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Amen on the 512 step clock. Loved that trap!

As for Mr. Harris, this is as far as I ever got, before you updated your house, and I got real busy at work all week:
http://castledraft.com/editor/NYe1lT

Argh! I wanted to write this exact tutorial but you beat me to it! Well done.

To be honest, the first magic dance should be a shining example to magic dances, and is about as far as I analyzed your house. If I was suicide-robbing your house, I probably would break into several others before I even found a way past your dance, if I did at all. The rest I didn't really look at, though I'm sure it's pretty damn solid. This is the kind of house I'd just let someone else attempt to force.

Your name was Jeffrey Todd Semple, and what I liked best about your house (though I didn't get very far. didn't yet figure out how to pull a dog across the leaps of faith) was that your clock mechanics were well-meshed within the house. People don't usually realize that the clock mechanics themselves aren't that important -- the cycle is no secret, and it's usually far easier for a robber to avoid short-circuiting them -- and thus, the clock mechanics don't need to be secreted away somewhere, taking up 1/4 of the whole house just for 1 trap.

Anyway, nice house.

::Raises hand::

Guilty!

I actually had a rather epic run through that house, as his value got to the frontpage, and I was desperately looking to burn some tools. I started drafting his house until I realized how far it was, and then, worried I was running out of time, I started breaking things left and right in a race to get to the vault.

I managed to travel all the way across the ENTIRE house map, and at the VEEEEERRY end, you open a door and there's a dog behind a window. Two steps later, and it's the simplest leap of faith in the world to get to the vault.

So of course, what do I do? Brick the window, drug the dog. Sans ladders.

I had to sprint my way BACK all across the entire house until I got to the exit... then I came back with explosives.

For a 60K house, not sure I even made a profit, but I needed to burn cash somehow, and it was an entertaining run.

The saddest part about robbing houses is that I always find myself admiring the architecture as I lay waste to it.

Is your house by chance the one with all the dogs behind a massive wall of powered doors? I LOVE that house! Still haven't solved the second part.

oh man, i was JUST in that house! I can't remember where, will inform if I find it again.

It's not 'Wilcox', though.

I'd have to say if someone actually created such a bot, that's pretty damn impressive. And somebody with no value should check to see if his bot is perfect (ie. place a single dog between you and the vault, plus a short loop-de-loop in a bottom corner).

I've seen pretty far inside his house, and while none of the traps themselves are particularly novel, the house as a whole is very efficient. It's not many houses that require such a heavy bankroll to brute force - AND are able to easily move the vault location to sabotage repeat visits. No house is impenetrable, but breaking into his is wonderfully tedious.

I saw the 'Steal Real Money' contest being mentioned on Deadspin. Then I saw Roosterteeth did a feature. Then I stalked the game some more 'til I finally admitted I had to check it out.

edit: oh, and favorite other indie game - Hidden in Plain Sight for xbox

What's interesting about this trap is that the solution is plainly visible, and yet two people have already died to it.

HAHAHAHAHA

I just watched the REST of the tapes. I'm sorry, but these are just too good not to share.

Now keep in mind that when I left my house a few days ago, I had $10 left. JUST TEN DOLLARS!!

In fact, here's the first successful robbery of my house:

Good job!

Unfortunately, I think the wife still had about $10 on her.

That's right, I went on vacation for a few days and left my wife with the kids and a measly $10.

… and she was PISSED:

Thanks, dear. Now you've attracted attention.

It's a good thing our house still has that state-of-the-art security floor:

… as you can imagine, the sudden rise in property value brought a new influx of tourists. Things quickly got out of hand from there.

Luckily for us, we had 'Dewayne' to finally bring enough tools to overcome those scary lightning-bolt thingies.

Thanks man.

… oh, and thanks for this:

Prick.

—*****—

Suddenly, just like that, I had a $10 house that's practically immune to $2k tools.

This guy even brought a blowtorch. Very useful against steel walls!

…and did I mention the security floor?

Finally, somebody came to end the reign of terror:

Rest in peace, sweetie.

(I still owe you $10)