Getting Back on a Track
GREAT.
The beginning was too dark as the tube you walked on was completely black - I ended up using mat_fulbright 1 and the entire place came alive - wow - Players you just gotta do that to see it all !!
The end puzzle itself was tricky and fun - a minimalist puzzle of sorts.
However, the "Mother of all Tube Rides" was the coolest ride I ever took in Portal !!
Like a ride at Disney and it went on and on. My hats off to you, Sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I always wondered if someone could make a Disney Portal map where you just go on different rides.
For example, a tube ride where at the end your are shot out, across a football-field sized gap and then land into the mought of another tube that continues you along . . . then perhaps dumps you out onto an orange gel slicked ski-jump and then over another football field with a 15 blue-gelled platforms that are angled and bounce your in all directions . . . etc
If you ever made something like that it would set the Portal community ablaze !!
So you want a roller coaster map? There are plenty of those on the workshop.
this, but they all suck... catapults e_e
@fermat8: thanks mate, I fixed those problems in my own copy, I havent published it yet, when I do it will have to be separate for the sake of the contest
@PCdoc: you are correct there is a lot going on in the darkness, I unfortunately couldn't get a full compile in before the contest ended, hence the darkness
OK, nice map, but not finished, like you indicated yourself.
the usual comments:
-speaking Wheatley
-lighting of the path not flawless
-bug where cube gets stuck under raised platform under the button (I've got a screenshot)
-I died twice when I seemingly got out of bounds, although I was in a tractor beam going up (beam came from ceiling and I jumped in it, next thing I knew I was re-starting.
-no mid save point (frustrating at times)
-you can get stuck on the other side with no getting back
-sometimes all the lights go out, not sure if this is done on purpose, but frustrating when you are timing when to drop the cube.
-end elevator just kept on going - not a perfect ending
puzzle was nice, and I liked the difficulty level, it helped that the first button could not be operated by me, just by the cube (was this done on purpose?)
a lot of effort, I have mixed feelings about scores...
I'm afraid I have to be harsh, and personally wanted to see the enormous effort of the first part spent on two extra puzzles, with that difficulty level...
so, 3.4 as it stands, sort out the bugs and the things you wanted to do and I'll rate it at a 4.3
Cheers
the usual comments:
-speaking Wheatley
-lighting of the path not flawless
-bug where cube gets stuck under raised platform under the button (I've got a screenshot)
-I died twice when I seemingly got out of bounds, although I was in a tractor beam going up (beam came from ceiling and I jumped in it, next thing I knew I was re-starting.
-no mid save point (frustrating at times)
-you can get stuck on the other side with no getting back
-sometimes all the lights go out, not sure if this is done on purpose, but frustrating when you are timing when to drop the cube.
-end elevator just kept on going - not a perfect ending
puzzle was nice, and I liked the difficulty level, it helped that the first button could not be operated by me, just by the cube (was this done on purpose?)
a lot of effort, I have mixed feelings about scores...
I'm afraid I have to be harsh, and personally wanted to see the enormous effort of the first part spent on two extra puzzles, with that difficulty level...
so, 3.4 as it stands, sort out the bugs and the things you wanted to do and I'll rate it at a 4.3
Cheers
I've got the bugs sorted out on my personal copy, but I cant update this file because its a contest map
After the contest can you give us a heads up when your final copy is available?
sure thing mate. I actually think I'm going to upload a copy to the worshop for you guys who aren't judging
Now that the contest is over, I'd *LOVE* to see this fully compiled 
"Such monstrous sucking-constructions aren't built within one afternoon"
sure thing, I'm going to split it into two files though, because the map is actually too big to do a full compile on =