. How good is your pb? Does the level need a complicated strategy? To replay a long level is more frustrating than a short level,
IMHO you have to find a balance, nothing wrong with a (real) challenge to get 5* but 5* should be achievable by most if not all experienced players, not only by LPT champs.
pluto  [author] Oct 2, 2023 @ 1:59pm 
jn4959, that is quite surprising, as only 6 people beat your time in the weekly LPT challenge on this level with over 100 participants and multiple attempts. In any case, my current algorithm is to add 50% to my best time during development to give a bit of buffer, but it might be a bit generous on faster levels like this one...
pluto  [author] Oct 2, 2023 @ 1:55pm 
Thanks for the thoughtful comments, everyone!
jn4959 Sep 27, 2023 @ 10:50pm 
Time limit not that challenging, 6:52 first run, but then his type of level is easy on strategy. And yes hyperloops are sluggish by design. If you want something completely different try the original Castle in the Sky by Itsumi-chan :steammocking:
deephouseislife Sep 27, 2023 @ 5:16am 
I loved this map, thanks man!
Zdenek Sep 26, 2023 @ 11:12am 
nice map - thanks
DerDolli Sep 25, 2023 @ 1:22am 
an all-around successful mission.
pluto  [author] Sep 23, 2023 @ 4:49pm 
Thank you, FPS_Sage. Yeah, I intended the high-stakes accelerator action, but the hyperloops are more sluggish than I would like. I'm not sure if the developers would call it a bug or a feature, but it always takes some getting used to. I had to memorize the spacing to keep from crashing there...
pluto  [author] Sep 23, 2023 @ 4:43pm 
Thank you for your comment, petronille_marie! I have played your Pestle Books and Migrations and really liked those, but I see I need to catch up you are quite prolific! : )