Forum | Thinking With Portals

#11 · September 20, 2011, 1:21 pm

jonatan wrote:

The solution is tricky so your solution might very well be the intended one. While alternative solutions might exist I've gone to great lengths to try eliminate them. Will be interesting to see your video, especially an uncut first run. Seeing the thought process helps improve design and playability as a map maker. Kudos to you for recording all your plays.

Well, my solution contains ninjaaction, cubeflinging and tons of skill, but also raging because nothing did work before I got this idea lol
It does also include the deathtrap and timing like a boss. Maybe my solution is something like halfway intended without the ninja stuff. When I'm out of ideas I start randomly ninjaing wherever I get ideas to ninja. And then usually I get ideas how I could use ninjaing to solve the puzzle.

The video file is rendered, 1.42GB in size. Maybe I'll get it uploaded on Thursday

Glad you appreciate my project, you'll be a dignified part of it!

edit: I just watched the video and this time you can clearly see how I get to my solution piece by piece. I really wasn't fast at getting the clue...

#12 · September 20, 2011, 1:59 pm

Made a small change (1.4) that hopefully removes some of this ninja action. Note: The solution is tricky to find but fairly easy to execute.

My maps: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

#13 · September 20, 2011, 2:05 pm

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#14 · September 20, 2011, 2:53 pm

Great map. I like the textures chosen and the sobriety.

Anyway, this map, over many of the rest of maps, is mainly a puzzle itself. Frankly speaking I didn't find it TOO difficult; nontheless it could be a bit too twisting for some players. I saw the logical of the solution and I found it harder to

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get the second cube re-appear across the orange portal up near the exit (because it crashed against the cube-dropper and changed its direction) than the solution itself

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Maybe some music would have helped to get a challenging atmosphere!

Here is my playhrough:

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THANKS FOR MAPPING!!

useful tools and stuff here on TWP :thumbup:

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#15 · September 20, 2011, 3:15 pm

What you do in your video requires some luck

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since the cube often will bounce on the dropper

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Might as well post the intended solution (that does not depend on luck) since people are close enough:

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My maps: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

#16 · September 20, 2011, 3:47 pm

Heh, i was fist pumping about completing it and i came here to say how great it is, but i did it the same josepezdj did :C

Dunno if it's totally luck cause

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at first i tried it when the portal under the dropper was across and not to the width like the video so it ended with the cube finally coming to stop too far from the portal.

#17 · September 20, 2011, 4:37 pm

v1.5: Now added

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a forced target helper under the cube dropper so that the cube always (hopefully) will bump into the cube dropper and be put into rest instead of infinite looping

. This hopefully removes the unintended solutions posted above while at the same time gives a small hint to the solution to an acute observer.

My maps: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11

#18 · September 20, 2011, 7:11 pm

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#19 · September 20, 2011, 7:52 pm

I tried that solution and the fizzler never went off.I've been stuck since you posted it.

#20 · September 20, 2011, 8:16 pm

Just tried again and nobody is gonna know about a second to go through the fizzler.Thats just not right.Its either on or off.

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