I have unlocked a new frontier and now have a (...relatively) clear path to ~220. Easier said than done though!

Got a meta clarification about whether the 231 number is from Dandelions, and the answer seems to be yes. So, technically I am not responsible for Orbs, although I already have one.

Spoilers! I have accessed the Depths and confirmed that the late game is structured how I thought it was. As long as they don't make me build DOOM, I think I can continue making progress. It took a fair bit of searching levels with LEVEL blocks, as well as double checking whether any ABC style levels could spell LEVEL. I still have at least 10ish pre-Depths levels to complete, but I'm not too worried about those.

Nice going! I got stuck on 03 in that area

I have progressed past 03 in some way!! It unlocked 4 more levels in the area, so I have some horizontal breathing room now.

If you change your mind on using guides or hints, would this still settle as yes?

@ShakedKoplewitz If I use guides or hints, this will resolve as No. If there is an edge case where guides or hints are part of the intended mechanics (like the brute force puzzle in Fez) then that would be okay, though. I may solicit meta-hints such as "are all the game's puzzles solvable through non-brute-force methods apparent in the game's logic" for this purpose.

Baba has a pretty severe 80/20 rule (20 percent of the total effort gets you 80% of the levels). Good luck, but I don't think it's doable.

@ShakedKoplewitz Based on Steam achievements I'm hopeful.

@Panfilo I actually wonder how many of those steam achievements looked up the solutions. I'm at 190 levels solved without looking up anything but I'm definitely stuck 😅

Here's my encouragement, you can bet Yes to give yourself extra incentive :)

But seriously, late game is hard 😭

@Mqrius I have "started" the late game with a fair bit of backtracking left, but yeah the last 30ish levels should be a real challenge. I may have to start taking notes and researching concepts at some point. For now, I'm finishing a few levels per day until only the crazy stuff is left.

@Panfilo I have it on my phone so I have no idea how much I completed or which achievements, but I'll be curious to see how you get on!

@Mqrius To try out Manifold's spoiler tags (which for the purposes of this market I will say only I can use, and everyone else has to just not spoil at all), I am deep enough into the recursive area to recognise it as such, and have the overworld achievement as well as the aforementioned Mountaintop completion achievement. Those are the two rarest Steam chievos for the game I have, which are 4.2% and 5.0% respectively. The rarest chievos are 2.8% and 2.9%, so I'm optimistic that most folks who bother to get as far as I have, also bother to finish the game. The only question is whether they do it within 7 months of Getting Serious.

@Panfilo I think I have those two as well, but I didn't actually finish the game 😅 but that's classic ADHD vibes, get 90% of the project done and then go do something else.

Oh quick note, the spoiler tag doesn't work for email notifications, so people getting notified of your comment automatically read the entire comment without knowing part is spoilered. That's not really your fault, seems more like a soft bug if anything.

@Mqrius Welp, good to know. Manifold!

@Panfilo I made a bug report in the discord, maybe they'll change it!