Supremcee on 24/9/2021 at 18:56
thank you - great questions btw - noted and will be asked in the episode
Thinking Robot on 26/9/2021 at 21:28
Thanks for sharing this awesome podcast. I found another brilliant mission of Trefoilknot which somehow slipped through my hands.
Two words: Just awesome!
I loved the buildup of the mission, seemingly from a normal hotel burglary job to a descent into the madness of infinity. While the first readables could had been interpreted as a joke "many things in my hotel are infinite, but my patience is not", it was cleary meant literal after I looked up from the astronomers balcony.
And so this mission turned to to be big - raiding an infinite hotel would require a HECK of a time.
It was also fun jumping from the balconies at the top of the building - achieving the longest fall of all fan missions I ever played.
Gameplay turned out to be brilliant -
looking up got me to many places, it took me a time to understand there was a
double-helix staircase leading to Hilberts quarters, I entered areas through
broken or frobable windows, tricked the security system of the stone
through a painting and found the solution to all other riddles with a second closer look. And at last I found some very clever hidden secrets. Riddles were sometimes hard here and some patience is required.
It was a nice hommage to Hilberts Hotel Paradoxon - (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s_paradox_of_the_Grand_Hotel) Wikipedia
Luckily there was an elevator (taking the stairs to the top would be very tiresome :ebil:)
But is it actually technically possible to travel to the top of an infinite high hotel in a finite amount of time? I think, yes it is: maybe the elevators travel through some kind of wormhole.
Inline Image:
https://i.ibb.co/vP1R5nh/Screenshot-71.png
Supremcee on 27/9/2021 at 18:52
Thank you :) you seem to be really invested in this mission and its impressive unique ways of architecture. I'm glad that you found this gem at the end ! btw. Trefoilknot will give you answer to your theory soon ;)
trefoilknot on 28/9/2021 at 02:53
Quote Posted by Thinking Robot
But is it actually technically possible to travel to the top of an infinite high hotel in a finite amount of time? I think, yes it is: maybe the elevators travel through some kind of wormhole.
Inline Image:
https://i.ibb.co/vP1R5nh/Screenshot-71.pngGlad you enjoyed it, Thinking Robot! But regarding your query, wormholes could work, I suppose. But there is an easier way (if you ignore pesky things like relativistic speed limits and the crushing force of gravity). Suppose the lift accelerates as follows: the first floor takes one second. Every time it ascends a floor, it doubles in speed. After 1 second, it's gone one floor. After 1.5 seconds, it's gone 2 floors. After 1.75 seconds it's gone 3 floors. How far have you gone in two seconds? Is there a finite floor you won't have already passed?
Check this thread for more: (
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=150781) Math behind the mission
downwinder on 28/9/2021 at 07:54
i would have like to have seen a Schrodinger cat in a box in the office :) where no glasses cat is gone and with glasses the cat is there
Supremcee on 28/9/2021 at 19:53
I like that idea....but would have been a cliche I guess
Twist on 2/10/2021 at 22:24
I'm listening now. Thank you for having him on! Filcher deserves more attention.
You taffers should really check out Filcher. It's the most pure and direct Thief-like game I've played, and it's really a well made game on its own. Also, it's only US$9.99, which is, appropriately enough, a
steal for what it offers. (Har, har... sorry!)
I've written more about it over in its TTLG thread in General Gaming: (
https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=151480) Filcher
Supremcee on 18/1/2022 at 23:31
[video=youtube_share;ensxZVs1iW0]https://youtu.be/ensxZVs1iW0[/video]