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a Dream of Butterfly by Tasty-Cafe with pictures

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This is a beautiful and intriguing puzzler with a result screen by the end.

The author has many other great levels worth trying.

http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly1.jpg http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly2.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly3.jpg http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly4.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly5.jpg http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly6.jpg
http://i666.photobucket.com/albums/vv21/Kipmonlin/Levels/aDreamofButterfly7.jpg
2009-08-22 11:14:00

Author:
Kipmonlin
Posts: 251


I'll check this out! I posted another level by tasty-cafe a while back but nobody replied... 2009-08-23 03:17:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230


Sorry for the double, but I finally played this level. It's a must-play! Really beautiful, fun gameplay.
Best with one player.
2009-08-24 03:37:00

Author:
hilightnotes
Posts: 1230


Yeah, there are some really wonderful part, like the bamboo forest.
I loved the level.
2009-08-24 07:05:00

Author:
OmegaSlayer
Posts: 5112


Wow! This is a lovely level ? gorgeous, lush design, clever puzzles and hidden secrets AND a tough (to me at least) boss fight against the clock!

Others have said how good the level is but I just wanted to add a bit of an explanation as to how the level works (not giving away the secrets!) because there might be others who were as mystified as I was on my first playthrough. I think the lack of a good description at the beginning of the level doesn?t help but perhaps that was the idea!

Anyway, the point is not just to solve the puzzles you are presented with in order to progress but also to find the 4 secret pictures/blocks hidden in the level. When you get near the end of the level there is a giant scoreboard which tells you how many of the secrets you have found and has a beautiful picture in the centre which is gradually revealed, the more of the secrets you find. I?ll upload a picture of the scoreboard when I get home.

On my first playthrough I hadn?t found any secrets (didn?t know there were any to find!) and so I spent ages hopping up and down and pressing R1 in and around the scoreboard ? all to no effect, LOL! I then simply finished the level with a score of just under 700. I could see, though, that the top score was around 59,000 so I knew I had gone wrong somewhere!

In fact, the more secrets you find, the more points bubbles the scoreboard hands out. If, however, you find all 4 secrets an elevator appears in front of the scoreboard and takes you up to a boss fight which is timed like a race. The boss is a magnificent firebird type creature ? butterflies obviously have very strange, if beautiful, dreams!

I am afraid my explanation has to stop at this point because I didn?t manage to beat the boss (no infinite life checkpoint, yikes!).

Anyway, hope that helps. Sincere apologies to anyone to whom this was old news but I wanted to say something as I was concerned that many people playing were only experiencing a little of what the level actually has to offer.

I really think this level should be more widely known. Some of the design elements are just gorgeous. :star::star::star::star::star: and a heart. I must follow hilightnotes's advice and try some of the creator's other levels too.
2009-08-25 13:41:00

Author:
shropshirelass
Posts: 1455


Thanks for the info shropshirelass.

I just played the authors three 2-player levels and they are brilliant as well.
2009-08-25 15:09:00

Author:
Kipmonlin
Posts: 251


http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/5360/aphotoedited1.jpg


This (I hope) is the promised picture. Now I just have to go and have a second crack at that boss! Though I am very tempted first to replay the level, not take the elevator to the boss and just finish with the 4 secrets so that I can get a bit higher on scoreboard. Vainglory is a terrible thing!
2009-08-25 17:51:00

Author:
shropshirelass
Posts: 1455


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