Quote from cyanit on May 29, 2011, 10:19 am

First of all: Great map!

But I solved the last puzzle in another way (because I didn't see the box-gliding-way).
[spoiler]When I got the Box I used it as a stair to get on the gangway.
Then I took the box an brought it to the end (holding it outside of the gangway so it wouldn't get full of blue goo).
At the third attempt i managed it to throw the box onto the button without falling down.
Then the Brigde came down and the countdown started. But when the countdown was over the Bridge didn't went up again (probably because the box was still lying on the button)and I was able to finish the course[/spoiler]

I don't think this is how it was ment to be
Until I read your text in this Thread I didnt realize there was another way

Quote from Ruien on May 29, 2011, 10:47 am

I liked the map, and thought you did an excellent rendition of the underground Aperture style.

I thought it was interesting style and a creative puzzle to require [spoiler]the player to not use the whole runway when hitting the first button -- otherwise they end too high; instead the player kind of has to measure back a little.[/spoiler]

This could easily be considered tedious, though, if someone didn't know it was intentional and thought that [spoiler]you just kind of misplaced the button[/spoiler].

Quote from xdiesp on May 29, 2011, 12:03 pm

Be-au-ti-ful: I love Old Aperture for a reason, it's the only style that can leave me awestruck, as some Bioshock vistas. And few do master it. Everything ran very smoothly, actually feeling like I was making way through the ruins instead of just puzzles in style.

BTW that one about [spoiler]the cube sliding and jumping alone[/spoiler] was genious - but you can effectively get stuck if you jump on the button yourself. It would make more sense if that button successively dumped the cube in the water too.

Quote from bjs0 on May 29, 2011, 12:07 pm

Ruien wrote:

This could easily be considered tedious, though, if someone didn't know it was intentional and thought that [spoiler]you just kind of misplaced the button[/spoiler].

I had the same thought. And you should probably [spoiler]make the end of the box sliding path higher so people can't climb onto it.[/spoiler]

But other than that, great map! And very well-constructed. I had a lot of fun.

Quote from lilBro on May 29, 2011, 12:44 pm

Thanks for the input everyone, I see there's still plenty of things to be done.

About the first part, I actually had moved the button quite a bit so it'll be right where you fell...
Did you jump right before going in the portal? If not, I'll have to look into it because I didn't have this problem.

About the second part, I didn't even think of jumping in there myself and carrying the box
I'll make it higher and maybe remove the blue gel so that the box would HAVE to hit the button and then slide into the water (which it now would, the ramp being higher and having a sharper angle).

About the timer stopping but the bridge still being down it's because I didn't know how to set a floor button to a timer so there's two hidden pushable buttons who act as timers... If anyone knows how to assign regular floor buttons to a ticking timer please tell me, thanks.

TL:DR - I'll fix it, thank you so much for playing and being helpful. ps 8

Quote from rlink0 on May 29, 2011, 5:52 pm

Wonderful job. It felt like real valve quality. It felt like it could've been a part of the game.
However, there is not much skill involved, it is mostly all about the puzzle solving (which wasn't too challenging). Not so replayable. Nonetheless, it was fun, and usually I don't find myself enjoying the 70's maps as much as the modern maps.

Quote from bjs0 on May 29, 2011, 6:11 pm

The walkway after the wall button chamber is slightly misaligned. Is it intentional? I attached a screenshot below.

Screenshot
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wallbutton_screen.jpg

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Quote from lilBro on May 30, 2011, 9:43 am

bjs0 wrote:

The walkway after the wall button chamber is slightly misaligned. Is it intentional? I attached a screenshot below.

Screenshot
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wallbutton_screen.jpg

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Totally missed that, not sure why but some of the walkway models were a few units higher than the rest. Thanks for pointing it out.

I uploaded the new version, now you can't jump on the slide yourself and it guides the box to the button better (also, no blue gel).

Thank you all for the replies, it helped a lot.

Quote from cg5 on May 30, 2011, 11:58 am

That bit with the [spoiler]blue painted cube hitting the button is really misleading. I thought: if I just walk past here, the cube will be painted blue, and will bounce straight off the button, so I better walk around the gel and put it there myself. I then got stuck on the button and had to suicide. I don't think it's a good idea to have a floor button which initiates a timer when it's first pressed, as it goes against the conventional, expected logic of floor buttons (turns something on when pressed, turns it off again when depressed).[/spoiler] I see you've changed it somehow in the time between me downloading the map and posting this.