Forum | Thinking With Portals

#1 · June 6, 2011, 8:57 am

You can think with portals, but how well can you think with gravity?

Notes:
Graphical glitches may be experienced, this is inherent of the design of the puzzle elements.

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#2 · June 6, 2011, 10:08 am

I'm quite sure i didn't solved it in the intended way.
For istance, i didn't used the

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red gel

By the way, i recorded a demo of my blind ride, here is the download link:
http://infernet89.altervista.org/down.p ... rnet89.rar

I usually demorec the blind ride of every map i try, if you want it send me a private message.
(I'll stop recording if i die.)

#3 · June 6, 2011, 10:17 am

Awesome map. Very easy to get stuck though.

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#4 · June 9, 2011, 8:40 pm

The idea is good, but being inside it is another story: personally I love world portals, and wanted to like this one real bad, but I can see others getting annoyedsick for being trappe between 2 gravitational pulls.

My suggestion is to rework the puzzle so the latter scenario can't happen, which may or may not be possible with these "open borders" between zones. Imagine how good it would be with catwalks sprawling everywhere in the 4 directions (each with its own world ofc).

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#5 · June 10, 2011, 5:59 am

I started playing custom maps and record me playing them. It's neither a perfect run nor do I have to have solved the map in the way it's meant to solve it. I play the maps "blind", that means I've never been in them before and play them for the very first time. I also give a little feedback for the map in the video description.

Maybe you are interested in the fact, that I played your map: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPKyh5Js8ns

#6 · June 24, 2011, 10:04 am

Apart from making me dizzy the idea is nice.
I did not use the gel as well.

#7 · November 6, 2011, 6:58 pm

Finally a good use of the 'messing with gravity' concept

#8 · December 16, 2011, 4:07 am

I also got stuck between the two opposing gravitational fields, and didn't enjoy myself while getting unstuck. Once I had my feet back on the ground, so to speak, solving the puzzle itself was trivial, and didn't involve the orange gel. As a proof-of-concept, this proves the concept can have serious drawbacks. Because you accomplished what you were trying to do well, even though it doesn't really play well, I give it 4/5.

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