Quote from Kiavik on April 23, 2009, 6:54 am

I already played the beta a long time ago, and I'll say it again: A+++

Quote from compherm on April 23, 2009, 8:06 pm

I liked this map a lot, but it was a little rough around the edges. The puzzles themselves were phenomenal, and made me really have to think. It is counter-intuitive that the orb launcher fires more than one orb, even after activating a catcher. I liked the complexity of the last puzzle though.

Quote from Glovis on April 23, 2009, 8:34 pm

Kiavik, yep you were the first to comment on the beta over a year ago Glad you like it.

Compherm. glad you like it. Ya, I'll admit it doesn't quite have the degree of visual decoration as some maps. For a game that's getting a little old, I thought focusing on making good puzzles would be the best use of my time. Ya the orb has to fire again because [spoiler]you have to use it again![/spoiler]. And it adds some extra danger.

Quote from Glovis on April 23, 2009, 8:45 pm

Um, so when does this get moved to "Community Releases" forum?
and why do we have to post releases here first, anyway?

Quote from Remmiz on April 23, 2009, 10:12 pm

Could use more full size screens instead of that little thumbnail which is half covered in text.

Quote from pestchamber on April 24, 2009, 9:27 am

Great map! Good puzzles, only a little frustrating. The hint videos were a good idea. I used 2. I didn't get stuck, and only a few times i had to do the same thing over and over until it worked. The [spoiler]cube fitting into that hole was a clever idea. It didn't took to long to figure out, but i've never seen it before.[/spoiler]. I guess that's it! Nice map. Make more.

Quote from Mek on April 24, 2009, 2:55 pm

Great map with excellent puzzles. However, I needed help (hint 4) - I couldn't figure out how to keep the door open - and it is great that you made the videos with solutions
I had a fun time playing this, I recommend it to everyone

Quote from again on April 24, 2009, 4:32 pm

wow. just wow. excellent map. haven't played anything this good in quite some time. the puzzles were fantastic. brain-bending, but far from impossible. really made me think.
one thing i did notice as a small technical fault was that you could put portals on the upper level of glass panels along the platform thing in the room in the screenshot.
i also had to use hint #4, i had a totally different solution in mind: [spoiler]i put the blue portal on the X from the start, put orange in the corridor w/ the energy orb, and then replaced the orange to the end of that corridor so that the ball goes through to the closed door. then i rode the elevator up, waited for a new ball to spawn, listened for the bounce against the closed door and fired the orange into the small room from the elevator so that the ball went in there.
thats where i started to have trouble, because the ball didnt always bounce at the corner perfectly and so it didnt always come back out right, but when it did, i activated the inner door switch, and let the ball fly out. unfortunately, even with immaculate timing the ball ran out literally less the five feet from the catcher. *facepalm* never would have thought of your solution.[/spoiler]

i also used a completely different method to get the third box: [spoiler]i went past the fizzler, but a portal as far from the floor as you can on the wall adjacent to the low glass wall, put another portal next to that and was able to hop thorugh onto the low glass wall and do it normal from there, i didnt even notice the ledge below the glass walls.[/spoiler]

Quote from Mek on April 25, 2009, 4:41 am

again wrote:

wow. just wow. excellent map. haven't played anything this good in quite some time. the puzzles were fantastic. brain-bending, but far from impossible. really made me think.
one thing i did notice as a small technical fault was that you could put portals on the upper level of glass panels along the platform thing in the room in the screenshot.
i also had to use hint #4, i had a totally different solution in mind: [spoiler]i put the blue portal on the X from the start, put orange in the corridor w/ the energy orb, and then replaced the orange to the end of that corridor so that the ball goes through to the closed door. then i rode the elevator up, waited for a new ball to spawn, listened for the bounce against the closed door and fired the orange into the small room from the elevator so that the ball went in there.
thats where i started to have trouble, because the ball didnt always bounce at the corner perfectly and so it didnt always come back out right, but when it did, i activated the inner door switch, and let the ball fly out. unfortunately, even with immaculate timing the ball ran out literally less the five feet from the catcher. *facepalm* never would have thought of your solution.[/spoiler]

i also used a completely different method to get the third box: [spoiler]i went past the fizzler, but a portal as far from the floor as you can on the wall adjacent to the low glass wall, put another portal next to that and was able to hop thorugh onto the low glass wall and do it normal from there, i didnt even notice the ledge below the glass walls.[/spoiler]

wow, you were doing these puzzles exactly like me!