Alright, new theme!

All of the following items in your puzzle need to be connected to at least 2 different items:
* cube / sphere buttons
* pedestal buttons
* laser relays
* laser receivers
* Any other "activators", like portal sensors, beemod triggers, etc etc.

Here is a screenshot of a chamber that follows the rules. The pedestal button is connected to both cube droppers, the floor button is connected to both the light bridge and the stairs, and the cube button is connected to the door, the other stairs, and the flip panel. That chamber isn't terribly interesting btw, before someone tries to solve it. It's possible but boring haha

(Of course, you don't have to use all of those above items, if you don't want to.)

When counting connections, multi-part elements count as just one - This button is "technically" connected to five different panels, however they all form one big panel, so this only counts as ONE connection. But, this button is connected to two different panels, so it's allowed.

One more thing - ...I know somebody's going to try this, so you're not allowed to "cheat" by connecting to "useless" items :P You still can, if you want to add "decoration", but they won't count towards the total of 2 items.

You guys <3

For "Double Transport", it's mentioned that you can't use funnel reversal as part of the map - is it ok if the two funnels reverse at the same time, so that they still remain different colors?

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=405513531
kinda like this ?

Alright here's my entry! It's not as hard as the rest but hopefully still enjoyable.

Edited 4/20/2015 (lel)

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=429166838

Originally posted by | \_/ ():

OMG, are you serious?! Did you actually fell for that?!?!?! XD XD XD

IT'S APRIL 1ST - LPChip is trying to fool us!!!

It's a goood april fools joke though, quaternary and DeathWish808 fell for it as I can see :D:D:D

Ok, you canchange the competition page back to its former state, LPChip. *worried* Right?

In my defense it was March 31. No fair.

Lol

Huh? I thought there were tons of entries! One of the busiest yet! Here's some of the submissions I remember from it - https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=402291419 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=409038369 https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=404167699

Edit: Well maybe it's april fools in your timezone then

Originally posted by DeathWish808:

and the portal magnet doesn't work. You can only force a portal in Hammer properly.

Speak for yourself. The portal magnet in PTI isn't that customizable but it works, at least for me. That, antline blockers, the occasional logic gate (just for antline/signage fiddling) and the little smexy decoration 4x2x1 blocks are all I really use.

Check RedSilencer's recent tests for some really cool & responsible uses of BEEMOD.

Originally posted by wildgoosespeeder:

I've seen a lot of people use BEEMOD wrong, even more of them using BEEMOD wrong than people using Hammer wrong and the default in-game editor items wrong combined.

This is the P2LC group so I really, really hope that isn't an issue.

Interesting variety here. This vote was realllllllly close haha

1. | \_/ () - Lazored
+ really cool map, interesting logic, and a beuuutiful final move <3 <3
2. camerson1313 - Quantified Observarion: Area 4
+ love the feeling of progression at every step of the way. had a blast solving it
3. Daoud Baba - Futuristic Lasers
+ unique "angle laser" puzzle, lots of options but only a few end up working (Like a maze)

Originally posted by LPChip:

You press a button and somewhere else, a cube falls in the goo. The button has no antline because it looks ugly and so you just can't figure out that it does that. After about 1 hour you finally guess this must be the cube dropper.

Plain and simple, that's the definition of "dick move", and the contest being kinda sorta about that is not a valid way to defend it.

This sounds like a perfect opportunity for the map author to use a little signage. The player still can't directly see the cube drop, but they can now easily infer that pressing the button will cause a box to fall from there.

But I guess something more in the spirit of the contest would be to e.g. suspend a cube over a button on a light bridge. Then, in another room, they pull away the light bridge, causing the button to be pressed. This is an event that the player knows about and controls without seeing it.

^ DW808 pls.