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Ball Bearings
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Singleplayer, Custom Visuals, Custom Story
Tags: Faith Plate, Light Bridge, Tractor Beam, Laser Emitter
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3 Nov, 2023 @ 4:16am
26 Nov, 2023 @ 5:44am
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Description
Parts of this map have been in the hopper for over 2 years. I felt it was time to kick it out the door!

These areas make use of Edgeless Safety Cubes (...Balls) and they determine your flow through the facility (...Bearings). Got it? Good. Let's play!

Special thanks must go out for the wicked amazing texture packs:
PK01, PK02 by Philip Klevestav http://www.philipk.net
Black Mesa Textures Pack 1, By Prototstar

Here is the Video Walk-through of how I intended things to go:
Spolier Walk-Through
29 Comments
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Shinval  [author] 15 Jun, 2024 @ 2:16am 
@PhilFromFrance, thank you!
EndOfPortal 13 Jun, 2024 @ 2:34pm 
Another great level. :steamthumbsup::steamthumbsup:
ExplodingBoy 26 May, 2024 @ 3:36pm 
Wow! Great level! Nice visual and very fun. Last part was tricky. Nice!
lumpus2000 18 Apr, 2024 @ 9:16am 
Great Fantastic Bravo Hurra :-)
That was fun, THX a lot !!!!!
jp 15 Dec, 2023 @ 1:42pm 
Fantastic!
That was real fun, looking around at all the nice details, different ambiances and lights.
The puzzles were exactly the difficulty I like for a relaxing map :P
Clever setup in all the rooms, no way to be soft locked. I also like the transitions.
Small picky points:
Yes there is a grate texture looking like glass, but that took me just a few extra seconds before trying because you can't do nothing else there anyway, so no big deal.
There is a wall texture with a missing a detail texture, visible in the very beginning and further as well (the result is some kind of sparkling but that's easy to fix).
For me the last puzzle could be just 4 ball-buttons instead of 5, to avoid repetition of a same move (but keeping the last one :)
All the rest is a smart Hammer work.
And I love the creativity within the very Portal style :)
Favorite & :steamthumbsup:
Moosedawg 27 Nov, 2023 @ 11:58pm 
Great puzzle! Thanks for taking the time to make this masterpiece :steamhappy::steamthumbsup:
Shinval  [author] 17 Nov, 2023 @ 3:44am 
@Zoraya, Thank you so much for letting me know you enjoyed it. That means a lot coming from as great a puzzle-master as you!
Zoraya 16 Nov, 2023 @ 3:53pm 
Amazing work Shinval! It was much fun to explore each room, and I liked the mixture of playfulness and challenges. I take my hat off to you for this well elaborated work!
Shinval  [author] 12 Nov, 2023 @ 4:47am 
@Test Chamber Junkie, Bravo my friend!

I enjoyed the soundtrack in the background and watching a player that looks around - investigates, tries things. I don't spend months (or years) of work on a map for people to instantly see a solution and I don't know how to make an easy map. My brain works differently and it's just not in me. You THINK when you play, I saw that. I loved it!

Thank you so much!

You did everything the way it was supposed to be done -- eventually. LOL.
Human 12 Nov, 2023 @ 3:32am 
While this wasn't too bad, I felt that a lot of the puzzle environments were a little bit messy. The first portal game had this issue during development. I like the aesthetic but maybe try to make it a little more clear where you can put portals and what props are elements. I also found it somewhat tricky to see the buttons and levers. Maybe draw more attention to them?