Quote from xdiesp on July 12, 2011, 9:00 pm

Marise wrote:

can anyone enlighten me as to what bugs are occurring with dispensers?

See that the turret dispenser destroys the previous turret + lasercube when triggered. More: the crusher's spikes don't kill, they really should. See how it would be like to mix up signs like "Turret Arrow Lasercube".

Also, floor buttons in the game usually stop working if the weight is taken away: players might get confused at what happens in your map. I suggest to either pair them with a pole button aside (powered by the floor one), or just spawn several cubes at once: you might even place turrets in the level and have the player recycle them all (just be careful they can't burn them with the laser).

Quote from Marise on July 12, 2011, 10:24 pm

Hmmm. My intention with these elements was that the player needs to figure them out. But what I'm hearing is that the puzzles are enjoyable on their own, and people would prefer I make these non-traditional elements a little more intuitive. Well, it was a fun experiment with the [spoiler]non-killing brown water and crusher[/spoiler], but it looks like science has spoken.

I'm working on an update that incorporates a lot of the feedback without changing the puzzles. Same map, but more intuitive.

Also working on the visuals, but I can't do anything about the large chambers without a major overhaul. For what it's worth, I did realize they were too large, but it was too late by then. My next map will have much more reasonably sized rooms!

Oh, and I purposely made it so [spoiler]you can create as many laser cubes and/or turrets as you want[/spoiler]. Just for fun, to let people play around. So I will be leaving that 'bug' in

It's been a real pleasure so far uploading my work here and getting people's opinions and advice. What a great, active community.

Edit: New version is up!

Quote from Djinndrache on July 15, 2011, 6:31 am

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:

8sgUxXSass4
(Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sgUxXSass4)

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

Quote from Marise on July 15, 2011, 11:03 am

Thanks for the vid. You found two "cheats" that I had not considered. I'm debating about leaving them in as alternate solutions though.

Glad you liked the map.

Quote from jamesf141 on July 15, 2011, 12:58 pm

Took me a while to figure out that [spoiler]the fizzler causes the ball to drop[/spoiler] in the first room, but other than that this was certainly a clever, inventive map. The item swaps were a brilliant highlight, but I did also enjoy [spoiler]swimming in portal! Who would have thought...[/spoiler]

My major issue is textures which are aligned with "half a panel" - it makes a technically impressive map with highly original puzzles seem somewhat sloppy. A shame, as in terms of gameplay (in the later rooms, at least) this is a fantastic map.

Quote from Marise on July 15, 2011, 2:15 pm

James,

Could you elaborate on what you mean by "half a panel"? Also, if you could tell me which version you played (original upload or 1.1) that would help me fix it. Thanks!

Quote from xdiesp on July 15, 2011, 4:01 pm

Marise wrote:

what you mean by "half a panel"?

He means decapitating tiles due to unalignments in textures, you essentially see a tile cut in half when the floor meets the wall.

Quote from jamesf141 on July 15, 2011, 4:39 pm

xdiesp wrote:

He means decapitating tiles due to unalignments in textures, you essentially see a tile cut in half when the floor meets the wall.

Thanks! I was wondering how I was going to say that ^^"

Also, I think I downloaded the most recent version. I didn't select a different one form the drop-down list, at any rate.

Quote from Marise on July 15, 2011, 8:38 pm

That's what I thought you probably meant, but I wanted to be sure. I thought I fixed those in 1.1 but I will check again. Thanks.

Edit: Last night I uploaded v1.2, in which the cut-off panels are fixed. Thanks to everyone for the feedback.