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[Urist McScoopbeard]

ok so i've been wondering,
if a floodgate closes and there's nowhere for the creature standing on that tile to go will it smash it?

ex. ===            = -walls
     =f =            f - floodgates
     =f =            x - locked door
     =f =
     =x =

under normal circumstances i would use an atom smasher but, the space in which this system goes would be impractical for one.

[Illanair]

As far as I can remember a floodgate will not "close" if an object or creature is on top of it. The exception is fluids.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

*sad face* well i guess i'll have to maek room for the bridge, unless someone comes up with a similar idea

[Mystery]

A bridge would literally have the same effect.
But get creative try something like flood gates that bridge off a small area then activate upright spears hooked to repeater. 

[Kanddak]

It's perfectly workable to build a 1x3 drawbridge that opens toward the left or right of that diagram.

[twilightdusk]

Try making a hallway like this

# = wall
X = floodgate
+ = (trapped) floor

##X##
##+##
##+##
##+##
##X##

Stretched out as long as you can manage (you can make it twist and turn too, it's just simplest to diagram a straight line). set up a lever outside this trap or a pressure plate inside which is linked to close both floodgates, trapping the victim inside with whatever else you have in there (repeating spike traps, magma flow, etc.)