Quote from Adair on May 10, 2011, 6:08 am

I enjoyed this map a lot. Like others I was a bit confused with what to do and when to do it, but it really didn't bother me since the point is to figure it out. However I did end up with an unintended solution to one part on my first playthrough:
[spoiler]After getting the first box, activate the orange goo, but don't use it yet. Instead portal back over to the angled surface above the map entrance. Now extend the excursion funnel from that angled surface and ride it all the way out to the ceiling of the dome. You can then look down and move the portal that was on the angled surface to the vertical surface on the backside of the middle tower. You will fall, but be caught by the excursion funnel again and can now ride it to the roof over the second floor you are trying to get to. On the roof go over to the spot where the blue goo falls on a platform and drop down to it(hold crouch to avoid being launched by it). You are now on the second floor and the box is still on the first floor keeping the orange goo going. From here proceed as you would normally using orange goo to zoom into the blue goo. This is all much easier to do than it is to explain. I doubt that this route is a time saver, just an alternative.[/spoiler]
EDIT:
[spoiler]I found out you can also do that roof trick from the beginning and skip the first floor entirely if you get the cube from the second floor the normal way.[/spoiler]

The second time I played it I believe I did it all the intended way and the third time I found the super quick short cut that only requires two portals and about 25 seconds(give or take).

Quote from PortalCombat on May 11, 2011, 4:30 pm

Hey there.

Altough there are some shortcuts in this map, it is great.
I love the design of the map. Puzzles are well done and much fun to solve.
Map design and puzzles does match very well... good job!

video of complete map solving
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I dont know if this was the correct way to play it, but it looks like it was solved correct.
At least I did not try to take any shortcut.

Thanks for sharing that map, and I hope to see some co-op maps from you, soon!

Regards
PortalCombat

Quote from crayZsaaron on May 11, 2011, 7:02 pm

This was fantastic. Keep up the good work. I can't even criticize, as it was released one measly day after the SDK came out. Amazing what people can do in a matter of hours. Honestly, the balance between fun and challenge was spot on.

Quote from Justevil on May 12, 2011, 5:42 am

Great intro map, can definitely be used to help people re-familiarize themselves with somethings they learned from single player and unto hard puzzles as u continue to grow them. i personally dont like the puzzles where its about some sort of trick like how to throw a box at this particular angle at just the right time to solve. i like the ones where its about steps, do A to get to B, reuse A to also get to C and then use C and B to get to D. etc etc this has some great play of this method of solving

Quote from EXILIM on May 12, 2011, 3:22 pm

Awesome map. Liked it ver much.
Posted here a wlalkthrough:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPGfQBNm-qA

Quote from Terkhen on May 12, 2011, 4:59 pm

Great map

Quote from iinlane on May 13, 2011, 3:43 pm

Made an account here just to praise the map. I liked it as it was fun and wasn't too difficult. Felt like a first party map
Keep up the good work.

Quote from msleeper on May 14, 2011, 1:11 am

Finally got around to playing this one. Totally amazing, and probably the best (if not only?) 1940's Aperture map I've seen so far. The only nitpicks I have are pretty small, things like not putting a fizzler over the ending elevator. Aside from that though I love it, keep up the good work and I hope you make more maps!

Quote from hanging_rope on May 14, 2011, 1:21 am

This map is excellent. I think I accidently took a shortcut at the beginning, but that doesn't really matter, I still played through everything in approximately the right order. It was very fun as well.