Note: The optimal number of actions I came up is not equal to the optimal number of game loops until the level is finished. This is because
- the sperm might get blocked by rocks or bubbles for unknown number of steps
- Pushing a rock takes longer than 1 game loop (it takes longer than taking a step)
- Performing an action (swap, delete, make block) may require more than 1 game loop
- The sperm can travel to the egg while we don't do anything
A game loop (frame) takes about 50 ms.
Glitches:
- When pressing multiple directions (such as left and right, or down and left) and performing actions (swap or making blocks), then the action can be performed twice within one game loop. You can also perform two actions at once. E.g. when you press down+left+swap+delete, your swap and delete count will both decrease by 2. I'm not sure which directions and actions have priority, but I think swapping takes place before deletion.
- When opening "Go to Level" and clicking the X without inserting a password, it will go to the 2nd level, as if you had beaten the first level. Not sure if it can be used in runs.
- When you use Clear on egg or sperm, it tells it "has been hit by a " (nothing).
- If you open the game twice, it will crash.
Level 1 (23 actions, no password):
v v v
< < < < <
> > > > >
^ ^ ^ ^
> > > > > >
Level 2 (27 actions, password uterus):
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
BlockDown
< < < < < < < <
v
<
DeleteLeft
< < <
v v v
< <
^
Level 3 (40 actions, password zygote):
>
^
> > > >
v v
> >
^
> >
<
^ ^
v
> > > > > >
< < < <
^
< < < < < < < < < < <
SwapLeft
Level 4 (47 actions, password embryo):
v v v v v
DeleteLeft
< < < <
DeleteLeft
< < < < < <
^ ^ ^ ^
v v v v
> > > > > > > > > > > >
^ ^ ^ ^ ^
> >
SwapRight
< <
Note: This is improvable by clearing a vertical path for the egg to fall down into after the swap, so the sperm travels sooner.
Level 5 (30 actions, password fetus):
<
v
^
< < < <
SwapLeft
BlockDown
DeleteRight
< < < < < < <
v
<
v v v
^ ^ ^
SwapDown
^ ^
>
SwapDown
Level 6 (35 actions, password placenta):
v v v v
> >
v v
< < <
v
>
^ ^
<
DeleteLeft
< < < <
BlockDown
^
SwapLeft+SwapDown
<
^
< <
v
^
SwapLeft
<
^
<
^
Note: I'm not sure anymore, if the Block was necessary. If it isn't then this level is improvable.
Level 7 (24 actions, password gestate):
<
v
BlockDown
< < < < <
v v v v
DeleteLeft
< < < <
^
SwapLeft
SwapDown
< < <
SwapRight
Level 8 (26 actions, password fertile):
^ ^ ^
> > > > > > > >
DeleteDown
>
BlockUp
> >
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
> > >
SwapRight
Level 9 (39 actions, password ovum):
> > >
v v v v v v
< < < < <
>
v
> > > >
^ ^ ^
< < < < < < < <
SwapUp
<
SwapUp
>
v
> >
^
Note: It seems < < < < is sufficient (at line 3), making it possible to clear the level in 37(?) actions. But it hasn't been verified enough, so I'm not going to edit the strat yet. My TAS of this level actually did this by accident and wasted some milliseconds but I kept it.
Level 10 (45 or 50 actions, password gravid):
Least actions:
<
v v v v v
BlockUp
v v
< <
^
> > >
BlockUp
SwapRight+DeleteRight
<
>
SwapRight
DeleteRight
> >
^
> >
v
< < < < < < < < < < < < <
^
BlockUp
<
SwapLeft
>
Probably faster in realtime:
<
v v v v v
BlockUp
v v
< <
^
> > >
v
>
SwapUp
<
>
DeleteRight
SwapRight+DeleteRight
> > > >
^
v
SwapUp
< <
v
< < < < < <
v
< <
^
< < <
^
BlockUp
<
> >
Level 11 (32 actions, password birth):
> >
v v
BlockDown
> >
v v v v v
> > > >
v
^ ^ ^
> >
v v v
<
SwapUp
> > > >
^
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