Crossover Story

Crossover Story is the 6th level of RoboTraps and is set in the factory's furnace. The main task here is to anticipate the movement of the five robots, which go in parallel, and move the bridges fast enough to keep them from falling into the molten metal.

Level Design
The robots walk over several narrow paths accross moveable bridges the player has to move. As they are split up early in the level, the player has to try and observe all five of them at once to get them over the gaps. Later on, a flamethrower hinders the robots' progress until Ernest steps on a switch.

The level takes place in the furnace, with the player office hanging over a pool of molten metal.

New game mechanics
Switchable bridges are introduced in this level. They return in level 12 and level 16.

Solution
This level requires good reactions as well as observing several robots at once. Again, this one is hard to describe in words, but in general, only switch the platforms right before a robot would walk into a gap, not before - otherwise you will likely drop another one on accident. Also, in any case, make sure to save Ernest, as without him, the blue Switch in the front will not get pressed and the flamethrower near it will stay active, meaning the other four robots cannot possibly reach the goal. To make sure that not only Alice and Ernest, but all five robots survive, you will also need to use the bridge next to the flamethrower as a wall stopping Bob, Clark and Dennis until Ernest passes them and switches off the flamethrower.

Trivia

 * The name Crossover Story references media where several franchises are combined, and of course the robots crossing over the molten metal.
 * A burnt-out player office can be seen swimming in the liquid metal pool, implying that another one crashed there.
 * It is not possible to save any robots in this level unless Ernest is saved.
 * This is the second level in which robots can fall down to a lower level, which is both the main threat and part of the solution to this one.

Music
One-eyed Maestro by Kevin MacLeod