Holes or Balls Being Everywhere State Hobbes
The State HOBBES
HOBBES is fun for the puppets who like ball games. Here they find balls,
holes to put them in and arrows to slide. Since many balls have been stolen
from this state certain rooms were closed with doors (but some keys lie
around everywhere...). The greatest problem of this world are those little
pools of water which are a result of holes in the roofs (which can be
found in many gymnasiums).
Screenshot of HOBBES
Walls
Walls can not be passed, can not be crossed, will not
disappear. Actually they are simply there to block your movement.
Doors can only be passed with a key - but since the government
of HOBBES used the same lock on every door any key opens any door.
There are two type of doors - horizontal and vertical doors. They can
only be passed in the right direction, i.e. either left or right
(vertical doors) or up or down (horizontal doors).
Keys are used to open the doors. When you move to a place with a key
you will pick it up if you aren't carrying one already. If you already
have a key you can pick up other keys later. You can enter squares
with keys in that case - but won't have more than one key at a
time. Balls can not be moved to keys.
Arrows can only be entered from the tail and will be left at
the head - if there is no blocking object. If there is, you can leave them
in any direction you desire. Balls can be pushed on arrows. They will move
until they leave the arrow or are blocked. Keep track of the balls
lying on arrows because the arrows are still active that means you can
only enter the arrow from the tail. However if a ball is blocked on an
arrow it can be pushed away (from the tail only) - e.g. if a ball is
blocked on an arrow going from down to right you can push it
up. Blocked balls will
move away as soon as the blocking object disappears - e.g. if a ball is
blocked by a key it will continue to move as soon as you take the key and
leave the square.
Balls
Balls can be pushed to - and only to:
- Empty squares
- Arrow tails (see arrow description for more info)
- Open doors
- Holes - in which they will drop
You can only move one ball at a time.
Holes can not be entered - but you can drop a ball into a hole
which makes it behave like an empty square. Only one ball per hole please.
Water - well - puppets don't like water but they don't really
refuse to cross it - however they will leave the square at once in the
direction they are moving (if possible - if not they are so confused that
they don't leave it in another direction even if possible so you will have
to help T(r)oy decide in which direction to continue). Balls can not be pushed
into water! That's weird but true.
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