Tyler Sontag: Difference between revisions

He began ''TS2'' during CCLP1's development to prepare for the next community pack [[Chip's Challenge Level Pack 4|CCLP4]]. He ceased progress at the end of 2014 with only 22 levels finished and decided to focus on CC2 level designing when it was released the following year.

Tyler quickly released a small level set after [[Chip's Challenge 2|CC2]] was released in May 2015 named TSAlpha. He built it slowly over the next three years before finalizing it in mid-2018 with 40 levels. The set is notable for its use of unsupported tiles that he co-discovered with [[random 8]] such as the zero [[directional block]], blank [[no sign]]s, and [[voodoo tile]]s. To complement TSAlpha's release, Tyler released TSNull, a smaller set containing reject and experimental levels. In March 2019, Tyler released an initial version of his next CC2 level set, TSBeta, which contains currently only 5 levels but is planned to eventually reach 40.

Tyler's design style in his TCCLP days were eclectic, but he eventually found a distinct style in the late stages of TS1 and TS0. All the levels in his ''TSx'' series are [[Lynx ruleset|Lynx]]-compatible, and tries to conform to pedantic Lynx rules as often as possible. The TSx levels are usually medium to hard difficulty, and often contain a large number of [[recessed wall]]s and [[Partial posting|partial posts]]. He has become infamous for including adapted [[Sokoban level|Sokoban sections]] in his levels, usually involving three blocks. His ''TCCLPRejects'' levels often exploit many [[glitch]]es, such as [[data resetting]], the [[Multiple Tank Glitch|multiple tank glitch]], and various other oddities. In his CC2 sets, he frequently uses [[bowling ball]]s, [[logic gate]]s, and [[railroad track]]s, the last of which he considers the most versatile addition to CC2.

While designing TS2 and his subsequent CC2 level sets, Tyler has made fewer and fewer levels that require [[computer chip]]s. In TSAlpha, 22 of its 40 levels contain no chips, and all TSBeta levels currently require no chips. This has led to an inside joke that Tyler wants chips officially banned from appearing in levels.

Tyler has a decent interest in [[optimization]], but often does not optimize competitively. In [[MS ruleset|MS]], Tyler has a CC1 score of 5,975,580, a CCLP1 score of 6,003,500, a CCLP2 score of 6,038,430, a CCLP3 score of 6,058,970, and a CCLP4 score of 6,085,510. His first [[Bold time|bold]] confirm was in CCLP3 on [[Marooned]], often considered the easiest bold to achieve in the set. However, after the release of CCLP1, he became more serious about optimization and achieved a modest number of new records and confirms, placing him near the top of the CCLP1 scoreboard.