I immediately experimented with the mechanic and found that gnetrgf gung ner'g ivfvoyr qba'g pbhag naq nernf haybnq vs lbh nea'g va gurz naq gurer nea'g obkrf ba gnetrgf va gurz. I found this out in the first level with a target in the special area and used it to my advantage beyond that point. not sure if I found out too early, it makes most of the early levels easy.