Quote from HMW on April 7, 2009, 5:00 pm

I finally finished it! It's surely hard, but the variety of environments and the different kinds of puzzles keeps it interesting. Well done!

I did a few things differently than what's shown on your video:

• I tunnelled at the same place as Again did;
• In the first room, the cube dispenser never activated for me, so I just [spoiler]used one of the turrets to hold down the button[/spoiler];
• In the rotating panels puzzle (which is awesome, by the way!) I [spoiler]never rotated the topmost set of panels, saving me the trouble of figuring out how to get onto the upper platform.[/spoiler]

All in all, playing this map was a challenging and enjoyable experience. I'll go play it again to see if I can find those Easter eggs...

(By the way, if you start the map from the bonus maps menu, you always have to select a challenge before you can start playing. Intended?)

Quote from monkeyman on April 7, 2009, 5:25 pm

Ald?z wrote:

How? Did you "cheat" or did you do it fairly?

all my runs are always legit...
if i get time tonight ill spend some more time playing it and check 23 is best i can get for now then try video it...

Quote from Aldéz on April 7, 2009, 6:07 pm

It sure is interesting and fun to read how other people solve one's puzzels. But what exactly did you think was diffucult? Was it to find the solutions or to execute them?

I see that the easter eggs worked as intended and [spoiler]I'm glad you found the one in the BTS room. I wanted to have a BTS area, but I didn't feel like placing it in the map for its own sake. That's when I came up with the idea to tease the player a little bit. [/spoiler]

HMW:
The cube dispenser didn't work you say... I wonder why. It has never failed me. And placing turrets on the buttons shouldn't be possible.

monkeyman:
Can't wait! I thought I knew my map the best, but 23 is way better than 31.

Quote from Bulska on April 8, 2009, 6:47 am

Whoa, and I did it in 220 portals >.>
Trial and error

Quote from monkeyman on April 8, 2009, 10:45 pm

ok, after having another go i got through it using 20 portals
mabey 1 more might be able to come off, but its getting close to being the minimum.
I am about to go home for a week and i wont have my computer with me, but when i get back after easter break i will endeavour to make a video

Quote from monkeyman on April 9, 2009, 4:21 am

ok, somewhat ignore the above comment...
i have found some time and recorded a 20 portal run... will upload soon hopefully

Quote from HMW on April 9, 2009, 3:27 pm

I've gone through a second time and I found both Easter-eggs! I LOL'd at the [spoiler]nag message in the BTS room![/spoiler]

I also noticed that the rotating panels are randomly initialised! So I guess I was just lucky the first time, when I didn't have to climb up to the topmost level.

And I found out that my earlier complaint about the box dropper was due to an "operator error". The first time through, I never got close enough to activate it. This time, when I stepped onto the chequered tiles, I got a box neatly dropped on my head.

However:

Ald?z wrote:

[...]And placing turrets on the buttons shouldn't be possible.

Sorry...

Check the filters / flags on that button's triggers

Quote from Aldéz on April 10, 2009, 7:25 am

Thanks, HMV. The button can be pressed by the turrets because I had missunderstood my own prefabs. I'll update the map as soon as I can confirm monkeyman's least portal record.

Quote from HMW on April 10, 2009, 8:37 am

Ald?z wrote:

Thanks, HMV. [...]

Actually, HMV is my neighbour