Quote from Dilbao on June 24, 2011, 9:28 am

I think second room is not complete yet, so I comment only for the first room.

Map's overall look is visually appealing. Puzzles kind of OK, but navigation and understanding of puzzles are not OK.

Since this is a WIP, I'll keep it short and skip to what I found problematic:

- I could not find a safe way to take companian cube, so I got stuck at there. Maybe there is a way I didn't see it yet, but I got frustrated from trying. I think second room is needed to solve. But how to get there without the taking the cube is a mistery.
- I don't understand what should I do with this panel.
- Reversing the funnel didn't help me on anything.

- If you drop cube to water, it's gone, no respawn.
- This looks wrong.
- It's hard to see opening above the button. I didn't see it until I look from inside with noclip. I don't think glass is necessary in that puzzle, whole place can be inside fence.

Anyways, I'm not saying any of the puzzles are hard or easy but they are hard to understand.
For instance, there was no visual cue for exit. It becomes much easier to navigate in maps if you see where is the exit and what is prohibiting from it.

Quote from andyb on June 24, 2011, 12:03 pm

The first 2 can be done.Combination of portal and funnel after you launch yourself.3rd chamber is way to dark for me to complete if even can be.

Quote from 2CAE7256 on July 26, 2011, 2:05 am

Hello! This is my speedy playthrough of your map. (definitely not a speed run, I try not to rely on glitches)
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I suspect this map is full of exploits.

Quote from Metafrank on July 26, 2011, 8:06 am

Seems it is easier to find ways to break the map than the intended solution.
I think it is very appealing visually, but gameplay-wise it seems to me that it's intended to use techniques that feel more like abusing mechanisms than using them logically.
Maybe I'm just exploiting stuff as well without knowing though.

Quote from xdiesp on July 26, 2011, 8:17 am

My condolences on your father's passing.

Map which uses stark, high contrast looks and achieves one of the best exploration-based gameplays around - despite a few rough edges. From the wirly decor and cameo, you might think this was some kind of arcade, tongue-in-cheek experiment as sp_reddit : but as soon as you leave the starting area, the level opens into a sprawling, vertical maze packed with elements to locate and aggregate coherently.

The rough edges were the other side of the coin: those highly detailed, B&W walls also strain the search for actual white panels; the huge structure supports a great deal of exploration, but also no escape scenarios (no way out if not to die); there's much to do, possibly an overabundance since several elements can be ignored (the orange funnel, at least one laser) to break through. Still manageable however.

Assorted glitches: this space could be wider; tiles being cut; entering this panel's portal sometimes drowns you; the platform & light make that button invisible from below.

Quote from BlumCoLe on July 26, 2011, 5:20 pm

2CAE7256 wrote:

Hello! This is my speedy playthrough of your map. (definitely not a speed run, I try not to rely on glitches)

I suspect this map is full of exploits.

LOL, that's crazy! Oo
The map took me about 90 minutes and you solve it in 1:30 minutes ...respect!

Well, i think it's a medium-difficult map and makes me lot of fun!
Nice level design and wonderful puzzles...

Just one nice bug (i think there are more) ^^:

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//xD sorry for steam interface, I didn't know that it is included in the recording. xD

Quote from carlymx on July 26, 2011, 6:26 pm

Hello.

Grateful to whom it has passed without cheating, to send their videos with their solutions to learn. Thank you.

First of all, thank you very much for playing my first map.
Your comments will help me to learn and improve.

Thanks for bringing the little mistakes that you have the map, I'll try to fix in the coming days.

Can you tell me how long it took to solve the puzzle LEGALLY? 90 minutes?

2CAE7256 wrote:

Hello! This is my speedy playthrough of your map. (definitely not a speed run, I try not to rely on glitches)
I suspect this map is full of exploits.

Anyway, thank you for showing me what I have to fix.

Metafrank wrote:

..I think it is very appealing visually, but gameplay-wise it seems to me that it's intended to use techniques that feel more like abusing mechanisms than using them logically...

Thank you for your comments you are right, a map is not to cheat. Picardy proves he does but not wisdom.

BlumCoLe, That I do not ever happened. anyway is made ??by a user instance, anyone with that instance will also have this bug. Thanks anyway, will be remedied.

Thank you all for having played my first map, trick problems.
Whoever wants to know the right solution, I leave a video.

Psicodelia Test One v1.0 Solution
[spoiler]FX4oK92KffE[/spoiler]

A Greeting.

Quote from carlymx on July 26, 2011, 8:48 pm

Now available a new version with the solution (I hope) to bugs and cheats.

Psicodelia Test One v1_1b

Quote from Instantiation on July 27, 2011, 1:00 am

Incredible map. (EDIT: I got the intended solution, more or less; I overcomplicated the ending by not thinking with portals, but that just meant I had to backtrack more.)

Screenshots of bugs (things fixed in 1.1c)
[spoiler](Click images for full size; you won't find these bugs in the map anymore.)
I put the first cube on the button (to activate the faith plate) without using the hole in the top to pick up the box. I (misused, based on your video) the hole to get into the funnel, as shown (only taking about three shots to get the portal centered so the funnel goes through the hole):

[terrible joke about cutting corners]

Even though the passageway is properly blocked, the funnel still goes through the panels. Not a huge deal.

This portal goes above the intended surface.

My laser solution is less interesting than yours.

This shot (orange portal) probably shouldn't be possible :

Not shown:
I pushed the ? (triangle button for the light bridge) way too early, before I had even used the laser to turn on the light bridge.
I did encounter the bug where I fall through the floor right at the threshold of the exit door.[/spoiler]

Rewarding puzzles that require thought.