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[SP] First day at work

Hello.
This is a Custom Story I've been working on for quite a while.

What does this download include?
-Several maps
-Custom voice acting
-A story in the portal universe but with no portal gun
-Ambience
-A twist of horror

I hope you enjoy it.

Puzzles should be fairly easy. Don't play it for the puzzles. Play it for the story and the ambience.

Thanks for reading!

File Name: FirstDayAtWork.rar
File Size: 68.42 MiB
Click here to download First day at work

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(Sorry for the double post)
I figured I forgot some screenshots.

I hope this will do.

http://oi59.tinypic.com/23it17o.jpg

http://oi62.tinypic.com/w15pbk.jpg

Also, feedback is welcome!

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Well, these maps were certainly strange. I'm not a big fan of exploratory-type maps, but this had enough novel and imaginative content to keep my interest through the whole thing. A couple of things I came across that hampered gameplay: there were a lot of unnecessary invisible player clips; many areas were just too dark (I know that was the point on occasion, but this was just too dark in too many places); and there were odd manipulations of the player's ability to move at times: sometimes "jump" was turned off, sometimes speed was sluggish (especially at the very beginning). And a couple of minor things: items can pass through the incinerator door in the first map; if you jump on the faith plate in map three before it is activated, you fall through; and in the first map, I jumped and got the companion cube but then I was completely stuck -- I had to load a save to continue. I'm not sure I was completely convinced by the story, but there were some scary moments and, like I said, it was quite interesting.

Agree with Roger L on technical bits..
I get the darkness used to add mood, but it frequently hampered directions (e.g. finding the old control room).... Seems a shame to waste such an effort in mapping to not use Portals after all it is "Portal". I did play through the map set, but don't want to do it again.... Thanks for the mapping effort...

Thank you very much for your feedback.

I understand Portal 2, was, of course, not the best game to use horror in, without portals.
It was something I'd wanted to create, since I've worked with the Amnesia: The Dark Descent editor.
I'm glad the "novel" thing made you stay for the whole bit, and I'm glad you were able to finish.

- Too much darkness - noted
- Faith plate not solid - noted
- Movement sluggish - Intentional
- Problem with companion cube - noted

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"///It was something I'd wanted to create, since I've worked with the Amnesia: The Dark Descent editor.///"

Thought it looked familiar - but didn't want to make comparisons to Amnesia series...

quatrus wrote:
"///It was something I'd wanted to create, since I've worked with the Amnesia: The Dark Descent editor.///"

Thought it looked familiar - but didn't want to make comparisons to Amnesia series...

Correct! No comparisons ;)
It's not a follow up on Amnesia. I'm just talking about the horror genre in general.

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I found this map pack extremely enjoyable and entertaining. The story was great and the ambience was extraordinary. The level's design was impressive and the voice acting was good. I also liked how you used sounds, textures and elements from Portal 1.
Although it contains a few bugs, which were mentioned by RogerL, the map pack is excellent.
Good job. :thumbup:

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Reflex F.N. wrote:
I found this map pack extremely enjoyable and entertaining. The story was great and the ambience was extraordinary. The level's design was impressive and the voice acting was good. I also liked how you used sounds, textures and elements from Portal 1.
Although it contains a few bugs, which were mentioned by RogerL, the map pack is excellent.
Good job. :thumbup:

Thank you :)
I'm glad you enjoyed it.

I'll see what i can do about the bugs when i get the time.

Thank you for playing :)

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