Fun and somewhat challenging. However, you should really move the level-ending "Good Work!" dialog down to the parts bin area, instead of having it immediately cover up your gear system the moment you get it working.
Get rid of the instant-lose, must-restart crap with the timer mode. I really don't feel like replaying 15 levels just because I got hung up on on level. I understand the argument that constant continue make games too easy, but this is casual gaming...if the game starts annoying me, I'm off to find another game.
Philosopher's Stone in 100 cycles ( a little slow, but kinda fun to watch...)
c,3,3;b,1,5;b,1,9;c,3,11;b,3,7;c,11,3;c,11,11;b,12,9;b,12,5;b,10,7;b,6,11;b,7,9;m,4,9,180,2,wwwwwwwcdouwwwww;m,1,3,270,1,crulldlorrcllorr;m,13,3,270,1,clurrdrollcrroll;m,13,11,90,1,crulldlorrcllorr;m,10,9,0,2,wwwwwwwcdouwwwww;m,13,7,90,1,rolwwwwwwwwwwc1w;m,1,11,90,1,clurrdrollcrroll;m,4,5,90,2,rwwwwwwcdouwwclo;m,1,7,90,1,lorwwwwwwwwwwc2w;m,10,5,90,1,2olwwwucdowwwcr2;m,8,7,90,1,lc22ruuoddwwwwww;m,6,7,90,2,rcwwwwlowwwwwwww;m,7,7,270,3,oddllwwc11rruuww;m,7,5,270,1,cuuoddww;
Huh, a bunch of my solutions seem to come in at 65 cycles. Here's Elixir of Life:
b,1,7;b,12,7;c,4,10;c,10,10;b,6,10;b,7,6;m,4,13,180,2,crolwwwwww;m,1,10,90,2,wwcrrollww;m,1,4,90,2,rrwwwcllow;m,2,10,270,2,ruodlc22ww;m,4,7,90,2,wwcdroluww;m,13,4,90,2,llwwwcrrow;m,12,10,180,2,wuodrc11wl;m,13,10,90,2,wwcllorrww;m,10,13,0,2,clorwwwwww;m,11,13,180,1,llwwcrroww;m,7,13,270,1,uowwdrwwcl;m,8,8,90,1,wwcllorrww;m,10,7,90,2,wwcldoruww;m,7,8,270,1,llwcr22row;m,2,3,0,1,wcuuoddwww;m,4,6,270,3,2orwwwwwcl;
Pretty happy with this solution for Black Powder in 65 cycles:
t,4,10;t,10,10;b,7,7;m,13,10,90,2,cllorrwwwwww;m,11,7,90,1,lwwcrruodlww;m,9,13,180,1,wwcrolwwwwww;m,4,13,0,2,clorwwwwwwww;m,7,11,270,1,rwwwcluwuodd;m,10,13,180,2,wwwwcrolwwww;m,4,7,90,2,wwcrllworwww;m,10,7,180,2,lwwwwwclrwro;m,5,13,0,1,wwwwwwclorww;m,8,5,90,1,1wrrorrc1w1w;m,5,7,90,1,loruuwwwcddw;
So...uh...yeah....First mission....you kill four aliens then immediately get pasted by some kind of energy artillery from off screen. Is there something I'm missing? Because otherwise it's 10 seconds of nothing special followed by 3 seconds of irritatingly dumb.