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#1 · May 20, 2011, 7:49 pm

I'm sure the idea has occurred to other people...

But I reckon a 2 player Race map would be awesome. The amount of time me and my mate spent dropping light bridges out from under each other while trying to cooperate.

So the puzzles would have to be pretty simple, hard to figure out complex puzzles while being murdered. And would be good to have lots of traps and killboxes - crushers, acid pools etc.

I don't have time at the moment to learn the SDK, or design a proper map. Does anyone want to make this happen? (Or has it already been done and I'm way behind?)

Kemic [iLM]

#2 · May 20, 2011, 9:32 pm

Kemic wrote:

I don't have time at the moment to learn the SDK, or design a proper map.

And yet you want someone to do all of the work for you. No thanks.

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#3 · May 20, 2011, 10:09 pm

You should talk to this guy.

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#4 · May 20, 2011, 10:32 pm

msleeper wrote:

Kemic wrote:

I don't have time at the moment to learn the SDK, or design a proper map.

And yet you want someone to do all of the work for you. No thanks.

Don't be an ass. Its not like he's gonna put his name on it, he's just putting out an idea. Last I checked, this was probably the best place to throw out ideas for portal maps.

And you don't want to do it, fine. I think it would be pretty fun, and maybe down the road I might make an attempt at something like that.

Good suggestion, mate.

#5 · May 20, 2011, 10:59 pm

Thanks Neoxx. I'm not trying to get free labour here, just throwing out an idea for anyone who might be interested.

And yes, during my uni holidays I will be learning SDK and having a go.

Trolls.

#6 · May 21, 2011, 1:18 pm

This sounds like an awesome idea, would love to see some competitive co-op maps so that you can challenge your friends

#7 · May 21, 2011, 3:41 pm

I thought of something like this before too. The basic idea seems to be interesting. But after a bit of thought, I'm not so sure. What would the goal be? Stealing light bridges from each other would be fun for about 10 seconds before becoming boring. And valve said in an interview that they started implementing a competitive mode, but then dropped it because it wasn't fun.

#8 · May 21, 2011, 3:45 pm

I love it when someone tells me "don't be an ass".

And yeah, what DrummerB said is pretty spot on. It has been said in numerous interviews and in several of the Portal 1 and Portal 2 commentaries that a "versus" mode was tried, and just wasn't enjoyable.

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#9 · May 21, 2011, 7:54 pm

Oh, well that's disappointing. Still might give it a go at some point though.

Just for the record, this is constructive:

msleeper wrote:

It has been said in numerous interviews and in several of the Portal 1 and Portal 2 commentaries that a "versus" mode was tried, and just wasn't enjoyable.

This is not:

msleeper wrote:

And yet you want someone to do all of the work for you. No thanks.

#10 · May 21, 2011, 8:36 pm

Kemic wrote:

I don't have time at the moment to learn the SDK, or design a proper map. Does anyone want to make this happen? (Or has it already been done and I'm way behind?)

Kemic [iLM]

This sounds like you are asking someone to make a map for you, which is surprisingly common around here.

Competitive (Co-op) Race?