Quote from ChickenMobile on July 28, 2012, 8:27 am

Nifty little underground puzzle you have here. The visuals were nice and the puzzle objective was not obscure or impossible however a bit difficult in manoeuvring.
I give it a solid 3.5/5

Note1: I do not know the point in that lightbridge in the second part of the chamber. Was it meant to block the gel? Also lightbridges are a modern puzzle element. Using it in underground looks takky.
Note2: It is wise to keep all elements visible. The button you had to fling to had indicators, but I had no idea what it was doing to for a little while.
Note3: It was very annoying to take the cube with me through the bounce gel platform. I had to place the cube temporarily on the gel, place a portal and then catch it after it bounced. Perhaps a grate platform that cannot be painted next to it would have helped?

Improvements: move the trigger that disconnects the player from the map further down. I hit the top of the sphere and was stuck.

Quote from Shakky on July 28, 2012, 9:24 am

Major improvement over your earlier work in my opinion. Puzzle was pretty good but I wouldn't say it was hard. I'd say it's more of a medium difficulty.

Visuals were good but I would have liked little bit more surroundings in the dome. It's felt little empty.

Puzzle was overall enjoyable and well planned. I did find a way to solve it without using the room at all but that can be easily fixed. I also had the same problem with the disconnect trigger.

You are improving alot. Keep these coming!

Here is my blindrun and my other route:
[spoiler]xDgLEs0a3C0[/spoiler]

Quote from RectorRocks on July 28, 2012, 10:06 am

ChickenMobile wrote:

Nifty little underground puzzle you have here. The visuals were nice and the puzzle objective was not obscure or impossible however a bit difficult in manoeuvring.
I give it a solid 3.5/5

Note1: I do not know the point in that lightbridge in the second part of the chamber. Was it meant to block the gel? Also lightbridges are a modern puzzle element. Using it in underground looks takky.
Note2: It is wise to keep all elements visible. The button you had to fling to had indicators, but I had no idea what it was doing to for a little while.
Note3: It was very annoying to take the cube with me through the bounce gel platform. I had to place the cube temporarily on the gel, place a portal and then catch it after it bounced. Perhaps a grate platform that cannot be painted next to it would have helped?

Improvements: move the trigger that disconnects the player from the map further down. I hit the top of the sphere and was stuck.

Thanks!

Note1: Yes, the light bridge is meant to block the gel.
Note3: You actually don't have to take the cube with you through the bounce gel platform. Its hard to explain with words...see my solution video. Anyway, I added the grate you wanted beside the bounce gel platform in v1.2 ^^
Solution video
[spoiler]N2LdJZiBCYU[/spoiler]
Improvements: Fixed it.

Thanks for testing and rating!

Quote from RectorRocks on July 28, 2012, 10:10 am

Shakky wrote:

Major improvement over your earlier work in my opinion. Puzzle was pretty good but I wouldn't say it was hard. I'd say it's more of a medium difficulty.

Visuals were good but I would have liked little bit more surroundings in the dome. It's felt little empty.

Puzzle was overall enjoyable and well planned. I did find a way to solve it without using the room at all but that can be easily fixed. I also had the same problem with the disconnect trigger.

You are improving alot. Keep these coming!

Here is my blindrun and my other route:
[spoiler]xDgLEs0a3C0[/spoiler]

Thanks! Nice unintended solution you have there! The disconnect trigger is fixed in v1.2. ^^
Thanks for your blindrun and unintended solution!

Quote from RogerL on July 28, 2012, 10:57 pm

This map still needs some improvements. I finished it without using the pedestal button in the first room, without the cube, and without the repulsion gel. And I am no ninja. I would suggest taking some length off of the catwalk to the exit elevator. Also, all of those peek-a-boo shots might not go over well with average players, but that is obviously your choice.

Quote from quatrus on July 29, 2012, 7:13 pm

I rather liked this one, then again I am a fan of underground and destroyed environments. I agree about the cube drop - hard to figure out where it was without going up there and observing - more interesting than a normal cube drop somewhere.
Already mentioned was the light bridge - struck me as out of place...probably could have been achieved another way - maybe a cube drop door left down?
Still I enjoyed it - 5/5....keep it up. Thanks for creating.

Quote from RectorRocks on July 30, 2012, 8:57 am

quatrus wrote:

I rather liked this one, then again I am a fan of underground and destroyed environments. I agree about the cube drop - hard to figure out where it was without going up there and observing - more interesting than a normal cube drop somewhere.
Already mentioned was the light bridge - struck me as out of place...probably could have been achieved another way - maybe a cube drop door left down?
Still I enjoyed it - 5/5....keep it up. Thanks for creating.

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for your feedback, I'll try to improve in my next map. Thanks for testing and rating!

Quote from PCdoc on July 30, 2012, 11:58 am

Kinda' cramped in places, but that may be what gives the map its own character.
I think if you stretched everything out longer and larger it would have a better feel - but who am I.

Overall a nice puzzle with a tricky beginning because it took me a few tries to get up high enough to shoot a portal in the ledge next to the button. I finally figured out that I had to jump just before running over the portal in the floor or else it slowed me upward ascent to about two-thirds the height needed.

Went I went up there I felt cramped. Then when I went up onto the blue gel pedestal I felt even more cramped - until I stepped sideways onto the grating.
I feel as if this is an impressive beginning to what could have been (i.e. a more complex map that is a real journey to complete). It really has tons of promise - because you have shown the inklings of a master map-maker ! ! ! It shows that you are capable of creating a kick-ass adventure, epic map if you take the time to do it. Congrats !!

Quote from sicklebrick on July 30, 2012, 12:27 pm

Cheers, that was fun
I ended up getting the cube without the blue gel - not sure if that was intended, but played out pretty smooth from there on.