[SP] Test for fun (DaMaGepy #2)
I think the chambers had about the right difficulty (~5), a bit of thinking and examining the surroundings required, but nothing that would drive me insane. Could be a tiny bit harder maybe.
Chamber 2: Again took a bit of time to figure this one out, but since there aren't that many options it was not that hard.
Chamber 3: I found this one a bit annoying, but maybe I didn't use the intended solution. I aimed the laser with one of the cubes so it went through the cage, then put a portal on the floor of the cage. Put another portal on a wall and aimed with the other cube at the turrets to destroy them. This took many tries since I couldn't see where I was aiming. I couldn't destroy the last turret on the far right, but I was able to run past it without getting shot. A bit annoying, but other than that it was not that hard.
Chamber 4: The funnel part to reach the button was a bit more tricky than in chamber 1. The timed surface was a close call, I had to jump while the surface was turning and then shoot the portal to get the funnel in place on my way up. But by doing so there was enough time to reach the exit before the time was over. But it took a second try because of the limited time.
Chamber 5: At first I was unsure what to do, but since the chamber is small and doesn't have many options it was pretty clear what to do after I noticed the cube generator above the button behind the cage. Like I wrote in the other thread it was not necessary to jump over the portal on the floor.
In conclusion if you want your chambers to be harder you probably need to add more red herrings. Larger chambers, maybe re-use of features/objects, portal surfaces that look like they could help, but don't. In the chambers were you have to use the funnels to get to your destination (1 & 4)you could add portal surfaces that lead to a dead end if you put a funnel on them(but make sure you can re-try without dying if you reach such a dead end). That way you would have to figure out yourself how reach the destination instead of basically being guided by the available portal surfaces.
In chamber 2 and 5 there was not really much else you could do so after examining all possibilities it was a no-brainer. Maybe make the chambers slightly larger and put in a few red herrings.
Well I am not in agreement because I am an average player and made the ending of Room 4 on the 2nd try. The first try
As to Room 5 - when I played it
If any map-maker wants ideas on structure, fascination, and fun . . . they should play Boxy Trixy on Portal 1. Best damn map I ever played. Amazing, incredible effort with every trick in the book packed into 3 MB. So many head-scratching puzzles in those 4 rooms - all one chamber. The angled ride . . . the one pesky turret . . . and the extremely hard to figure out "
You totally should win the contest.
This is the best official entry i've played so far. Can't wait to see more puzzles for that.
(I'll stop recording if i die.)
Need an adjustment in chamber 6:
ofc I'm not even started that room yet, just threw in the puzzles, the turet part for example will be totally different. I just wanted to see if its possible to only block the bullets if the double bridge is up.
First I tried the bombs, but they do area-of-effect damage (and need at least 5 to kill) and they blasted through the "shield". Modifying room 6 now 
Also a bug: if a cube is active before the moving platform (at lasers), it wont push it.
Seems Portal 2 ignores the lasercube physics if it is active (same goes for the floating cube bug)
Wow, that was brilliant. The map is beautiful, the puzzles are solid and challenging enough to keep me interested, and there are many concepts I haven't seen before.
I can only think of one complaint, and that is that beams are supposed to be able to pass through glass. It only bothers me because it's inconsistent with the established physics of the game.
good, but it was quite laggy. Please learn some optimization technics, it could have helped.
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weird, its optimized. I have a 3 years old (medium at that time) computer and if I noclip outside so I can see the whole level I still got around 100 fps.
I saw some contest entry with only 2 room with 40 MB bsp, without any func_detail at all and hundreds of visleaves. well in those my ingame fps dropped from 200 to around 40.
I also only turn on thing when the player enters a room and after leaving I turn them off (physics too)
Minicampaign of short chambers, striking one of the best deals around in the quantity-quality equation. All chambers mantain a clean, ordered look except for the occasional oddity such as these strange details in part 4:
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Can't decide whether short maps are only compressed ones (opposite to the noobish gigamaps around) or their own subgenre (they kind of have their own rules), but this one could be their queen and the example to follow.
Puzzles vary with many highs and a few lows, pushing gameplay mechanics not used in the campaign - which could get someone stuck. They require their time to be completed: despite their ease of execution, don't expect to rush.
I played it and generally enjoyed it, athough some things got on my nerves. Laserproof glass is annoying. And chamber 5 was full of stuff that bugged me. i had to watch the walkthrough to get through.
Also, in the chamber with the two close light bridges,