I Actually Had Fun :) - 7MMC Week 4

[@vonBelfry]

I love watching toadette stop and look at the screen throughout the coconut mall sequence. Like she's actually listening to Panga while he thinks out the puzzle.

[@YesPlatinum]

Toadette awaiting orders

[@alliebonesVODs]

I liked watching the Bob-ombs schmoovin'

[@sanga1380]

I honestly think she’s just fed up with the level lmao.

[@rubens_cube]

Yo, rubenscube (the level maker) here, Massive GG's on figuring this whole thing out, this is definitely a brutally hard puzzle level. I am very very happy that you enjoyed it though. This level was a ton of work to make, so it always makes me very happy if people appreciate the effort I put into it. I also want to say that the editing in this is phenomenal, the fact that you display the logic for every puzzle makes this super nice to follow along with in my opinion. I know that if anyone ever asks me how the level works I can just send them here, haha. As for the not being able to go back, yeah, that was my bad. It is definitely my biggest regret for the level. Also the big square puzzle turned out to be a huge difficulty spike that really wasn't my intention. Anyways, thanks again for taking the hours to fully play through this and I am super happy you enjoyed it!

[@dreflox]

This is some incredibly hard and creative puzzle, really good work!

[@maxattack3853]

While I love the level what confuses me is you supposed to deduce where the ice blocks are hidden. Are the ice blocks only allowed to be in a spot that has hidden p tiles next to it? For example, the one before the square puzzle, how do you know that all the ? blocks do not hide ice blocks. If all the ? blocks hide ice blocks then the level is impossible, so how do you know that the higher ? blocks , rows 1 and 2, hide p tiles, and not ice or nothing tiles?

[@chervilious]

@@maxattack3853 because you it's given that it is solve-able not by brute force. Meaning that not everything can be ice blocks.

[@stevenbeichner9630]

Congrats on the amazing level! I have a question for you regarding the rules. I feel like if the big square has the second column as all 4 p-blocks as ice blocks, couldn’t it also be 4-5-3-1-2 as an answer? Or is there another rule that I’m missing?

[@narcilius]

@@stevenbeichner9630 I was thinking the same thing, not sure if there was a rule of Ice block has to hide a P block, since I think I missed that, but I think it could also have been 45312

[@TakeWalker]

man, I've seen so many streamers struggle bus this level and here's Panga big braining it out the gate

[@BackwardsKnees]

big braining? did you watch the beginning of the video? my man struggled at the start.

[@sanga1380]

@@BackwardsKnees did you watch the end. It make brain turn gooey.

[@SamuraiNubb]

The fanboy blindness of this commenter is real

[@TakeWalker]

@@SamuraiNubbhe got the question mark blocks super fast, though he got stuck at the square because everyone gets stuck at the square also, i definitely posted this comment in haste, so pull your pants up before you embarrass yourself

[@SamuraiNubb]

@@TakeWalker You “posted in haste” and I’m the one who should be embarrassed…

[@SamTheFable]

I remember seeing lilkirbs play this on stream and he struggled soooo hard to even get the first ?-blaock ones. Then Panga just blasts through those ones. And the WR was just the first 3 digits of π.

[@Herbu21]

hahaha I was here too

[@VGV1deo]

Now can someone beat it in 3:14.159?

[@Secre.SwallowtailYT]

watching the bombs vibe during the speed up gives me energy.

[@rubylikessonic2]

They grooving

[@Xzhh_]

This was such a fun puzzle. It's cool that you kind of need to find the rules as well, not only the solution. p.s. the solution box was cropped wrong at 20:14

[@LegoEngineer003]

There’s an entire game based around needing to learn the rules of the puzzle as you find solutions, it’s called Understand. This level reminded me of it a lot

[@BryanLu0]

@@LegoEngineer003 There's also A Monster's Expedition and The Witness

[@mintegral1719]

@@BryanLu0 Baba is You uses that approach as well

[@justinkwok7271]

Adding Taiji to this list

[@thehaigu321]

Adding lingo as well

[@ambientmusicneverhurtanyon8966]

A very hard but nice puzzle, it took me more than an hour to understand and remember the block rules. Good job and gg Pangaea

[@slyguy183]

Imagine watching RedFalcon play this level, just nonstop guessing, writing down the answers, and guessing again :D

[@scragar]

Really good editing with these overlays on this video.

[@ZimmervisionCZ]

As a huge fan of Penga and Cracking the Cryptic, this was a dream to watch

[@rubens_cube]

I really tried to mix two of my hobbies together with this level. There is even a little reference to CtC in the level's description

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

Omg, some that does watch that channel!!!

[@ZimmervisionCZ]

@@rubens_cube Very nice! I figured that your "Crack the cryptic..." phrasing wasn't just a coincidence :)

[@rubens_cube]

@@ZimmervisionCZ Fun fact, I have even been featured on CtC a few times ;)

[@ZimmervisionCZ]

@@rubens_cube Ooh very cool! I'm star-struck!

[@SuperCripple]

I'm so glad you pointed out that question marks could hide ice blocks because I was just as lost as you were.

[@markenjosh4283]

The puzzle level reminds me of the Witness; and im very confident that they took some inspirations on that brain-melting game. Cheers to the creators on both that level and that game! You made Panga and everyone feel both smart and stupid at the same time

[@rubens_cube]

The witness was definitely my main inspiration for the feel of the level ;)

[@aidanmurphy6525]

Yeah especially when he started drawing it reminded me of those witnesses mazes where you basically had to draw it out with the sounds

[@entenpilot_2319]

Wow. Ive never seen such an enjoyable and fun (even to watch) puzzle level! Very nice

[@deviansetiawan466]

This legit become another game.

[@Lucas_Ap]

Rules for the puzzle: ?-block = ice-block / p-block / off-block / empty off-block = empty and all below are p-blocks ice-block = block itself and up, down, left and right are p-blocks p-block = full off-blocks can overwrite the rules of the ice-block. off-blocks can’t have empty spaces above them. ice-blocks don’t get covered up by p-blocks.

[@CycleMantis]

Another caveat: p-blocks may not be shown in columns with blue blocks (or adjacent to ice blocks)

[@johnnyblunders]

This helped me understand the big square puzzle so much more, thanks

[@Lucas_Ap]

@@tylersanders2388 I know, read the second rule from the bottom.

[@Drikkink]

One that I struggled with: Off blocks can have ice blocks under them (which stumped me on the 6x6 puzzle for too long) and Ice Blocks don't cover Ice blocks (for it to be an ice block, it either has to be shown as one or a ?)

[@Lucas_Ap]

@@Drikkink thx, I just assumed that was a given. Now it’s added into the rules.

[@KandiKid87]

LOL! "There's more!" Oh I felt the pain...

[@BL00DW0LF6]

I really appreciate the work you put in for displaying the reveal screens. :)

[@Sir_Paco_IX]

The edit yopu made in this lvl is just soo cool. It really help the viwer. Thanks

[@mintegral1719]

Oh my god, I thought this was such a cool concept that I paused the video and went to play the level myself first, and it took me SO LONG to figure out that the ice blocks HAD to have P blocks on all sides of them. I thought they were like the ? blocks in that they could either be obscuring something or nothing. Had to restart the level twice and stare at the first ice room forever before I figured that out.

[@johnwise9811]

Imagine getting that level in an endless no skip run.

[@mintegral1719]

I got an actual Sudoku level in endless once. The final room was a 16 x 16 grid and you couldn't even see the whole thing at the same time; there were clear pipes on all sides to look at different parts of it. I had to draw it all out on paper, and in the end the level took me over two hours (I did pause, so I guess that makes me a cheater).

[@danielyuan9862]

@@mintegral1719 16x16 sudoku 💀

[@ayo.2022]

Y'all ever have those types of parents who always said "if only you focused/did as well in class as much as you do when it comes to games" or something of that sort? I think this video has single-handedly undone all of that in a mere half hour. That level was truly something else, man.

[@danielyuan9862]

"If only you focused/did as well in class, as much as you do in games" more like "if only class was designed to be as interesting and engaging as games" Games are designed to be fun. And classes are outdated for a few centuries.

[@elisa-px2xq]

I remember watching all this during stream and being so lost, but i understood it so well today with the answer pics. It is truly and amazing puzzle level

[@samuelking527]

Had so many coconut malls that we eventually got different music altogether 😂

[@Mkrabs]

I somehow followed until the 4th room. My brain is a wobbly jellow now...

[@13KillerShadows]

Same

[@xBZZZZyt]

I only understand first room.

[@mrstealthpug]

@@xBZZZZyt yea after those ice blocks my small brain couldnt keep up

[@lynx50187]

Closing your eyes listening to the puzzle commentary is a fun time

[@Pzychotix]

Man, props to Panga for sticking this one out and clearing it. Puzzle levels aren't his forte, but damn, he did pretty well here.

[@guy_autordie]

Thanks Panga for the overlay editing!

[@OrangeIncarnate]

The overlay at 20:16 should show: B P X X B C P X P P P X P P C P B = blue; P = P block; C = ice; X = Nothing ("C" because "i" makes it not line up properly)

[@yeah_boi]

For that o ring puzzle you don't actually need one of the ice blocks (the one above the bottom right). Also panga is THE biggest brain for doing this all in his head

[@mirzas668]

I kinda knew that panga was pretty smart before this but today I learned JUST how smart😳

[@goseigentwitch3105]

This level has enough content to be like a $10 game I've played so many puzzle games with the same amount of content It'd be super easy to implement as you don't really need to implement any of the puzzle mechanics (just like in SMM) you just have one order that is the correct order and solves the puzzle

[@GadeliCarmine]

This is why critical thinking is so important. Someone with critical thinking can turn information into a conclusion. Someone without critical thinking needs to be told the conclusion.

[@hicalebih8902]

This is the most creative Mario maker puzzle level I have ever seen!

[@TheAdvertisement]

For not liking puzzle levels, Panga absolutely killed it with this one. Awesome job man! And the level itself was phenomenal. I love logic puzzles and it was framed in such a simple yet effective way that gradually gets harder.

[@TBH_Inc]

Appreciate the editing!

[@TorridFalsch]

I paused at most of the difficult ones, and didn't pay too much attention at the easier ones, but I think, in total I spent around 30 minutes puzzling those. plus the easier ones giving them 5, I'd say I would take 35 or 40 minutes. But this is me just sitting there, quietly, not explaining anything, not needing to be entertaining or so. So kudos to you, to explain yourself mostly and made this entertaining to watch! Keep it up.

[@Shippochi]

Super cool puzzle! I think I found an alternate solution for one of them though. For the puzzle at 29:32 I came up with the solution 2, 4, 3, 1 by placing the blocks from top to bottom like: col 1: blank, ice col 2: P block, P block col 3: ice col 4: blue block, implied P block (or donut using the editor's notation) I'd have been pretty bummed if I put in a valid solution and didn't get through!

[@rubens_cube]

You missed a rule that a few more people missed because it was very hard to communicate it, but the blue blocks have to form a pillar starting from the ceiling, so in column 4 there can't be a blue block

[@Shippochi]

@@rubens_cube Ah, true! I thought I might have been missing something. Communicating a puzzle like this using only stage elements seems really difficult! In any case I really enjoyed trying to work it out on my own. Well done!

[@f5203]

Level is made by a Dutchy. The blocks remind me of the "How many blocks in this 3D image" from the cito toets (groep 7/8). My fellow Dutchies will know.

[@kazboven9744]

Kinda but this is a little harder i think

[@Lucas_Ap]

Yes dat doen we zeker

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

zeg makker

[@rubens_cube]

Can confirm, haha

[@holdinmcgroin8639]

@@rubens_cube hey it's the maker of the level

[@ethanneufeld1]

Panga going through the whole blue block section and then wondering where the p blocks were was very funny

[@jestfullgremblim8002]

He just didn't know that the question blocks could hide the ice blocks lmao

[@kds59]

always love a good “Coconut Mall”, but also always love Diddy Kong Racing music

[@WraithGG]

Unless I'm mistaken, I believe that these are the rules for each block. A ? Block can cover any of the other tiles, including empty tiles. An ice block can only exist when it is fully surrounded by other blocks, and makes the blocks next to it invisible (not diagonally) A blue tile means the answer for that column is inverse, and if one of the blue tiles is covered by a ? tile, the rest of the blue tiles in that column are also hidden.

[@danielyuan9862]

? is correct Ice is mostly correct, except that it must have a p-block or blue block next to it. For blue, I don't think the second one is part of the rule, even if it is followed entirely.

[@lifinale]

@@danielyuan9862 The other rule for blue is that the tiles must be interconnected.

[@konekoray9323]

i havent felt this sensation of "no idea whats happening but just enjoying them talk smart like" since the last time i watched Cracking the Cryptic

[@patrickvanderkoelen]

The puzzle is actualy for me the best mario maker level ive ever seen

[@theoriginalstarwalker3455]

my head fucking exploded

[@4500zenja]

Honestly I like puzzles, but this one has such weird rules... being a level with Insane difficulty doesn't help either lol ===== Thumbnail ===== 0:00 - "The Rosetta Block Trials" by rubenscube, Netherlands ID: 8K8-7JY-BXF Tag: Puzzle Difficulty: 4 of 4 (Insane) 8:52-10:02 - Coconut Mall 10:26-11:18 - Round 2 11:34 - no quack? D: 20:14 - the overlay is offset D: Also this puzzle is WAY TOO confusing, I don't like it just like Royru (he wrote about it at the first Coconut Mall) 22:36 - D: 26:01-26:42 - what's this music? 29:02 - *inhale* D:

[@rpgamercraft8439]

like

[@juliocastaneda5940]

U⁷⁷

[@jj3006]

Shazam says that music at 26:01 is T.T.'s Theme (From "Diddy Kong Racing").

[@yewchungREMIX]

The solution at 25:13 is actually wrong, since that ice block placement violates established rules. The upper ice block has to be up and left one instead ([2,3] instead of [3,2]).

[@Rofang]

It started out as a really cool puzzle, but the compounding rules got too big-brained for me around the time of the question mark square. Kudos to Panga for finishing it.

[@Quickstrike1981]

Good Sunday Morning Panga Gang!!!! Remember the video drops at or around 3am PSD (pacific standard time) here in the USA, so its again MORNING here.

[@SEEK_FROM_DOORS1]

Hello

[@greatnovastar]

Wass good bruh😗

[@yeet5109]

Why does he upload at 3 am if anyone knows lol

[@JosiahtheDastardly]

@@yeet5109 he doesnt

[@markoxcx]

@@yeet5109 it's 12pm for me

[@VixelFoxx]

It took me a moment to understand the puzzle but once i realized it i felt so big brained

[@CianThoYT]

this feels like in maths class where you know what's going on in the beginning but then get totally lost

[@cadaeib65]

The solution at 25:12 is wrong, the upper ice would’ve forced one more p-block on the right. Instead, this ice block should be moved 1 up and 1 left, and everything works

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

17 mins blind playthrough, including balloons 😁 I’m a math major tho, so these kinds of arrangement problems are kind of my specialty 😅

[@SpriteAndCoke]

God this level was amazing lol. So much thinking.

[@alexevans99]

Yeah, the big issue was clearly establishing all the blocks' rules. There's nothing to indicate that ice blocks HAVE to have P blocks on all sides, and if you're trying to solve the puzzles without knowing all the rules, you're going to come up with multiple potentially correct solutions.

[@robotninjago]

Oh man I really had my brain melted at some parts.

[@manzup3r]

not surprised panga knows cfop, actually i was more surprised he didn't bother learning full pll. well, with how often he tries sending/cheesing levels it kinda makes sense

[@nanxhu]

a lot of toadette staring into our souls today

[@sunnydraws2513]

Normally I understand puzzle levels after enough deduction but... I'm gonna be honest the ice block/question block thing... it's completely going over my head ;-;

[@deathcupcake8007]

I couldn't figure it out either I was pausing and rewinding over and over. The ice blocks HAVE to block something so in other words every square up down left right of an ice block is guaranteed to be one. that helped me. Cause at first I was like "couldn't they just make every single question block ice and then its impossible to solve?" I thought I was missing something. The trick is just knowing that if there's ice then the 4 directions are filled

[@flimermithrandir]

I was totally on Board and figuring out Stuff out faster than Penga even until before the BIG one and then i just couldnt follow anymore at all. I mean the first few again have been ok of corse. No Issue understanding what the Blue Off Blocks do. But after that… i was not following anymore at all. I just think there are other, different Solutions all over the Place. I am not saying thats the Case. But thats what i feel when i look at those bigger Puzzles and what i think to know about the Ruleset. For me it feels there are like 20 Solutions and i cant figure out why some wouldnt work anymore at all. Because until then it was totally not an Issue. But then its impossible. I think my Brain just constantly refuses to look further into it because there just is no Reason to do so anyways until i figure out what i am missing. But i cant.

[@BryanLu0]

@@flimermithrandir Because you need to fill entire columns, certain blocks are forced, (eg you always need a way to fill the bottom row, there must be a column that stops at height 1) and these will force certain blocks. Eg ?X?? ??X? X?X? XXX? X=empty For columns 1 and 3, you have to use blue blocks to fill the bottom row because there are no adjacent ? blocks to hide ice. So they have to be 2 and 3 is some order. And then you can deduce that column 2 can't be 1

[@flimermithrandir]

@@BryanLu0 But here is the Thing... Look. Like... How do i explain this... At 11:35 in the Solution shown from Penga (or the Editor) the Ice Block on the Bottum middle... could also be one up and the Solution would be Ok still if the Solution would be (from left to right) 12345. Only if we would say the P Block shown (in the Solution) would go one to the right that is... and if we would say the P Block (in the Solution shown) would be an ? Block now as well. The Rules we learnd did not prevent this Solution i just figured out. I know its wrong because... it is wrong. But i dont understand why because as i just explained there could be another Solution if you just do the Ice Block one up and the P Block one to the right. If i am not totally mistaken... thats still possible. And that is what makes my Brain go... well now it can be everything. Even if thats not the Case.

[@flimermithrandir]

@@BryanLu0 Now i see the Issue. Nvm.

[@peplo101]

This level reminds me of learning minesweeper

[@aethil]

25:12 The editor mistakenly placed the ice block in position (3,3) because one of the rules of the ice block is that it must hide all p-blocks except the blue blocks, so the correct position of the ice block is (2,2).

[@lifted71blazer]

This level reminds me a lot of baba is you which also has a bunch of stacking rules that make the puzzles super difficult after a while.

[@trooper309]

This is such a cool level I’m gonna boot up Mario maker since over a year

[@ittybittyshinystar]

YELLOW BLOCKS CAN HIDE A BLUE BLOCK HOLY FUCKING SHIT I'M ACTUALLY DYING Pangaea more like PANGAPEPEGA

[@gianlucatartaro1335]

19:59 Panga’s solution, even though the right numbers, was incorrect. It was actually: B _ _ _ B I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I _ (B = Blue, I = Ice) Panga said that both blocks in column 3 were ice, but that would make it 2432 instead of 2431. This level was also PHENOMENAL, and my personal favorite MM level 👌 Edit: Also, the solution displayed at 25:15 was also incorrect lol. Coincidentally, it’s the exact same solution that I already wrote down before 😂 So yeah, look above for the solution to this puzzle as well. Furthermore, the puzzle right after this one was extremely easy after getting this solution because I realized that it was just the mirror image of those ones lmao

[@Erothaur]

This was an amazing level

[@rubens_cube]

Thanks!

[@marcgyven]

I love logic puzzles, but I would have to use paper and pencil for this, it was amazing but made my head hurt. I'd have given up and gone for guess and check at some point. It was amazing to watch this.

[@midgetsow]

Solution shown at 25:12 breaks the rules. The upper ice block in column 3 should instead be in column 2, second from the top. The gray question mark in column 4 can't block the ice block's expanding blocks, but the blue squares in column 1 can. The resulting numbers are correct, though. But it's technically the "wrong" solution.

[@JoshMutia]

this is a certified coconut mall moment

[@HawtDawg420]

I had fun solving it while watching!

[@felicityc]

so much coconut mall. i love it

[@normalrachael]

i loved following along with this. glad you had fun ^_^

[@CreatorofSecks]

26:00 Bob-ombs got the schmoves!

[@LovelyAngel.]

Everyone: Actually this could be solved differently Me: THERE IS AN EASTER EGG ART AT 36:24

[@tomthefall]

What a great level, i also think panga needs a sequel

[@ChickenNugget7]

The rules are really strange, I was trying to follow along but farther into the level the rules get more and more screwed up. Like playing minesweeper but they stop showing numbers and there’s just flags in random spots. There has to be a rule book or spreadsheet somewhere I have to find out what the ice block can and can’t do it’s driving me insane.

[@dippin4dots]

Ice blocks are always on P blocks, and always have P blocks around it.

[@ChickenNugget7]

@@dippin4dots yeah I know that but it seems to get more complicated later on, unless there are different things that make blocks disappear.

[@dacolib]

This level kinda reminds me of the game Taiji. It also has a grid-based puzzle mechanic where you have to make out the rules.

[@keeb__]

This is the witness levels of ambiguous puzzling

[@salfoyer2411]

26:04 Ayyy DGR music :D

[@imos_theos]

Man you people (panga included) are too smart. The square/O shaped puzzle really had me stumped. Spoilers below Ice blocks hide everything around it in a + shape, and, additionally, require that everything in that plus shape cannot be empty. With this logic in mind, because the entire top row in empty only one ice block can be in the second-to-top row. Thanks to the "plus rule" i guess you could call it, if there is an ice block in one of the middle columns then there would be two columns of the same height adjacent. If in row 4 there is an ice block, both the left and right side of that ice block have to be at the same height. So the column with an ice block in the fourth row has to be against a wall. This will make it so that only one column can be the 4 height. I wouldn't have ever figured that out without the help of chat/youtube comment section. I've been totally humbled and I praise the minds of those who completed that puzzle without help

[@red_blood]

I did all the puzzles and was very happy that you found the same answers as me! Congrats!

[@alphamu0]

Same, fun puzzle!

[@potatojoness]

I played through the level and watched panga beat the puzzles as I went only took about 40 minutes but great job

[@papyrustheskeleton9498]

Dude this one had me FUMING. I'm pretty sure it happened to many people as well but i noticed most things right away and i wanted SOOO BADLY to tell panga but couldn't 😭😭😭😭

[@puff_l8392]

“2 could be 5 and 3 could be 1 but only if 420 is 69” i didn’t understand anything 😭

[@ninjanerdstudent6937]

I enjoy listening to Panga with earbuds while being wrapped in a weighted blanket because it feels like he's hugging me while whispering in my ears. I highly recommend everybody to try getting a Pangster blanket. By the way, I named by blanket The Pangster.

[@InvaderMixo]

Puzzle level was amazing.

[@TheNasaghost]

The puzzle at 29:30 has a second solution. Using (row,column) and top left is (1,1). (1,1)=blank (4,1)=ice (1,2)=p (2,2)=p (3,3)=ice (3,4)=blue (4,4)=p The result would be: [2,4,3,1] Great puzzles!

[@rubens_cube]

The blues have to be a full pillar starting at the top, so that wouldn't work ;)

[@TheNasaghost]

Aah I didn’t realize blues had to touch the top, my bad! The only rule I made for it was that it fills what’s below with “p”.

[@rubens_cube]

@@TheNasaghost Yeah more people didn't get this, but rules like these are very hard to communicate to the player

[@jakobr_]

Congrats on the solve, but I think a couple of the “solution” graphics are kinda wrong. Here are the rules I deduced: Yellow towers tell you the order of the solution inputs. They always start at the “ground”, and count up to the height corresponding to their number, with a minimum of 1. There is always exactly one yellow tower of each number in the puzzle square. Towers grow uninterrupted unless obscured by ice or blue squares, or hidden by question blocks. Question blocks can cover any square without changing the function of the element behind it. Blue squares, if they exist in a column, always grow down from the top to the boundary of where yellow is intended to be. Ice fills any adjacent empty square with yellow, and also counts as yellow itself. Ice does not overwrite adjacent blue or ice tiles. Ice cannot, in a filled-out solution (25:12), be adjacent to an empty square. Some tricks can be deduced from this: Any column with a blank space at the top cannot be a “blue column”. “Blue columns” cannot grow the max-height yellow tower. The entire bottom row must be yellow. Exactly one square in the top row will be yellow. Any space that needs to be part of a yellow tower must either be itself yellow, adjacent to an ice, or in a “blue column”. If an ice is placed, adjacent columns must always either feature towers of at least that height, or blue blocks extending down to the level of the ice.

[@BB19211]

9:08 so you have a Yor Forger background, I loved watching that anime.

[@highcaliber350]

Based Panga has the same best girl as me 🤣

[@riluna3695]

I absolutely loved this level and it was a delight pausing before each section and solving it myself before watching him attempt them (I might have managed under an hour but I wasn't timing myself so I can't say for sure) But I did notice one issue in the level design that I must point out. The precise rules of ice blocks and blue stalactite/icicle blocks were not properly explained. Ice blocks were especially bad, as there is nothing to suggest that ice blocks cannot sit next to empty squares. Not until the moment it becomes critical in the solve of a difficult puzzle. Specifically, the four zig-zagging question mark blocks at 5:01 require this knowledge, because without that assumption, all of columns a/b/c can be any of the 2/3/4. A potential way to show this requirement would be to show an arrangement that has an ice block next to an empty block, with a note that such an arrangement is not allowed (an X drawn over the box in tracks, for example. With a check-mark drawn in tracks on any that DO work. Basically a tutorial square that you just look at, not actually "solve"). The blue stalactite blocks had a similar problem where it was unclear precisely how their invisibility rule worked, and whether they were allowed to have any empty squares underneath them. I WAS able to figure all of this out based on the precise puzzles given, but I tend to find things that a lot of other people miss, and having a puzzle with an ambiguous solution if you don't correctly guess the negative constraint without any hints is....not great design. But to be clear, the vast majority of this level was absolutely brilliant, and I loved going through it and would love to play more. I just recommend perhaps an in-between room showing some of the more obscure interactions between these blocks for the benefit of those without an autistic fascination with logic puzzles :P

[@The_Cooler_Statics]

i still didn't understand how to do the puzzle

[@sungodmoth]

So like some others I was confused about how the ice blocks work and so came up with a wrong solution to the big square. I think the issue is that the puzzle before the square is solvable if you assume that ice blocks have to be on P blocks, without assuming that they also have to be surrounded by P-blocks (obviously if you apply no restriction then there isn't a unique solution, but with just the assumption that the ice blocks themselves are P-blocks you arrive at the correct solution). So when you get to the square there are other possible solutions under that ruleset (like 45312) and it's not clear how to reconsider the rules to make it unambiguous. I think there should have been a puzzle between the two which has no solution unless you assume ice blocks are surrounded on all sides by P-blocks.

[@YamadaDesigns]

What an amazing level

[@Gatinois]

You didn't came back for the cake, but you did great!

[@BryanLu0]

He did, it's the very hard puzzles at the end (also balloons not cake)

[@Gatinois]

@@BryanLu0 I thought a real cake would be in the green pipe behind the goal or something. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

[@BryanLu0]

@@Gatinois All the levels have balloons this year, not cake. (:

[@arrowrandoman]

Now I want an entire puzzle game based on a system of rules like this.

[@rubens_cube]

I am working on this, but it will probably take me a while

[@tommythomas1887]

You should try the witness game it is an entire game based on a system of rules

[@arrowrandoman]

@@tommythomas1887 cool, thanks for the recommendation.

[@rubens_cube]

The witness was my main inspiration for this level ;)

[@danielyuan9862]

Over time, you should eventually figure out that it's easiest to start by finding the columns that can contain the largest column. Since it's the largest column, it can't contain any blue blocks, so any blank in that column can't be masked by blue blocks and can only be masked by ice blocks. So any blank that is surrounded by blanks can't be part of the largest column. From that alone, you can deduce in the last puzzle the 5th columns has to be 6, because it's the only column without any blanks that can't be masked by an ice block. If that doesn't eliminate all choices, you can also look at the top row. Since only one number can be the largest column, only one column can touch the top. That means if there's an ice block at the top, it must be surrounded by blue blocks. Going back to what I said before, if there is a blank in a max column, it must be masked by an ice block. In one of the bonus puzzles, I forgot which, column 3 could have been a 5, but the top block is blank and could only possibly be masked by one of the blocks next to it, but that would cause a 2nd 5, which is impossible. This usually covers the rest of it. After finding the column with the largest number, you can deduce more by again, using the fact that blanks in the largest column must be masked by ice blocks, so if a black is next to only one block, that block must be an ice block. You can usually deduce the second to largest block from that. The rest can easily be done with trial and error.

[@danielyuan9862]

And what I mean by trial and error is by using your head, not cheating and submitting random answers.

[@r-s3573]

This level is insane, if you don’t know how to play Sudoku you literally can’t beat the level. It’s almost impossible to decipher without that prior knowledge

[@georgelloydgonzalez]

Me all throughout the video: Jesse, what the hell are you talking about?

[@Geobeetle]

Honestly I solved these puzzles faster than panga did the majority of the time. I had to take a bit to figure out what the rules for the ice were but after that I didn’t have a puzzle that made me think for more that a minute or two.

[@michaelbischoff4023]

This one has a chonky maller

[@proybankins709]

I'm watching 14:00 thinking, its too early in the morning for all that