diff --git a/workshop/steps/11-capstone/game.js b/workshop/steps/11-capstone/game.js
index a520fd5..4c1ff5d 100644
--- a/workshop/steps/11-capstone/game.js
+++ b/workshop/steps/11-capstone/game.js
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ ctx.imageSmoothingEnabled = false;
 
 // player is an AABB (top-left corner + size)
 const player = { x: 40, y: 40, w: 12, h: 12 };
+window.player = player;
 
 // walls: a border plus a few interior blocks to slide against
 const T = 8; // border thickness
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ const walls = [
 	{ x: 0, y: H - T, w: W, h: T }, // bottom
 	{ x: 0, y: 0, w: T, h: H }, // left
 	{ x: W - T, y: 0, w: T, h: H }, // right
-	{ x: 150, y: 30, w: 16, h: 90 }, // a pillar
+	{ x: 144, y: 30, w: 12, h: 82 }, // a pillar
 	{ x: 96, y: 96, w: 60, h: 16 }, // a bar
 	ledge,
 ];
@@ -160,23 +161,56 @@ function penetrationVector(a, b) {
 	return null;
 }
 
-/**
- * moveAndSlide, but immune to the overlap trap: first push `box` out of any
- * wall it is already inside (plus an EPSILON of slack, same idea as the
- * backoff in the loop), THEN run the normal sweep loop from the safe spot.
- *
- * Everything you need is penetrationVector above and given.ts.
- */
-function safeMoveAndSlide(box, v, walls) {
-	for (const wall of walls) {
-		const pv = penetrationVector(box, wall);
+function resolveOverlaps(box, walls) {
+	const res = {
+		x: box.x,
+		y: box.y,
+		settled: true,
+	};
+
+	const count = walls.length;
+	let index = 0;
+	let tries = 0;
+
+	while (index < count) {
+		const pv = penetrationVector(box, walls[index++]);
+
 		if (pv) {
-			box.x += pv.x > 0 ? pv.x + EPSILON : pv.x - EPSILON;
-			box.y += pv.y > 0 ? pv.y + EPSILON : pv.y - EPSILON;
+			if (pv.x !== 0) {
+				box.x += pv.x > 0 ? pv.x + EPSILON : pv.x - EPSILON;
+			}
+			if (pv.y !== 0) {
+				box.y += pv.y > 0 ? pv.y + EPSILON : pv.y - EPSILON;
+			}
+
+			res.x = box.x;
+			res.y = box.y;
+			res.settled = false;
+
+			index = 0;
+			tries += 1;
+		} else {
+			res.settled = true;
+		}
+
+		if (tries > 7) {
+			break;
 		}
 	}
 
-	return moveAndSlide(box, v, walls);
+	return res;
+}
+
+function safeMoveAndSlide(box, v, walls) {
+	const res = resolveOverlaps(box, walls);
+	if (res.settled) {
+		return moveAndSlide(box, v, walls);
+	}
+
+	return {
+		x: box.x,
+		y: box.y,
+	};
 }
 
 let then = performance.now();