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Vacuum

A collaboration map with Nerdlingnation. Hard difficulty (7/10 for experienced players) . Main elements are a funnel and a laser.

TO NOTE BEFORE PLAYING

- The death (red) fizzler behaves like a normal fizzler, but you will die if you touch it.
- The jail bars will allow the player through but will not let cubes through. They have no effect on portals.
- The pedestal buttons marked with life ring signage are for anti-trapping purposes only. Pressing these will perform a full reset of the puzzle. It is recommended to use f6/f7 to quicksave/quickload.
- Cube tossing, angled lasers through portals, ninja techniques and glitches are neither necessary nor intended. All moves are logical and easy to execute. Some moves require timing, but all of these timings are lenient.
- It is possible to aim the laser with the cube such that it skips the relay but still continues to the portal surface. THIS IS NOT INTENDED. An invisible mechanism is in place to prevent exploits using this technique.

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This was a collab I really didn’t see coming…

I remember creating this map with the intention of making a cute little funnel and laser puzzle with a setup that proved to have quite a lot of potential. I made the thing, asked some people to playtest, and one of them came back saying that they loved the concept and would happily work with me to polish it.

And polish we did, we both found a whole set of moves to throw into the final sequence, a set of ways to clean up the design, a whole set of bugs, a whole set of bug-fixes, a whole set of cleaner ways to implement the bug fixes and so on and so on until the final thing was a noticeably less cute and little (though very much still funnel and laser) husk of its former self. I still believe you can get through it :)

Working through this map was a fantastic experience, so many thanks to Nerdlingnation for choosing to work with me on this.

FURTHER CREDITS
- Thanks to Dido Killer for playtesting (and breaking) many versions of the map
- Credit goes to Libbybapa for the jail bars and custom signage
- Music used is “TEST” from the portal 2 campaign

All feedback is appreciated, please report any exploits as well.
Enjoy!