[SP] Launch

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srs bsnss
552 Posts
Posted Oct 04, 2013
I wanted to challenge myself to see how quickly I could create a map. This one took about four days (though it took a couple extra days to figure out a small glitch).

It's my first attempt at creating a map in the underground style, and I think it went OK. I don't usually make maps in this style, but the Workshop drinks them up like cold water on a hot day, so I figured I may as well give it a crack. It was also partly inspired by tmast98's "Crossroads" which was uploaded around the time I posted my previous map.

The concept in this was inspired by wildgoosespeeder's "Ideas".

Easter egg included.

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srs bsnss
552 Posts
Posted Oct 04, 2013
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Some pics:

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User
630 Posts
Posted Oct 04, 2013
Replied 3 hours later
First, thats pretty nice made, and that for only 4 days
Second, i found the easter egg, right at the beginning
Third, i really love that concept/puzzle with the speed gel, do more of underground maps ^^
Thanks for creating
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quatrus
1,047 Posts
Posted Oct 04, 2013
Replied 6 hours later
very nice underground style map - well done. Nice complex fling...enjoyed it. .Thanks for creating and look forward to more....
...I looked at the speed run map break link in the workshop page, player really missed out on the fun bits of your map...
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Dafflewoctor
415 Posts
Posted Oct 07, 2013
Replied 2 days later
You should really make some more underground maps. For four days this is pretty good.

Now for critique...I really have to say that I didn't enjoy the puzzle much. This is my opinion, all your other comments say they liked it so I'm in the minority here. It felt a bit repetitive, going back three times for three globs of gel. Also, is the white wall behind the fizzler supposed to be used? I didn't touch it.

But the map was great visually speaking, so I'll give it 7/10.

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srs bsnss
552 Posts
Posted Oct 11, 2013
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Dr.Toaster Waffles wrote:
You should really make some more underground maps. For four days this is pretty good.

Now for critique...I really have to say that I didn't enjoy the puzzle much. This is my opinion, all your other comments say they liked it so I'm in the minority here. It felt a bit repetitive, going back three times for three globs of gel. Also, is the white wall behind the fizzler supposed to be used? I didn't touch it.

But the map was great visually speaking, so I'll give it 7/10.

(Sorry for the late reply here).

Repetitive: Yeah, I felt the same way. The technique of preserving the gel via portals works better with bounce gel, where you'll only ever really need 1 blob. But I wanted a way to add a bit of difficulty to the speed gel fling puzzle, so that's why it stayed.

White Wall: if you mean the one near the cube area, then it's not necessary. It offered a way out if the player went down there without placing a portal in the main area. Because of a map redesign, it is now possible to jump and put a portal on the white wall near the button platform, erasing the need for the original wall. But I kept it around in case people didn't do that.

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wildgoosespeeder
178 Posts
Posted Dec 03, 2013
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I approve of this awesome map based on my idea from Ideas.