Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · September 16, 2011, 3:13 pm

A one room challenge with emphasis on problem solving.

Note: It's short and small but probably more challenging than your average map. Might seem impossible but I ensure you there is a solution.

v1.1: Fixed small cube on button exploit.

File Name: sp_quadro_v1.1.zip
File Size: 2.54 MiB
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#2 · September 16, 2011, 4:59 pm

Nice one indeed. Thought of giving up once...
This is so mind twisting that I found the solution, started to work it out and suddenly forgot the rest of this marvelously designed plan of mine (aaaaargl).

But I honestly would never have solved it if I had not done many many other user made maps. It is NOT a beginner's map.

#3 · September 16, 2011, 6:15 pm

Enjoyed it. Took me a while to figure it out. My brain hurts a little. :lol: Nice job. :thumbup:

"I am not a Marshmallow"

#4 · September 16, 2011, 8:46 pm

Map's minimalist but deliciously evil, really a parameter for hard states-based puzzles. Suggested. Since it was humm so late, I might have forced the solution a little. EDIT I understood how to move the cube correctly sideways in the end, but still have doubts over the big fling being intentional.

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#5 · September 17, 2011, 4:15 am

This map really is ammazing; not too hard but really fun to play.
Hope to see more of this kind of maps!

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#6 · September 17, 2011, 5:51 am

Finally I did it :1up:
Here's my intended (i hope) solution
It's slightly different from the xdiesp walkthrough
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maps > 1 > 2 > 3 > ...

#7 · September 17, 2011, 7:34 am

Very insidious indeed.

Your cube fling is a difficult maneuver although clever. I used the same cube fling as xdiesp but used the same

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sideways funnel

as you did for the cube movement. I think the intended solution is the

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funnel to ceiling cube drop with the seesaw action - for the fling . . and then the sideways cube move followed by the wall crawl (that new dance craze sweeping America).

But only the OP knows.
How many of these unique brain twisters are there ? There seems to be no limit to what people are coming up with.

#8 · September 17, 2011, 6:00 pm

I'm playing custom maps and record my first time of playing them. So the run is not perfect and may not use only intended ways, but maybe it can let you see how other people may understand the map or you could just enjoy someone playing this map for entertainment.
Anyways, here is the recording:

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(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcvfZIpFf90)

Also note the video description for more feedback and my signature for additional project information.

#9 · September 19, 2011, 6:36 pm

PCdoc wrote:

I think the intended solution is the

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funnel to ceiling cube drop with the seesaw action - for the fling . . and then the sideways cube move followed by the wall crawl (that new dance craze sweeping America).

But only the OP knows.

That is indeed how I imagined people would solve it. I updated the map now so that the funnel does not reach the button.

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#10 · September 22, 2011, 7:18 pm

Excellent short map. Intended solution is better than tricky cube angling. Well done. Thanks for creating.

[SP] Quadro