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Community Roundup - Steam workshop #1 May 8th-June 16th.
It's been over a month since the release of the second Portal 2 DLC: "The Perpetual Testing Initiative". A big part of this update was the easy map making tool (PTI editor) and Steam Workshop integration. This has produced an incredible amount of new maps. In fact there are over 125,000 maps on the Workshop right now! That's quite a few to play through.
Luckily, Community Contributor BEARD! has made a list of 30 maps submitted by people from this community that are totally worth a play. Frankly, these are some of the best puzzles around.
At the moment, the set contains about 20 maps from the PTI and about 10 made in good old Hammer. Some maps have been released on http://www.thinking.withportals.com before but it's still well worth a play! If you want to enjoy those awesome 30 maps but just check out the workshop page, subscribe to the collection and enjoy some of our finest puzzles:
The Best of TWP Maps a really good collection of maps!
Even better, BEARD! is planning to keep on adding maps later on. That means even more testing fun in the future! Have fun playing through them!
Aperture: Lab Ratt (amazing short film)
40's Aperture + Fallout Mashup Shirt
40's Aperture + Fallout Mashup Shirt via RIPT Apparel
Community Roundup! April 1st- May 7th
It's time for a new community roundup!
Because Djinndrache was too busy, you've got to do it with my list!
Roundup is from April 1st up to May 7th.
Singleplayer maps:
When you think of portal you think of portals but even without portals portal can be fun!
Motanum already proved it with his a la tag part 1 which made it to the previous roundup and he's now back for a la tag part two! this map is even more interesting then part one! With cubes, lightbridges and some lovely sceneries!
But there's more fun without portals!
Loo-Kin proved last month that he can make awesome maps without a portal gun and he managed to create another one: Without Portalgun 3: Paint the Conveyor
When you finally manage to pickup that portalgun you might want to get into apperture laboratories:
Testing is the future allows you to enter apperture and discover it's wonders!
Once you're inside you might want to check out the next level:
Advanced Gel 01: Bounce this small map has repulsion gel and lasers combined in a very nice way.
Modern apperture also contains the second map by Toaster and it's a very nice one! This puzzle uses lasers in quite a nice way: second test
If you're in for a challenge with a funnel and some cubes it might be a good idea to check out One week creation by RubyCarbuncIe. He did a wonderful job in only one week!
Once you decided you've seen enough of modern aperture Real Confetti has a really nice surprise for you!
If you then descent to old apperture make sure you don't miss out
Groxkiller's Antiquated Aperture Here you get to play with conversion and repulsion gel.
Once you got away from old aperture and you somehow manage to get lost in a destroyed section of apperture make sure you test the sendificator in HMW's Sendificate! This completely new test element will blow you away!
If you still have a lot of time left and feel like doing more puzzeling in old apperture make sure to visit Wrecked by Motig. It's challenging but really rewarding!
April also saw the release of The Ledge. Neco made a very hard map pack here. Are you able to solve it?
When you feel like you can solve any portal map check out Chander's Chander Test 8 (Angry Conductor) With cube throwing and all kinds of advanced trick this is really a beast to be tamed!
Coop maps:
The first coop map is actually a mappack! Space Gardens by Fluppy is totally worth a play! It has custom textures, voices and lots more!
Another map you should totally check out is Lessons learned this map will absolutely teach you some teamwork!
Once you got the teamwork done Spare map pack Will provide you with a nice new challenge, can you solve these three maps?
Last but not least you should all know that apperture science is all about innovation! Floor plan By Insomnautik is a map with some awesome innovations! Make sure to check that one out.
Have fun with all these maps and see you soon!
Small Update Regarding Uploading PTI Maps
We have setup a new Puzzle Creator download category in the Download Database. Please upload all of your PTI maps there. You should use the "External URL" option and link to your Workshop release URL when doing this. (Don't know how to upload a map? Read here!) This rule supersedes previous decisions to only post maps in the "Pimp your workshop map" thread. You can still post it there; you are not required to upload your PTI map through the DLDB.
This category is for maps created with the PTI Puzzle Creator only. If you made a map in Hammer, but uploaded it to the Workshop, then upload it to the "Singleplayer" category as normal. You can still use the External URL option to link to your Workshop URL.
We have done this to keep PTI created maps and Hammer created maps separate, but also allowing PTI maps to be properly showcased.
We are still enforcing our release quality standards for PTI maps, and we will still remove your PTI created map if it's a low quality release!
This is only a first step towards further integrating the Workshop release platform with ThinkingWithPortals.com. Check back soon for news regarding new upload procedures as we develop more closely with the Workshop.
Feel free to post any questions you might have. Thanks.
EDIT
I also want to take the chance to point out that we do not support piracy, and any discussion or admission of pirating the game will result in an instant and permanent ban. Period. We support Valve, and if you want to participate in our community, you should too.