Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · May 29, 2011, 1:02 pm

My Entry for the ThinkingWithPortals Summer Mapping Initiative!

-INSTALLATION-
Place the maps folder under steamapps/common/portal 2/portal2. If it asks to overwrite say yes, you won't lose anything.

-TO PLAY-
Once installed, in game open the developer console (`) and type "map sp_grox_dis_en", then hit enter. If your just playing,
you can delete the mapsrc folder as that is only for the competition and not required to play.

-SPECIAL THANKS TO:-

-Portal2Player
-Omnicoder
-Smasher
-Fearlezz
-Motanum
-T3X
-JonhBigOz
-and everyone else who helped me with my map who I may have forgotten! (sorry bout that)

File Name: grox_dis_en.zip
File Size: 4.8 MiB
Click here to download [SP] Discouragement Encouragement

#2 · May 29, 2011, 1:31 pm

Hmmm I'll check it out, I'll also make a youtube vid if its good

#3 · May 29, 2011, 1:42 pm

I died in each room that had turrets by the turrets XD
but it was super fun!
5/5 :thumbup:

#4 · May 29, 2011, 2:17 pm

WOW

AWESOME
:potd:

My way:

YouTube

Spoiler

0I9SinuAnZI

#5 · May 29, 2011, 2:46 pm

Graphics are top notch, rivaled by few: Valve quality, palpable stylistic choices. But multilaser puzzles have their limits and it shows especially if you've got 2 and no other kind.

They are well designed in their own area of expertise, make no mistake, it's just that the ceiling for these jigsaws isn't much high.

the hills are alive... with the sound of music

#6 · May 29, 2011, 5:01 pm

good map no so easier

#7 · May 29, 2011, 5:44 pm

I think it is a very very well made map. I enjoyed the laser puzzles very much. Keep up the great work! :thumbup:

First guy tells the second guy, "My head hurts!" The second guy replied, "Stop thinking so much!" Then the first guy says, "I think that what caused my problem in the first place!" The second guy says, "Then stop banging you head against the wall!"

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#8 · May 29, 2011, 5:46 pm

A really great map. The atmosphere was fantastic, and it enhanced the experience quite a bit. The puzzles weren't that challenging, by my standards, but they were well crafted, and I was never left wondering if the creator had made a mistake.

It's easy to cheat your way up to the cubes in the first room, though. All I did was shoot a portal high on the wall adjacent to the ledge and jump at it diagonally.

I would love to see it remade as a challenge map with fewer cubes.

EDIT: The message at the end says "Encouragement Discouragement" instead of "Discouragement Encouragement."

#9 · May 29, 2011, 6:00 pm

This was a great puzzle all in all, but i did find one alternate solution. Also, this map had the best graphics i have yet seen in a custom map.

Spoiler

Portal solution.jpg

"We're done here."

#10 · May 29, 2011, 7:19 pm

Hey! Grox, it was very good, but it was a bit heavy on my laptop and it lagged a bit on some areas. Also, I felt a bit crowded. Good looks and great use of lasers! Although, it felt a bit repetitive!

I'll gave you 4/5, due to being sometimes laggy and I felt a bit crowded. I still have to look at your brushwork.

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