Hi,I'm new to the forum and I've eventually decided to start making a map for Portal.It will have 19 challenges,Challenge 00 and 01 are complete so far.Each testchamber is a seperate map file.No release date yet.
Here is challenge 00:

Challenge 01:

I've made a new extension for the Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent,called the Cube Constrainer.When the Vital Apparatus vent is in a testchamber that doesn't have a floor below it,this device will hold the cube beneath the vent.

I'm out of ideas for future challenges again,so if anyone wants to give me ideas I will consider them as challenges in my map.Please let me know what you think.

Hey and welcome to Thinking with portals!

If you want to upload your map to the database, one of the mods will move it to the release forum.

Can't wait to give the map a run through

heh,I won't be uploading the map for a while,it's going to have 19 challenges,only 00 and 01 are made yet .

Same i said on Interlopers, looks great, cant wait to play it when it comes out.

You raised my hopes and dashed them quite expertly sir!

When making this thread I didn't say anything about releasing .

True, but you also didn't specify how many maps you were making, whether or not these would be released now, or in a pack. There was much you left out. Saying you had completed maps and provided screen shots, its easy to believe you were releasing them for play/testing.

Ok,sorry.I've edited the original post.

Techno-Man wrote:
heh,I won't be uploading the map for a while,it's going to have 19 challenges,only 00 and 01 are made yet .

Understandable that you would wait some, but please dont wait for all 19; some preliminary feedback on what you have already done (on the 1st 4 challenges, lets say) can greatly change the way you map the rest, and WHAT you map (ie the challenge may not be there). It would be unfortunate if you put in a lot of work, but it all fell apart because you didnt account for some player ability, etc. "You mean I really need portal_bumpers? My goo doesnt look good enough? My buttons can be opened with cameras? Now I've got to got to change all occurances in all 19 levels. . . . "

My Buttons can't be opened with cameras,it has a filter.I have Portal bumpers setup where needed,I am detailing the challenges making sure everything is working properly.Only 2 challenges in it so far so no point in releasing.

Youme is also making an expansion pack typea thing with 19 chambers. He maps out 5-6 maps at a time, and has a few people beta test. That way the entire community doesn't get to see the maps, so the final release will still be a surprise for most people, but he still gets to receive feedback on possible bugs / solutions you may have not been aware of.

This seems like the best solution for wanting to keep it a surprise for the community, while not totally neglecting testing. No matter how much you test it yourself, you're bound to miss something, everybody thinks differently. I'd recommend having at least 3 people beta test the maps along with your own testing before you release all 19.

I do agree, 2 maps is barely worth releasing to anybody, even for beta testing. I'd say at least 4 would be needed, but no more than 6 at a time.

Anyway, just suggestions, take em or leave em. And at any rate, looking forward to any release at all!

PS: I'd be willing to beta-test. I've beta-tested for youme... I'm sure he'll vouch that I'm a pretty good tester

Same here. Shoot me a pm with a link to a zip if you want some early feedback. (Although I'm sure youme can attest that I can be harsh. )

Harsh, but probably the best person to find ridiculous solutions for peoples maps

I've made a new extension for the Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent,called the Cube Constrainer.When the Vital Apparatus vent is in a testchamber that doesn't have a floor below it,this device will hold the cube beneath the vent.

Techno-Man wrote:
I've made a new extension for the Aperture Science Vital Apparatus Vent,called the Cube Constrainer.When the Vital Apparatus vent is in a testchamber that doesn't have a floor below it,this device will hold the cube beneath the vent.

Looks pretty good, similar to logic portals... perhaps too similar?

move the light source to right where the particle effect is,it will look slightly better then

I never heard of or seen anyone else making something like this,and I never played Logic_Portals yet.I came up with this last night.Challenge 02 is early in development so don't worry about the lighting,I've lots to change yet.

It looks good, cant wait to play it!

I've made a new device that overrides the AI of turrets,pictures later .

Techno-Man wrote:
I never heard of or seen anyone else making something like this,and I never played Logic_Portals yet.I came up with this last night.

I can't belive what you're saying. My floater first prototype was done the 6 November and the final design in which your design is a near-copy was done 17 November.

I got this idea in my head one night,I never seen anything like it,or heard of anything like it.I didn't play your maps yet either,show me a picture of yours.