If you’ve tried this earnestly 3 times, after the 3rd time, I think it’s fine to switch to just trying to solve the level however you want (i.e. moving your character around the screen, experimenting).
After you failed 3 times, wouldn’t it be a better exercise to just play around in the level until you get a new pice of information that you predict will allow you to reformulate better plans, and then step back into planning mode again?
Oh, yeah. I wrote this for a workshop context where there was a de facto time limit and eventually I needed to move things along. But I agree your suggestion here is better if you have more time.
After you failed 3 times, wouldn’t it be a better exercise to just play around in the level until you get a new pice of information that you predict will allow you to reformulate better plans, and then step back into planning mode again?
Oh, yeah. I wrote this for a workshop context where there was a de facto time limit and eventually I needed to move things along. But I agree your suggestion here is better if you have more time.