zakiwana guide - block-making gimmick stage

this is one of the required stages. your body feels heavier than usual, making you unable to double jump. talking to the spike at the left will give you the ability to do the following:

• press X to create a block. this block can be destroyed by shooting it or by jumping under it. if this block touches a spike or another block, it will immediately be destroyed
• press S to shoot a giant bullet. this bullet can destroy spikes and cherries, but keep in mind that it's a single use per screen

the number at the top shows how many blocks are present on the screen. if it becomes red, you'll lose your ability to create more blocks until you destroy some of them

the pink screen

this is the last puzzle, which is way longer than the rest of the stage:

the reason it's mentioned here is because the S key doesn't work here. instead, it lets you respawn without restarting the puzzle. keep in mind that R will still work, so be careful when trying to respawn after dying

if this is too much for you to care, there is a video of the solution to this screen provided by chip himself