PrinceWatercress plays Drill Dozer - Part 2 of 28

Before heading back to the Skullkers' lair, we check out the Red Dozers' training course.

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At the main menu, you can see the equipment that is equipped on your Drill Dozer, you can see the treasures that you have collected, and you'll also be able to save and load games. You'll also be able to go to the map and play and re-play levels.

While we could go to Area 1-2 right now, we're going to the training course to see what the future of the game holds.

Red Dozers' Training Course

Marked Map (by TerraEsperZ)

Unmarked Map (by Spanettone)

The chalkboards will contain notes on the things you have just interacted with, and you can read them with B.

The boxes with the hourglasses on are time blocks. They will re-appear after being destroyed. There will be a series of beeps, and after the third set of beeps, the block re-appears. If you're inside where the block is, the block will not re-appear until you move out of the way. The darker blocks take more abuse before getting destroyed than the lighter ones.

If you hold forward on the D-Pad while drilling through multiple blocks at third gear, you'll keep moving forward from block to block as long as you are holding forward and the button you are drilling with.

The drill ducts allow you to move forward with the drill. Hold R to go through the red ones, and L to go through the blue ones. If you shift to third gear, you can fly through gaps in the ducts.

The screw gates will open paths to areas and can also help you get to others. Experiment with the screw gates to figure out which button you need to screw them. By moving one screw in, another screw moves out. The screws will move back to their original positions after a few seconds.

Sometimes you can interact with things on the wall with B. By placing the jigsaw puzzle piece on the wall by walking up to it with B and placing it where you need to - which is the puzzle below - you can open up a wall. You'll be doing this to open up paths throughout the game.

The yellow square blocks are rubber blocks. If you drill into them with one shoulder button, then press the other shoulder button, you can launch yourself backwards. The higher the gear you're in, the further you'll launch yourself back. You can switch directions while launching yourself, allowing you to perform multiple rebounding jumps with multiple rubber blocks, and while this takes practice, it can be done and it will get your places.

There are socket lifts that can carry you from either side. Remember that they can only carry you for as long as your drill is spinning, and if you hit a ceiling or a wall, you will automatically let go of the socket lift. Thankfully, you can switch the side of the socket lift that you are on with the D-Pad.

You'll find a treasure chest with 150 chips at the end.