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#1 · June 6, 2011, 7:32 pm

Through The Roof v0.4... Ran out of time for the competition due to a nasty leak, so the map is incomplete. There was a lot more planned, but I just didn't have time.. I hope you enjoy it anyways. Too bad the chamber I couldn't complete was supposed to be the interesting one.

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#2 · June 11, 2011, 11:17 pm

WIP story mode through a Decayed level, feels clever at times - but shallow: coups de theatre don't work in barren, anemic walkways. As for puzzles, there are none after the first room, and even that one pratically solves itself

the hills are alive... with the sound of music

#3 · June 12, 2011, 7:28 am

Yeah, the third 'chamber' I was going to make was going to be huge, with lots of puzzles and also have heavy story telling themes. Unfortunately I ran out of time =P

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#4 · June 12, 2011, 2:42 pm

You didn't put any I/O to limit how many cubes the cube spawner can make, so I did this.

The map isn't finished so I'm not sure I can fairly judge it. The first room was pretty interesting, though it took a lot of faith in your signage to know where the button to open the exit door was. And the actual faith in the "There Is No Spoon" section isn't very Portal-like.

Would be interested in seeing the final product.

Still relevant

Spoiler

grKaSsyvxZE

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#5 · June 13, 2011, 6:20 am

Thanks for playing

msleeper wrote:

You didn't put any I/O to limit how many cubes the cube spawner can make, so I did this.

Yeah, I realized this... I didn't want players to get up there, they somehow manage to always get stuck. But then, flinging in a cube doesn't always land on the button. So I had to make sure there was a way to complete without restarting the map. I'll fix this for the final release.

msleeper wrote:

The map isn't finished so I'm not sure I can fairly judge it. The first room was pretty interesting, though it took a lot of faith in your signage to know where the button to open the exit door was.

Again, signange was added hastily for the contest... Glad it did its job though. =P

msleeper wrote:

And the actual faith in the "There Is No Spoon" section isn't very Portal-like.

Yeah.. It was an enticing concept for a first-time mapper, I guess. I'm still trying to think of ways to improve that chamber to make it more portal-like.

In the end, I'm pretty much banking on my attention to detail on pulling me through this contest. My final chamber will be awesome (hopefully... Hint:

Spoiler

"we have warehouses of them"

) but I just didn't have time to map something that big. =P

msleeper wrote:

Still relevant

Spoiler

grKaSsyvxZE

Aw hell no.

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#6 · December 26, 2011, 2:26 pm

Should be in WIP. 2/5, remove fom playlist.

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#7 · December 28, 2011, 8:18 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.
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