Portal 2

Portal 2

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Description
This puzzle took us four months to create.
It might take you just as long to solve it.

Welcome, everyone, to this very special puzzle.
It was created over a long period of time by both Leomievs and myself.
Both of us had never collaborated on the creation of a puzzle before, but we think it turned out pretty well :]

We do not want to give away too much, but please mind the following:
- If you're having trouble figuring out where to start, follow the arrows.
- Pay close attention to the signage indicating which of the three cubes auto-respawns.
- No tight timing or tight angles, no glitches, no bunnyhopping, etc. All clean logical moves.
- Remember to use quicksave with F6 and quickload with F7.
- You can only place portals on the floor half panels when you're in line with them.
- Using a glitch where a cube passes through a light bridge is not intended.
- Waiting forever for things to magically happen is not intended.

Difficulty: 9/10.
Please let us know in the comments when you think you found something unintended.

Huge thanks to Libbybapa and Narkodes for making their custom items available to us!
Without them, this map may not have seen the light of day.

When you are done here, check out this video that explains the creation process of this map. The official intended solution begins at 22:32.
Good luck and have fun.

The background music is adapted from the track Endless River from my album Irrational Points.[mikeastro.bandcamp.com] Please consider checking it out!
129 Comments
NLuziaf 1 Jul @ 5:02am 
Happy 5th Anniversary (insert confetti)
SpL15 6 Mar @ 7:04pm 
@Mikeastro Oh man, thanks for encouragment, that means a lot. Your maps are awesome.
Mikeastro  [author] 6 Mar @ 12:57am 
@SpL15 You can most definitely be very proud of yourself for solving this map almost completely without help! Even with the small hints you allowed yourself, that is an incredible achievement. I deeply respect your tenacity - amazing work! :cozycrashfish:
SpL15 5 Mar @ 7:17pm 
Omg, I finally did it. I had to check the walkthrough again unfortunately since I knew what I had to do but couldn't figure out how to and I was getting pretty annoyed. Placing both cubes at the other side of the fizzlers, deleting the one that's on the funnel button, and then use said funnel to place the other cube on the same button isn't something I could have figured out on my own. I knew that out of sight wall was for something, but my mind keep forgetting about it. I guess I will take this as a lesson that every white wall in this kind of puzzle aren't placed arbitrarily . Fortunately the rest of the puzzle I figured it out on my own, so I'm still a little bit proud of myself. Definitely one of the hardest chambers I played.
Mikeastro  [author] 1 Mar @ 2:11pm 
@SpL15 Very admirable! I wish you the best of luck on your journey - there is no shame in taking tiny peeks, or asking for a small hint :] Hope you will enjoy the remainder of your time here :cozycrashfish:
SpL15 28 Feb @ 2:19pm 
Man, this map has been eating me alive for a year or two. I had to check a little of the walktrough to be sure I'm actually using the intended solution. Good to know that I'm in the right track. Not giving up yet!
Mikeastro  [author] 31 Dec, 2024 @ 3:48am 
@mentallentil Incredible achievement! Seriously impressive work developing your puzzle solving abilities in such a short period of time. Solving this map really shows your mastery of the game, amazingly done! I wish you the best of luck and of course lots of fun with the continuation of your Portal journey :cozycrashfish:
mentallentil 31 Dec, 2024 @ 12:34am 
After writing that first comment, I decided to run through my entire solution to make sure I hadn't cheated anywhere. It took me a solid half hour to execute. Then I tried to sleep but I was itching to check my solution, so I watched the end of the video - I had a perfectly intended solution! I'm saving the rest of the video for tomorrow, it'll be a very enjoyable watch seeing how you guys came up with this devilishly hard map. I've been so tempted to peek at it for months, just to see a good example of the design process. Now I finally can.
When I got into community maps in april or something (coincidentally from a mikeastro video), I managed to rope one of my friends into it too. Sometime before summer, I had solved my first 5/10. He promptly sent me Isotope, and told me to try it. It's been on my mind ever since, but I only just committed before Christmas. I was then busy for a bit, but once I had time again it took me the better part of a week, at least 10 hours overall. Faved!
mentallentil 30 Dec, 2024 @ 10:40pm 
solved im way too tired to write a proper comment but i will later
UNDEFEAT 22 Sep, 2024 @ 1:21pm 
Oh my god, this map is massive. It's not what I personally expect from Portal puzzle...