Quote from version2_1 on June 13, 2011, 5:05 pm

We are both standing in front of the exit door, but it is not opening. Is it broken or are we missing something?

Quote from PortalCombat on June 13, 2011, 6:14 pm

Hey there.

thoughts
[spoiler]=> map design and level of details are amazing
- all the plants and stone-pieces... it looks really great!
- but you should add some collision to the enviroment
- we were able to stand in your decoration on the floor

=> blue gel was a little bit tricky
- it flow out of the portal with an strange angle...

=> the sound of the crushers was really annoying
- why the hell, are they enabled all the fuckin' time?
- it is hard to think clear when you have this sound blocking your thoughts
- we were very happy when we finished the map, and could leave the crusher sound alone![/spoiler]
shortcut
[spoiler]=> in the room on the left side - we did not use the 2 buttons to disable the fizzler
- I just jumped down to the catapult and used it to save the cube
- and btw: we did not really figured out how to get to the buttons at all[/spoiler]
We really enjoyed your map design and the puzzle was fun and interesting.
Thanks for sharing that map.

Regards
PortalCombat

Quote from xdiesp on June 13, 2011, 8:12 pm

With maps of this quality, you can't help but be frustrated by no draw surfaces in plain view (check the left room). But I cannot ignore the splendid amount of destruction everywhere, the place looks like it was bombed with waste everywhere.

Difficulty is medium, both antechambers get you busy while not so demanding - yet the right one can be soloed, and the left one gets horribly broken with a well executed jump. Unless you consider that an alternate solution, which I respect.

All of this went on pretty fast, then we spent a disproportional amount of time covering in gels the final walkway: both the gel trajectory and the available surfaces seemed off, which had us spamming gel forever. For a menial task like that, it took too long: I suggest to break up the walkway to suggest you're not doing it wrong, or just normalize the blue shower.

Quote from Djinndrache on June 14, 2011, 9:38 am

I'm playing custom maps and record my first time of playing them. So the run is not perfect and may not use only intended ways, but maybe it can let you see how other people may understand the map or you could just enjoy someone playing this map for entertainment.
Anyways, here is the recording:

1t-I1dR8_bw
(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t-I1dR8_bw)

Also note the video description for more feedback and my signature for additional project information.

Quote from Fearlezz on June 20, 2011, 9:29 pm

Hello everyone!

First of all I would like to thank you for all of your feedback!
Secondly I would like to say that I am aware of alternative solutions to the puzzles which was discovered by my playtesters.

I decided to leave some since only one solution puzzles are no fun and are harder to solve for the player.

But there is also solutions I did not know of such as you showed in the video how you and your friend combined the two laser cubes to turn on the orange gel. This does not matter for me since the intended solution was infact right infront of your eyes and easier to pull off. But your mind was not set for it and therefor you did not see it.

For me the biggest mistake I did in this map was simply put, the blue gel. The angle of it and that I let it stay in the map, even though playtesters complained that it was tricky.
I thought the technique was cool to have to use a special portal placement to get the blue gel on the bridge. But this had never been introduced to portal players before and I did go against my own rules of just that. Mostly because some testers did eventually figure out that the portal placed on the floor needed to be upside down, since the gel would fly up the sky if it was placed normally.

I've also noticed that its possible to make the last jump even tho the gels aren't placed as I intended to and that is also a problem.

But all in all you have to solve both chambers to the right and left to make it to the exit so there is no major loss and that gives you a very dynamic gameplay from person to person. And thats a big bonus even though it was not intended.

I learned something from making this map and getting your feedback. Thanks!

Quote from phobiabug on November 6, 2011, 11:27 am

The test is over.

Quote from fma965 on April 12, 2012, 11:36 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_B0bIR4O0
Yt_B0bIR4O0

Fun Complex (sorta) map the aesthetics are amazing and it makes good use of the test elements good job!
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Maps are played blind unless stated otherwise this means i have no idea what i am walking in to and if i am doing them correctly. their may be bits where i stop to think.
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