# The &level-menu; Menu

&level-collections;

  A submenu which holds all the collections. Just select a collection, to jump to the level you played last in this collection (or the first level of the collection, if it is your first try at the collection).

  &EasySok; comes with the following collections:

  - The Dimitri & Yorick collection was created by Jacques Duthen duthen@club-internet.fr. It is ideal for beginners and kids.

  - The Sokogen collection was also was created by Jacques Duthen duthen@club-internet.fr. Like the Dimitri & Yorick collection it is also well suited for beginners and kids.

  - The Minicosmos collection is the easiest one in the series by Aymeric du Peloux aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org. Its difficulty is slightly higher than that of the Sokogen and Dimitri & Yorick collections.

  - The Microcosmos collection is considerably harder then the Minicosmos collection. This level set from Aymeric du Peloux aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org is therefore ideal for intermediate sokoban players.

  - The Nabokosmos collection from Aymeric du Peloux aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org is even harder than Microcosmos and suitable for experts. Like all collections from Aymeric du Peloux, the levels of this collection contain only a few gems, but are mind boggling. If you think that this collection is to easy, you should look at http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/ , where Aymeric du Peloux is creating a new collection called Picocosmos, which is even harder (yes, that's really possible).

  - The Picokosmos collection from Aymeric du Peloux aymeric.du-peloux@gadz.org is the hardest one und suitable for experts and gods. Maybe you should loook an Aymeric's homepage at http://www.multimania.com/nabokos/ , where you can get a hint for every level!

  - The dh1 collection from David Holland david@noether.freeserve.co.uk contains levels of various size and difficulty. All in all this collection is the right one for intermediates and experts.

  - The dh2 collection from David Holland david@noether.freeserve.co.uk contains medium to huge levels and should be tried by sokoban experts.

  - The maelstrom collection from David Holland david@noether.freeserve.co.uk has a great diversity in the levels. Here you can find everything from small levels with only five gems to huge levels with nearly 60 gems. The right collection for intermediates (if they skip some of the levels) and experts.

  - The Bagatelle collection is from David Holland david@noether.freeserve.co.uk. It has levels of small to medium size, which are really hard to solve. The right stuff for experts.

  - The Cantrip collection is the newest from David Holland david@noether.freeserve.co.uk. It has interesting levels of medium to high difficulty, while the levels are not to big. The right stuff for intermediates and experts.

  - The small but fine Twisty collection from Martin P Holland m.holland@noether.freeserve.co.uk is part of the soked program ( see http://www.clickfest88.freeserve.co.uk/ for obtaining this fine piece of software). It is suitable for intermediates and experts.

  - The Yoshio's Autogenerated collection from Yoshio Murave yoshio@asahi.email.ne.jp demonstrates perfectly, that even small levels with few gems (every level has only three gems!) can be quite hard to solve. The right collection for intermediates.

  - The Yoshio's Handmade collection from Yoshio Murave yoshio@asahi.email.ne.jp contains small to medium levels, with a generally high difficulty. Because this collection is a work in progress, you should visit Yoshio Murave's homepage http://www.ne.jp/asahi/ai/yoshio/sokoban/main.htm, to look for new levels in the collection.

  - The Microban collection from David W. Skinner sasquatch@bentonrea.com contains levels with increasing difficulty. This collection is suited for beginners and intermediate.

  - The MasMicroban collection from David W. Skinner sasquatch@bentonrea.com, the sequel of Microban, contains levels with increasing difficulty. This collection is suited for beginners and intermediate.

  - The Sasquatch collection is the first in David W. Skinner's sasquatch@bentonrea.com sasquatch series. The levels itself are quite variable, ranging from small to huge, but always interesting. Suitable for intermediates and experts.

  - The Mas Sasquatch collection is the second in David W. Skinner's sasquatch@bentonrea.com sasquatch series. Like the Sasquatch collection it features some very huge levels, which are quite hard to solve. The right collection for experts.

  - The Sasquatch III collection is the third in David W. Skinner's sasquatch@bentonrea.com sasquatch series. Like the Sasquatch and Mas Sasquatch collections you will find levels of all sizes, while huge levels are dominant. A collection for experts.

  - The Sasquatch IV collection is the fourth in David W. Skinner's sasquatch@bentonrea.com sasquatch series. Here you will find more small levels, compared to the other collections in the series. A collection for experts.

  - The Sasquatch IV collection is the newest in David W. Skinner's sasquatch@bentonrea.com sasquatch series. Here you will find some very big levels, compared to the other collections in the series. A collection for experts.

  - The Grigr2001 collection was created by Evgeniy Grigoriev grigr@yandex.ru. It contains a wide variety of levels with all difficulties.

  - The Kokoban collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of medium sized levels, which are generally hard to solve. The right collection for expert.

  - The Novoban collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of mostly of medium sized levels with only few gems. The right collection for beginners and intermediates.

  - The Numbers collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of the levels which resemble the numbers from 0 to 9. The difficulty of the levels vary from easy to hard.

  - The Sokoban Online collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of levels where the start position of the gems resembel a letter and the goals also. The difficulty of the levels is generally easy.

  - The Sokolate collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of medium sized levels with not to much gems. The difficulty of the levels is medium to hard. Suitable for intermediates and experts.

  - The Sokompact collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of medium sized levels with not to much gems. The difficulty of the levels hard. Suitable for experts.

  - The Sokompact collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of large levels with only one gem. The difficulty of the collection is trivially (when you play &EasySok; by mouse) or easy (if you play &EasySok; by keyboard). The right collection for beginners.

  - The 100 boxes collection from François Marques Francois.Marques@freesbee.fr consists of 10 levels with 10 gems each. The difficulty of the collection is hard.

  All the collections are copyrighted by their authors.

  If you have ever tried to create an interesting sokoban level yourself (apart from creating a whole collection), you know how much work and creativity this task requires (in fact it's probably easier to create a whole Sokoban program). So respect the work of the authors (which made this collections publicly available for free) and don't distribute this levels under your own name!

&level-collections-by-author;

  Here you can select the collections, which are sorted by their authors.

&level-collections-by-difficulty;

  Here you can select the collections, which are sorted by their difficulties. Note that only the average difficulty is given and that the whole concept of difficulty is highly subjective!

&level-recent-collections;

  Shows the last recently used collections.

&level-prev-collection;

  Jumps to the previous collection.

&level-next-collection;

  Jumps to the next collection.

&level-prev-level;

  Jumps to the previous level in the collection, if there is a previous level.

&level-next-level;

  Jumps to the next level in the collection if that is possible.

&level-prev-unsolved-level;

  Jumps to the previous unsolved level in the collection, if there is a previous level.

&level-next-unsolved-level;

  Jumps to the next unsolved level in the collection if that is possible.

&level-first-level;

  Jumps to the first level in the current collection.

&level-last-level;

  Jumps to the last reachable level in the current collection. The effect is the same, as using &level-next-level; as much as possible.

&level-goto-level;

  Allows you to go to a specific level. A dialog pops up, where you can enter the number of the level you want to visit.

&level-level-info;

  Shows information about the current level.

&level-collection-info;

  Shows information about the current collection.

&level-find-dups;

  Tries to find duplicate levels in all collections. Two level are considered to be the same, if they are the same or can be made the same by moving the keeper without pushing a gem or by rotating and mirroring one level and moving the keeper without pushing a gem. Note that all levels are simplified to determine levels, which are different only because of irrelevant changes.

&level-force-update;

  Looks for new and updated collections. If any are found, you can choose if you want to import these and maybe replace the new collections by the old collection. This function is only needed, if you want to import new collections your have rejected to import (or update) during the startup of &EasySok; or in the case when you installed new levels (for example by installing a new version of &EasySok;) when &EasySok; is running, because in this case the new levels are not considered new (this problem might be solved in a future version).