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3 Hour Challenge: Deadbolt Demons and Bones

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Time for the big finally, made it through all three of the enemy archetypes and now to see what I've learned and what I plan to do for the future. I had a lot of fun with this one to be completely honest, the added hour was very much needed from the last level I had made; allowed for a lot more testing and a lot less rush. Additionally sticking to the more standard room dimensions helped with the layout of everything dramatically, not having rooms overlapping made it so the enemies acted a dash more predictably and gave the player more power over the situations they found themselves in. Moving on from me rambling a bit, here's a pic of the full map AND the piping system. Its VERY big and somewhat complex, so lets go one piece at a time, or more accurately lets do one floor at a time. Firstly, I placed the character on the right, for some reason that was a goal for me and that stuck in my head, regardless the first obstacles are some surprisingly hard enemies followed by some gr...