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Tags: Button, Pedestal Button, Weighted Cube, Weighted Cube Dropper, Light Bridge, Laser Field, Companion Cube, Companion Cube Dropper, Goo, Flip Panel, Angled Panel, Glass Panel, Laser Emitter, Laser Catcher, Reflector Cube, Reflector Cube Dropper, Glass, Grating
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Cycle 3

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Difficulty*: Logical: 10/10 Skill: 8/10 Creativity: 8/10

Committed for the " Circular " Bi-Weekly competition of the P2LC Group.

F6-F7, please use them (map isn't really dangerous, but you don't want to start it from beginning again after a mistake!)

Note:
- the only purpose of laser in the corner is emergency reset of all the cubes (that may not be that obvious, even with signage.)
- there are 3 cycles, which means you have to press all 4 buttons with cubes 3 times to reach different steps in the map. As a "circular" puzzle, few elements may look like they're not working at first... Well, just enjoy the moment where you can just jump around the map freely, that won't last :D
- I wanted to add some Dice signage to help, but I have a total freeze each time I try.. Sorry.

As usual, no ninja, no cube throwing, no glitch using, no reportaling.. Some hard jumps, but the kind of jump you have time to think and solve :p. Remember to think with portals! .. and to think outside the box.
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Talisac  [author] 17 Mar, 2017 @ 1:40pm 
Thanks for trying !
jandlml 12 Mar, 2017 @ 8:52pm 
i got thru the first pass then had to watch the walkthru. there is no way i could ever finish this map. way to difficult in every way for me. thanks for creating
Talisac  [author] 18 Jan, 2015 @ 11:25pm 
Ah, didn't think it was still possible, I was hoping the way between cube button and faith-plate was long enough. *sigh*

The "normal" way involves cube stacking and reseting, so you don't have to deal with short timing at all, but the solution is more... interesting ^^
Ganymede 18 Jan, 2015 @ 11:24am 
Compared to Toncica, my solution to the final cycle involved very few steps. In fact, it was barely more complicated than the second cycle, and involved the exact same tactics. At this point, I'm mostly sure it was unintended, albeit very creative.

I setup the cubes so I could fizzle them on the same island and still have enough time to "beat" the laser grid in a faith-plate race. I did this by using a number of advanced tactics, including air-control to push myself forward, approach of the faith plate prior to hitting it, and placing the cube at an odd angle so it took time for it to "slide" into the button. Even so, it took a lot of patience to setup and get just right and I ended up barely making it past the laser grid when it worked.

I was quite surprised when I saw Toncica's solution. It was extremely complicated compared to mine. I'll probably go back at some point and try to figure it out the intended way.
Talisac  [author] 18 Jan, 2015 @ 12:59am 
Haha I hope everyone will read your comment :p

I'm curious about your solution, because timing shouldn't be that short (actually it's not even a "stress" timing). Adjusting cubes? I guess you did the toncica's way, there is an easier one not involving putting cubes on buttons diagonnaly so they don't trigger

Indeed laser is a part I don't like in this map: if I was able to build it on hammer, there would be a big-panel with "RESET" next to it. But it's necessary to avoid trap situation.
Ganymede 17 Jan, 2015 @ 11:52pm 
Once I understood the rules, though, the puzzle itself was easy to solve (logically). The toughest part was the execution. That third phase was ridiculous! VERY tight timing, at least the way I did it. I probably spent 15 minutes doing nothing but adjusting cubes. I ended up pulling it off, but many times I found myself wondering whether what I was doing was intended. I kept going because it was the only way I saw forward.

There is at least one place, on the island near the exit, where you can find yourself perminantly stuck. Did you mean to put a faith plate there?

This is the first map I've played with rotating faith plates. They were put to very good use.

I would say the logic is tougher in Cycle 2, but the execution is tougher in Cycle 3.

Overall, very creative!
Ganymede 17 Jan, 2015 @ 11:52pm 
This puzzle was a lot easier than I thought it would be. I'm going to say that's because my expectations were blown out of proportion and NOT because the map itself is easy (because it most certainly is not!)

What took me the longest in this map was figuring out the rules. For example, I kept triggering the laser and resetting the puzzle because I thought it did something other than resetting the puzzle. When I finally made it to the final switch at the end of phase one, I ended up reloading a saved game because I thought all it did was reset everything (i.e. the same thing as the laser).
Talisac  [author] 1 Dec, 2014 @ 5:57am 
Thanks ! Usually I think up of this just when I decide to do something else important not related to portal. You know how it works .. ;)
Near 30 Nov, 2014 @ 12:26pm 
How do you even think up of this?! Thumbs up. Favorited and Followed.
Talisac  [author] 26 Oct, 2014 @ 2:25am 
Thanks for playing, and thanks for walkthrough! I'll consider changing 2 cubes indeed..