Unbelievably great design. And even more unbelievable, that I find myself eventually solving them. Innovative and unusual. Thanks so much!

I might have used CFG (Crouch Fly Glitch) to cheese the second puzzle.

So clever 9/10

blind run https://youtu.be/ehSBQKvO7gM

Had a smile on my face when I figured out both solutions. Great!

and the first part it was fun to figure out that i can control my momentum

took me a day to get the second part for me to realize there is more than one way to get a cube elevated.

I hope so but these tests are pushing me to my limit lol

Granted never been good at puzzles anyway so I'm trying to get as far as I can ^^

@nwdl25828 Amazing work! I respect your persistence. I hope you will enjoy the rest of the series as well

Man I had like a light bulb entered my head idea last night and finish this 2 hour test in 20 seconds lol

These test are very small but really difficult good job my dude!

I've been stuck in the second part for 2 and a half hours and I give up lol

fun

On the subject of unexploitable grates, since they aren't flush with the wall, it's often possible to get trapped behind them. You can do that in the second half of the map by placing the cube on the button that lets you get to the funnel emitter, then placing one portal one portal where the funnel points and one portal behind the grating, and finally going through your portals . That gets you trapped like this: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/sillymel/screenshot/2485497501520129971/

(Your mileage may vary on whether this counts as being trapped or not. I do since you're not immediately dead but still have no choice but to die, which means a player that's not paying attention might quick save there, trapping them for real.)

@Mikeastro And thank you for responding! It's always nice to know I'm not speaking into the void.

I just replayed all of the Reliquiae maps I've played so far, and congratulations on not having any exploitable grates as far as I can tell. There's still the funnel fly glitch, of course, but there's often not much you can do to prevent that.

@sillymel Thank you for your continued insightful comments! You're playing these maps very thoroughly, I greatly appreciate that :]

Fun map! I think I've seen the trick of using the Excursion Funnel to lower yourself before flinging from the first half used before, but I forget where. It wasn't the Fumbly Bumbly map you linked, though.

Also, nice use of a null portal in the second half of the map! It's actually possible to avoid using a null portal by placing a portal near the cube and relying on the fact that the funnel will suck the cube despite it not being directly on top of the portal, or by having the cube hover between two portals and hoping to get lucky and have the cube above the correct portal when you move one of them to the funnel , though.

Finally, I found the Companion Cubes ! https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/id/sillymel/screenshot/2485497501518080876/

@GoatIntern Thank you very much :D I'm very happy to hear that you are enjoying the series!

I have never seen a difficulty curve this buttery smooth before. I am constantly finding new applications of core concepts and immediately rolling my eyes at why I didn't think of it sooner. GREAT work!

The solutions were so satisfying

great map

I much enjoyed the companion cube secret

Awesome little map.

Absolutely excellent test design, had lots of fun solving ^ ^

I think one reason a few people are complaining about these puzzles is that there's no way to learn this stuff inside the level. Either you know the gimmick and get through the room or you don't and you give up. Also, even if you get through the first room, you might get to a second room with a completely unrelated solution.

I may be totally incompetent in the second room that you called "easier", but I do know one trusty glitch (which felt like a more reasonable solution than whatever I was supposed to do)

@Andy T Thanks for playing a few maps in this series! Impressive falling into the crack not once, but twice :D I hope you will enjoy the rest of the series

That's a good run. It occur to me no one else did this diving variant all these time, I mean it is easy to do here, but I never seen it before. Oh that crack on the floor in Room #2? Don't use it again, I fell in needlessly, twice at least.

First room: inspired by Fumbly's Slowdive ;-)
Second room: fair portal management which still kept me busy for some minutes ;-)
Thumbs up.

@Robothedgehog Haha thanks :P Great work solving it!

wow. the solution to the second puzzle was some 200 IQ tomfoolery. 10/10

I accidentally skipped the first room. Dunno how it happened I just flew to the exit. Didn't jump going into the big fall. Also was flying sideways I guess.

Interesting!

A little dificult, really good first part, and I am a idiot in the second part.

@StabGami That's just a little easter egg :] Excellent work solving this one too!

Just played it again...speed run. And what is the point of those cubes behind the funnel? Red herring? I spent too much time early on trying to get those things out, for no reason, apparently.

OMG...the first room... slowing down the fling, of course AUGH! I've never seen, thought of, or needed that capability before now. I was right at the edge of giving up. This Reliquiae series is the HARDEST group of community maps I have ever played. I'm loving/hating the challenge! Such great (and diabolical) work.

@Benzolamps Thank you :] Glad you liked it!

Two nice little puzzles! Great!

@Talisac Thank you :D I think you will enjoy this series, if that's your mindset :]

Well, these maps are inspiring, I liked this n4! Back to vanillia-portal, when you don't need to spend 1+hour to solve a puzzle :D

Enjoyed it. My long blind run https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWafstZ0dxU

@Muzozavr Thank you very much once more! Excellent work solving this one too :]

Some clever moves here, getting the cube again in the second part took some thought.

First part is pretty easy up until the trick, but that took a while, too. Great map in a great series... will continue playing. ;)

https://youtu.be/5E4cmlHMswg

@joe98 Hmm sorry to hear that. There shouldn't be more to it than clicking at the right time... Anyway, thanks for playing

I have figured out that I must use the funnel to slow the speed of the fling. However, as usual, my keyboard/mouse failed me.

@KØ414 B33R Thank you very much :D

Really excellent!

This one took longer to figure out than I would like to admit

@Body Massage Thanks for playing :D

Another great one.