Quote from Mar on June 2, 2011, 8:04 pm

Good map indeed as others have said, it takes some thinking to figure out the way to solve the first puzzle. However after you have done that you really only have to do the exact same thing again in the other two. This
felt tedious to me since I could basically go on autopilot for the rest of it

Also, it felt like the third part was really the least complex one so putting that last felt a bit weird.[spoiler]Only thing that made me stop for a second there was that I didn't realize that the left button disabled the emancipation grid[/spoiler].

Quote from totlmstr on June 4, 2011, 6:49 pm

I accidentally solved the last portion without problems. I didn't know that [spoiler]you had to go right into the chamber with the normal cube first and then go to the reflectocube[/spoiler] in that order.

The first one, however, confused me tremendously. I had to use a save file for that last part [spoiler]for wondering how to get the normal cube to the opposite side. USE THE DAMN BUTTON, of course.[/spoiler] But that was a nice way to teach how to use portals conservatively.

Very fun map. 4/5 for not having a good way of direction in a few of the areas, but loving the map design.

Quote from Ratboy on June 7, 2011, 3:55 am

Haven't read the rest of the thread, so forgive me if I'm repeating anything. Well, actually I guess I just want to say "Holy crap!" You sir (or madaam), have mastered the tricky art of the [spoiler]"I have these two boxes but they need to be in two different places but that door's in the way and I can't... but what if... no... maybe... no... AH HA!"[/spoiler] puzzle. I was a bit frustrated at first, but then after I consistently slapped my forehead after 20 minutes of the afore mentioned buffoonery 3 times in a row, I slowly realized that you're a genius and you should probably go cure cancer instead of wasting your talents on us geeky goons. But thank you nonetheless.

Good job. 5/5

Quote from Djinndrache on June 7, 2011, 6:01 am

I started playing custom maps and record me playing them. It's neither a perfect run nor do I have to have solved the map in the way it's meant to solve it. I play the maps "blind", that means I've never been in them before and play them for the very first time. I also give a little feedback for the map in the video description.

Maybe you are interested in the fact, that I played your map: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91HvuwC-HMY

Quote from Shroudeye on June 7, 2011, 1:43 pm

Good one, Omnicoder. The first part got me dumb, and I solved it with a friend (Thanks Mitsunyan!), but the second and third ones came crashing down afterwards.

Making those map-a-days, and other projects really got you somewhere. So, as a beginner to Hammer, I guess I shall follow your path.

Keep it up, Omnicoder!

Quote from JackSafari on June 11, 2011, 5:12 am

This one should be considered as a finalist for best SP map. It is only one of a small minority that I feel comfortable rating as a 55, which I reserve for the best of the best.

Quote from Enigmaphase on June 17, 2011, 12:51 am

It seems to me that the chambers are in reverse difficulty order. I spent like 20 minutes running around in the first chamber with no idea what to do, and finally just managed to cheat it by going backwards "against" the orange exfu, I really doubt that was the intended solution though. The second chamber was fun and not too difficult, and the third chamber was really simple.

Overall I enjoyed it; I'm going to have to go back and figure out the real solution to chamber 1 now.
Also, loved the reflection in the water, it was so beautifull!!

Edit: Alright, figured it out! So simple and yet entirely not obvious.

Quote from CrazyGuy on June 17, 2011, 3:19 pm

yep quite nice, the look was well done and the map itself was compact and efficient. I agree with Enigmaphase that the chambers were in reverse difficulty (not that that's a bad thing, mine was kinda like that) the first one took me 10 minutes (died a couple of times) but was delighted when i solved it so that's good. The next two took me 5 minutes each (woulda taken less but I spent some time standing around looking at the decorative map features before proceeding)
still, definitely a 5/5 it fits all the criteria for a portal 2 map: fun, challenging, visually consistant and pleasing, and free of any bugs, texutre glitches or visible nodraw surfaces.

Quote from msleeper on June 19, 2011, 10:56 pm

In the first chamber, does the excursion funnel "strain" when you hop into it? It flickered off for a split second every time I jumped in it and I wasn't sure what was going on.

In the third chamber I noticed a weird visual glitch with the portal ghosts because of your use of world portals.