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'''Eric Schmidt''' is one of the most well-known level designers in the history of [[Chip's Challenge]], making a name for himself with technically intensive compositions, often very long solving times, and many [[monster]] interactions. His first level set, EricS1, is a 165 level long concept set about the adventures of Chip throughout a variety of areas, trying to escape the [[teeth]] Hoola. His far more recent level set, EricS2, is much shorter with only 30 levels and does not have a storyline.

== Levels in official packs ==

=== CCLP1 ===

* [[The Ancient Temple]]

=== CCLP2 ===

* [[Maze of One Way]]

* [[Yike-O-Matic]]

* [[Hmmm!]]

* [[Fun House Rink]]

* [[Breaking the Rules]]

* [[And Then There Were... Four?]]

* [[Just a Minute!!]]

* [[The Lake in Winter]]

* [[Internal Clock]]

* [[Bumble Boy]]

* [[Creative One-Ways]]

* [[Don't Get Lost]]

* [[Exit Chip]]

* [[Roller Coaster]]

* [[One-Block Sokoban]]

* [[Yet Another Puzzle]]

* [[Monster Factory]]

* [[After the Rainstorm]]

* [[Teeth]]

* [[Flame Boy]]

* [[Warehouse II]]

* [[Paramecia]]

* [[Dodge!]]

* [[Time Bomb (CCLP2 level)|Time Bomb]]

* [[Captured]]

* [[Keep Trying]]

* [[Wormwood]]

* [[Cloner's Maze]]

=== CCLP3 ===

* [[Yet Another Yet Another Puzzle]]

=== CCLP4 ===

* [[Estranged for a Season]]

* [[They're Not Called Blocks for Nothing]]

Many levels in EricS1 are rough edits of existing [[CC1]] levels, which either change some tiles or [[monster]]s, alter the requirements, add additional sections, or fix previously [[busted level]]s. The levels worked over were, in order of appearance in the set:

* [[Hunt]] (all 788 chips required)

* [[Traffic Cop]] (Three times; Chip now has to use the [[walker]]s to touch the [[green button]] in the first, there are no monsters at all in the second, and in a much later level, many other obstacles block the path of the walkers)

* [[Lemmings]] (there are no chips, only one [[water]] space, only one [[block]], and Chip has to infiltrate the [[fireball]] room to reach the exit)

* [[Fireflies]] (no [[gravel]])

* [[Lesson 8]] (the [[time limit]] is only 5, requiring the use of the bold solution)

* [[Doublemaze]] (all [[thin wall]]s are replaced with random [[force floor]]s, which release the original boundaries of the maze)

* [[Sampler]] (the monsters can now move between rooms, and there are more of them)

* [[Underground]] (all [[dirt]] is replaced with chips)

* [[Castle Moat]] (there are no [[flippers]], and there are many more [[block]]s required than the original long solution)

* [[Invincible Champion]] (Three times in consecutive levels; the [[monster order]] is fixed in one, the [[water]] is also removed in a second level, and the [[glider]]s and [[bug]]s are switched in a third)

* [[Scavenger Hunt]] (Twice; changed to an [[ice]] maze, with the same boundaries, and in the second level, with a [[walker]] [[clone machine]] added at the start)

* [[Southpole]] (additional barriers and a [[red key]] and [[blue key]] added)

* [[Kablam]] (enlarged, made more difficult)

* [[Beware of Bug]] ([[fireball]]s are cloned from what was formerly the exit area, and Chip has to block them off with a [[block]] before they overwhelm the entire level)

* [[Strange Maze]] (the [[teeth]] and [[walker]]s now move, and the only destructive obstacles are [[bomb]]s. It is aptly named ''AUGHHHHHhhhhh...'')

* [[Suicide]] (several levels throughout the set, but all with different twists on how to get the gliders into the bombs.)

* [[Drawn and Quartered]] (all dirt and [[gravel]] spaces are now chips)

* [[Forced Entry]] (thirty [[fireball]]s are sliding across the force floors, and the walls are now [[water]])

* [[I Slide]] (the design is edited without changing the directional movements, and a [[bug]] is also added to the level)

* [[Oorto Geld]] (only one glider will change the [[toggle wall]]s, only one block can be used, many other toggle walls added for art, some [[blob]]s released into the level)

* [[Ice Cube]] (the outer edge is replaced with [[recessed wall]]s, and the bug is also removed)

* [[Trinity]] (complicated with recessed walls, plus a fireball and a glider guarding two of the chips)

Twenty-eight of Eric Schmidt's levels were placed into [[CCLP2]], largely stacked in the middling to hard categories. Some of the hardest CCLP2 levels, such as [[Warehouse II]], [[Exit Chip]], [[Yet Another Puzzle]], and [[Cloner's Maze]] were created by Eric. Another of his levels, [[Yet Another Yet Another Puzzle]], formerly titled ''[[The Last Laugh]] II'', was placed in [[CCLP3]].