[DarkKyo]

Portal 2 Perpetual Testing Initiative

The Multiverse! Infinite Earths with an infinite number of Apertures! The NeoGAF subsidiary of Aperture Science on Earth #840883201158 happens to be particularly productive in its creation and distribution of creative testing chambers. In this thread you will find an ever-increasing number of revelatory and illuminating chambers just waiting for testing. Whether you have a deliciously dangerous chamber or just a tricky trial that you'd like your fellow GAF members to explore and test their gumption in, feel free to list the workshop link here! All you test subjects looking for a challenge have also found the right place. Please don the official testing uniform and report to your designated intelligence aggregation for further instructions.

[Themacabre]

Hodgepodge - A fairly straightforward short map. Some thinking required.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68511497

[morningbus]

New Map (5/10/12):

Glass Ceiling: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=71194849



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Basment Dweller: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...scn=1336512570

[Stallion Free]

+1 for Basement Dweller, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

(All 4 editions).

[DarkKyo]

Eyes on Demise: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68521513



Lots of fun aerial faith plate action! Also lots of sentries.

[Thoraxes]

Made my first one! So easy to use and create with.

Hopefully i'll tweak this one even more and eventually get around to making more. It was quite fun.

Into the thoraxes: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68533965

[morningbus]

+1 for Basement Dweller, I enjoyed it thoroughly.

+1 for Stallion Free. I enjoy his posts thoroughly.

[TheSeks]

Basment Dweller: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...scn=1336512570 http://i.imgur.com/KtAqO.jpg

Initial image before your edit looked interesting. I really wish these played on PS3 since I have no computer capable of running the PC version I have redeemed on Steam. :(

How does the long "hole" in the initial image work in relation to the map?

[morningbus]

Initial image before your edit looked interesting. I really wish these played on PS3 since I have no computer capable of running the PC version I have redeemed on Steam. :( How does the long "hole" in the initial image work in relation to the map?

Yeah, I changed the image to give people a little surprise when they go to play it.

I'll spoil it for you though: it's a very long drop down an un-portalable shaft. When you initially look down it looks like there is no way out and there isn't until you press a button down there, which drops white gel. The shaft with the now white bottom gives you the momentum needed to get to the exit.

[Shahadan]

I tried to do one. I had probably more fun doing it than I would have had playing it, but in any case, I liked trying to put almost everything I could and trying to figure out how I would still make it linear.

In truth my favoirite part was to put some hints about how you are supposed to play it.
Really liking the process.

If anyone wants to try it : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68542826
Overcomplicated piece of test !

yes it is shit though

[AngryChinchilla]

Here is Mine:

Chinchilla's Challenge

[Xyber]

This is my first chamber, tried a little bit of everything and it turned out pretty okay I think.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68481408

[KScorp]

Nice, we got a thread for these!

The Intern



First map, just playing around a bit. The solution is slightly obtuse, in that I wouldn't imagine Valve accepting a puzzle like this. Not sure if that's a good or bad thing. Anyway, try it out! It's a very small and short puzzle. I really want to see if this map is too easy or too difficult.

Edit: I love how easy it is to add maps to play. Just subscribe in the link, and start up Portal 2! Great way to let you remember what maps you want to play, even if you can't play them immediately.

Edit again: Accidentally unpublished my map. Eyes skipped over the edit button, oops. Fixed link to new map.

[the TMO]

First map: Rat Maze

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68480383

[Jocchan]

The Birthday Party

[jdogmoney]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68557453



I'm sure this map is the baby school compared to most of GAF's, but it shouldn't be, like, a drag or anything. Let me know what impressions you may have, yes? I plan on going through and playing these maps very shortly.

[RoadHazard]

Sweet, was hoping we'd get a thread like this.

Just queued up all of your maps (love how easy that is to do), gonna have a fun time playing them later!

Haven't made anything substantial myself yet, only tried the editor out a bit. It's easy to see that if you actually have a good idea for a puzzle, you can quite easily make that idea reality.

Quick question: Do you have to beat your chamber once to be able to publish it? I'd hope so, as it'd be really annoying to get stuck trying to beat an unbeatable chamber.

[jdogmoney]

Yeah, I changed the image to give people a little surprise when they go to play it. I'll spoil it for you though: it's a very long drop down an un-portalable shaft. When you initially look down it looks like there is no way out and there isn't until you press a button down there, which drops white gel. The shaft with the now white bottom gives you the momentum needed to get to the exit.

Either I'm doing it wrong or the door is too high/the portal placement is too low. I can't beat your map.

[spindoctor]

Damn I feel embarrassed posting my little chamber amongst you guys who already have full sized levels up and running.

Still, this was my first attempt at using the map editor. I'd appreciate it if anyone could give it a shot and tell me how good or bad it really is, and especially if you managed to break it somehow.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68550996



And if it's even possible for anyone to get stuck on this tiny level, I made a youtube walkthrough of one possible solution - http://youtu.be/sRRNTbmOvQc

[Capt.Haddock]

made 2 very very basic tests.valve did awesome job on simplifying most complex editor
http://steamcommunity.com/id/Rguddu/...iles?appid=620

[Drkirby]

Did not realize we had a topic for this set up already.

I worked on this for 4 hours, though a good hour of that was waiting for the map to rebuild. During the last build, I started getting errors on the total number of items. I'll likely get rid of some of the unneeded walking later.




Have a block, need a ball...:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68567045

[jdogmoney]

Hodgepodge - A fairly straightforward short map. Some thinking required. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68511497 [img]http://i.picpar.com/f5ff51de986d96dc07bac4383ee1a641113b3956.jpg[img]

Not bad, although the most difficult part was figuring out where to put the first portal. After that it was straightforward.

Basment Dweller: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...scn=1336512570 [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/KtAqO.jpg[IMG]

Dat last bit! D: I don't know if I was incompetent or if there was a miscalculation on your part, but I found it unwinnable.

Eyes on Demise: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68521513 [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/QZueA.jpg[IMG] Lots of fun aerial faith plate action! Also lots of sentries.

Kaizo Portal. I died more often than I ought've, and that's part of the charm of your map...but the middle aerial faith plate on the right (that's right after the grav lift) didn't put me all the way across. The one on the left did, so I may have been doing it wrong. Nice stylistic touches, like the gel at the beginning and the criss-cross lightbridge bit.

I tried to do one. I had probably more fun doing it than I would have had playing it, but in any case, I liked trying to put almost everything I could and trying to figure out how I would still make it linear. In truth my favoirite part was to put some hints about how you are supposed to play it. Really liking the process. If anyone wants to try it : http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68542826 Overcomplicated piece of test ! yes it is shit though

Sooooo big. The only bad part of your test was running back and forth over a huge area. Maybe put the orange gel near the start? It would be pretty fun zipping back and fourth. I also sort of broke the test using the lightbridge, but it was too complicated for me to describe how. Also, the bouncy gel can render the room unwinnable; it got on the spot where I was supposed to set the laser redirection cube and there was no way to get rid of it.



This is so cool. I'll get around to the rest of these later, but for now I must rest.

Generally speaking, keep in mind that there's no checkpoint system, so if someone dies, they're sent back to the start of the map. Also keep in mind that the more elements you put into a puzzle the more ways the player has to break the map. Portal paint especially is a gamechanger.

[Feep]

Here it is! I spent over eight hours making this baby. It's exceptionally difficult, and uses pretty much all puzzle elements except for laser relays and conversion gel, because those suck.



Tunnels To and Fro

Enjoy, everyone. Tell me what you think! I'll be impressed if any of you can make it to the end. ; )

[Norfair]

Just a quick map I made last night once I figured out how the editor worked.



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68535732

[Jocchan]

The Lobby Shootout



Sort of inspired by the infamous shootout scene from The Matrix, it's a very simple hall with plenty of turrets.
EDIT: Now with aerial faith plates for added badassery.

[Lord-Audie]

Escape From....



The map is not complete yet. Just finished the first 2 challenges.

[NBtoaster]

My maps:

Big map "The Bounce" - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68545465
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_5lZsJnn-4


First map "Companion lasers" - made while learning, it's kind of messy but very functional
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68522652


I wish we would get the ability to guide the 'power' lines from buttons to objects, the patterns they make can look ugly.

I don't think I will make maps that big again, they take ages to rebuild.

[Shahadan]

Sooooo big. The only bad part of your test was running back and forth over a huge area. Maybe put the orange gel near the start? It would be pretty fun zipping back and fourth. I also sort of broke the test using the lightbridge, but it was too complicated for me to describe how. Also, the bouncy gel can render the room unwinnable; it got on the spot where I was supposed to set the laser redirection cube and there was no way to get rid of it.

Thanks for feedback ! Actually I wanted to force the player to notice that he had to take one thing with him in each room so he wouldn't have to backtrack. But there were some complications, I guess. The gel part is worrying though. I wanted to put water gel for this eventuality and then changed my mind. I'll look into it, thanks

Edit : If that happens, you could always put some orange gel on that spot to "clean" the blue one, but I guess it isn't a good enough solution. :p

[morningbus]

Either I'm doing it wrong or the door is too high/the portal placement is too low. I can't beat your map.

Dat last bit! D: I don't know if I was incompetent or if there was a miscalculation on your part, but I found it unwinnable.

I've had a few people beat it, so it is definitely winnable. Did you do everything in the room? Did you raise the stairs? That makes up for the mandatory portal placement.

[zephervack]

Momentum Alpha



More skills than puzzle solving but its fun once you get the speed.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68488777

[Motion Picture Soundtrack]

Two fairly simple chambers:

Switch Bridge



A Tale of Two Cubes

[MNC]

The only thing I dislike is that by clicking the links, it opens my browser, which constantly needs me relogging in, then use the steamguard code to get access to steam on my browser.

[DarkKyo]

Cubes of Speed: http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68593037



I love how this one turned out.

I can see why the Portal 2 campaign has many less portalable surfaces than Portal did. You want the test subject to go through the test in very specific ways so they can experience what you want them to.

[the TMO]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68622419

Blue Attack
Make your way trought the turret with the Blue gel! But don't forget the ball!



Second attempt!

[KScorp]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68557453 I'm sure this map is the baby school compared to most of GAF's, but it shouldn't be, like, a drag or anything. Let me know what impressions you may have, yes? I plan on going through and playing these maps very shortly.

I liked it. It was rather easy, but still somewhat fun to play. Only thing I disliked was the seemingly random turret, I just ended up behind it and knocked it over. I guess there's some way to end up on the wrong side of it?

At the very least, it doesn't seem to have anything broken with it.

[Forsaken82]

Didn't know about this thread! Will post here then. Have other levels in the works, but this was my first "More than a test" level, where I actually spent some actual time testing and iterating.


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68535105



As I said in the other thread, I am keeping it simple to start, but I plan on releasing some momentum/timing based challenges soon. Looking for comments and critiques as well! (I am aware of one exploit on this stage, but its not one that I feel hurts the stage, so if you figure it out good for you)

I would be curious as to how fast some of you can get through it. Kinda curious if it can be completed in under a minute. It looks quick and easy, but hopefully it gets some head scratching

[KScorp]

Here is Mine: Chinchilla's Challenge http://i.imgur.com/3RojPl.jpg

I really hate the hidden traps or random pits of deadly goo you have lying around. Is the pit of goo under the door necessary? Isn't not being able to reach the door punishment enough? Same with the very start, it serves no puzzle purpose, it's just something you have to avoid.

Same with the random switch up in the corner that you have to reach. It only takes two portals to get up there and then the exit is open forever. It's just an extra step that requires no thought.

Also, you can use the light bridge to reach the door without raising the platform under it. So you can skip retrieving the cube and just focus on getting the light bridge to reach the door. A bit of a bug there.

But I do like the general aesthetics of your puzzle. Just remove the random hazards and fix that bug and it would be very nice.

[Themacabre]

The Stairs of Doom: Part six

....assaulted with a cavalcade of lights and sound. Part six in the "Stairs of Doom" series truly redefines the stairs genre.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68647281

[Forsaken82]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68680409



Had fun creating this map and thanks to a happy mistake, there are at least 2 solutions to reaching the exit door (would love to know about more if you find them). Shouldn't take more than 1 - 2 minutes to complete. I tried to focus on a mix of Logic and reflex. Really looking for feedback on this one.

[Bjoern the Smexy]

Finlly I was able to upload it.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68686734

This chamber is more of a "find out what to do next" kinda thing.
The whole chamber can be solved with only 6 placed portals.
Hope you guys like it :)

[AngryChinchilla]

Anybody find that their chambers are dark suddenly? I was in the middle of building a new one and rebuilt it to test it, and it was unplayable because I couldn't see what walls were portalable. I even played my first map and it was also unplayable for the same reason.

[Shahadan]

Anybody find that their chambers are dark suddenly? I was in the middle of building a new one and rebuilt it to test it, and it was unplayable because I couldn't see what walls were portalable. I even played my first map and it was also unplayable for the same reason.

Last patch did that and it's annoying :(
I'm surprised a fix isn't out yet.

Try to put some windows on your map at certain locations. They make more light than lamps. It will probably still be unplayable for other people but at least you can test it.

[zephervack]

Hey guys, made about 3 hours worth of changes and play testing on my map:



http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68488777

Any feedback appreciated.

Also would anyone be interested in doing kind of like a pair-play testing thing, where we commit to play test each others maps until they are gameplay tight?

[Wyndstryker]

Gonna make my own collection. So starting easy and working my way to hard. I want to use some elements that aren't really used a lot in the actual game but were possible.

Beginner Maps! woot! These were more of a warmup and proof of concept for me than anything. So don't expect anything fancy from these.

Mechanica B1


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=70324540


Mechanica B2


http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=70380080

[gabbre]

This is my first attempt, the editor is so simple and powerful
Feedbacks are appreciated :)

Thisisatest01 - Dancing Turrets

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Wet Hot American Summer


Row Your Boat


The Wunderkid


That Is What The Young Lady Said

[Xyber]

Alright, I just finished my second chamber. This one contains 4 smaller puzzles although neither of them is hard. It's just a fun simple chamber that doesn't require you to think too hard.

Any feedback on it would be great, I have tried to eliminate all the exploits I can find but I'm sure there are still some stuff I didn't think of.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68608603

[Pandoracell]

Just whipped together my first chamber. I'm sure it can be broken, somehow :)

Icarus

[HP_Wuvcraft]

Alright, I just finished my second chamber. This one contains 4 smaller puzzles although neither of them is hard. It's just a fun simple chamber that doesn't require you to think too hard. Any feedback on it would be great, I have tried to eliminate all the exploits I can find but I'm sure there are still some stuff I didn't think of. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfile...s/?id=68608603

How is it so big?

Mine usually stop pushing after a while.

[Xyber]

How is it so big? Mine usually stop pushing after a while.

It's still within the limit, I just used all the space effectively (for the most part). I could still fit something in the bottom right of the pic, but I reached the item limit. :(