[PTI] Fat Mongoose

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Jason
6 Posts
Posted Jul 16, 2012
Hey all. I tried to be creative and put a bit of effort in the visual style of this map. It was annoying, but it should look unique for a PTI map.

The puzzles themselves, though, are more of the goofy variety, but it should still be entertaining. Hope you have fun!

This is my first map, and any criticism would be appreciated. Thanks!

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El Farmerino
393 Posts
Posted Jul 17, 2012
Replied 1 hour later
I actually really like the look of this; a nice creative approach to dealing with the PTI's 'samey' look.

As for the puzzles - getting the laser cube out of the room was enjoyable for me, though I can see a lot of people disliking it. I managed it first time, though; I imagine it would be really annoying to fail and have to set it up again. As for opening the door: correct me if I'm wrong, but are you supposed to balance the cube on the button's edge in such a way that it hits the receiver? Because if so, that's fiddly as fuck and I don't think anyone in their right minds would actually enjoy doing it....

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Jason
6 Posts
Posted Jul 17, 2012
Replied 1 hour later

El Farmerino wrote:
I actually really like the look of this; a nice creative approach to dealing with the PTI's 'samey' look.

As for the puzzles - getting the laser cube out of the room was enjoyable for me, though I can see a lot of people disliking it. I managed it first time, though; I imagine it would be really annoying to fail and have to set it up again. As for opening the door: correct me if I'm wrong, but are you supposed to balance the cube on the button's edge in such a way that it hits the receiver? Because if so, that's fiddly as fuck and I don't think anyone in their right minds would actually enjoy doing it....

Thanks for the feedback.

As for the the final puzzle, it's definitely a little silly, sorry about that. But it shouldn't be as bad as you're describing. It does involve putting the cube at the edge of the button, but you're not supposed to aim it at the receiver if that's what you're asking, that would be ridiculous. It should only take 15 seconds at most to put the cube in the right place.

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El Farmerino
393 Posts
Posted Jul 17, 2012
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Hmm... Well, in that case, I have absolutely no idea how the hell you're supposed to do it...
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RogerL
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Posted Jul 17, 2012
Replied 11 hours later

El Farmerino wrote:
Hmm... Well, in that case, I have absolutely no idea how the hell you're supposed to do it...

I just put the cube on the button in approximately the right place, then pushed it forward until it hit the target. Lifting it off and on the button repeatedly is too fiddly.

I thought this was a nice little puzzle and something different to look at; it was a little disorienting at first, though, with all that glass. It took me a while to see where you could move to and aim through. I thought it suffered a bit from having very few portable surfaces, which made figuring out each step of the puzzle easier than it needed to be. Otherwise, thanks for sharing this with us.