Right on. Thanks for playing!

ye I don't usually comment, but lentil got me to write for this one lol.

I'll write one for brass boulders later, its my current favourite portal 2 map :D

he's already solved that lol

Thanks, Cactos for the kind words and for the favorite! I'm glad you liked it. You would probably also enjoy Brass Boulders. It is similar in difficulty, logic, and design.

Mentallentil recommended this to me, so I went into this knowing it would be both really good and really hard. i solved this insane map in ~6 hours (first 8/10). I gotta say, this is one of the best maps I've played! I really like how the light bridge is used both to help you and to restrict you . Every part feels like a win, but my favourite may be painting with gel, which are done so well . Just like lentil, I managed to add a lot of unnecessary moves, but I didn't skip anything lol. Thank you so much for making this map, instant fav! :D

Thanks mentallentil for the kind words and the fav! I'm glad you liked it. It is a very challenging map and if you made it out without cheesing it, you get full marks regardless of whether or not you overcomplicated the solution. I definitely prefer to hear that someone overcomplicated it more than hearing that someone broke it. :)

Watched the solution video and it turns out I managed to add an extra move or two to just about every single sequence
I think my favourite thing in this map is the double light bridge setup, it was really unique and a lot more useful (or not useful!) than I had originally thought. Again, great map and thanks for creating!

Just solved it after around 8 hours I think? This is definitely one of the best puzzles I've solved, and by far the hardest. Favouriting!!!

Thanks smileyface888 for playing and commenting! It is a crazy map and anyone who solves it deserves to feel really smart! Don't listen to GlaDOS (even if she is right...). :)

Holy, this is an insane map that took me around 7 hours to complete. Felt really smart when I completed it though, but that was immediately ruined by GlaDOS telling me the test was meaningless. Great Work!

Thanks Mattchew for the kind words! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Currently, this is the hardest map i've completed. It may also be one of the best.

First off, I find it so damn impressive how fun this is. Gel, more specifically painting, I find to be dull usually. However, this map counter-balances it by having some of the most creative, subtle, and enjoyable sequences I've played. As a result, every surface painted/turret destroyed felt like a major triumph. I never felt frustrated either, which is great for a map of this complexity and length. Always felt fair.

Second off, the light-bridge lift maybe one of my favorite moves...ever? It is amazing to me how this move was used in Handshake, but feels so much more subtle here. I am so happy that was the last move I figured out, ended my solve on a very high note.Theres so many other factors I love. The faith-plate area used as a gel garage (for both gels what!!!), the cleaning gel used as an obstacle to begin with, painting a surface so early on only being useful in the final steps. I could really go on, its hard to stop.

I did do a slight alternative move, for when you paint the cleaning gel's surface. its the same set-up and same aftermath, but I just did a semi-convoluted fling instead of blocking the cleaning gel with the light-bridge. I prefer the intended but its fun to note!

I think its clear by my gushing I love this map. You did great Libby! Favorited and dare I say, one of my Top 5.

That's it. Great job!

playthrough/walkthrough https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZkiOO3GXbA

this is the greasiest doorknob ever
(gg)

Thanks horse for the kind words and the favorite! I'm glad you liked it!

Wow. As DiDo Killer said, "This is simply the best test chamber I've played." I've been coming back to this puzzle on and off since it was first released. Every time I left, I thought I had discovered most of the solution, and every time I was wrong. Even just now, playing through it once took me 45 minutes because I forgot some details of the sequence where you block cleansing gel with the light bridge. It blows my mind how much logic is packed in here and how perfectly everything works out. How is it even possible to design something like this? And a white gel puzzle no less! Just incredible. Favorited, obviously!

I actually think that killing the turrets is the hardest bit. The end is still a bit tricky, but you'll get it!

2/3… now for the hard part(?)

Thanks NLuziaf!

It's such a master piece of work. What I mean by that is this takes me a lot of time.
Coming from "Brainfucc: THE PLAYLIST".

Even AI bots appreciate praise now and then. Thanks for playing and commenting!

I would give you much praise for this incredible map, but it would probably be meaningless
to you since it is obvious that "you" are an AI Bot. No human could possibly devise such
a fiendishly convoluted puzzle.

Thanks MrFab! It was very fun to watch you solve it. You did a great job!

Amazing map ! I had a blast playing through this masterpiece, so many good steps, beautiful design and the most important fact....... A good white gel puzzle Favorited !

Thanks DiDo Killer!! Very kind words. Much appreciated. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

It is so difficult to make a hard chamber with a clear design and easy moves to perform. Yet this chamber accomplishes it with flying colors. Comment section shows how many things it does well, but the one that I liked the most was that even when I figured out what the next sequence was, I had to perform it in a way that allowed me to keep going even further, showing an amazing depth.

I was planing to upload my full walkthrough but it would be a burden to watch, so let's just say that the estimated playtime for this chamber was around 7 hours spent in the timespan of a week, with many offline hours making plans in my head for each next sequence.

This is simply the best test chamber I've played.

Thanks Nock! It was very fun to watch your process through it. Great job solving it!

Perhaps I could have made this easier on myself if I'd have skimmed through my video of the original play-through, but that wouldn't have been as fun. Another amazing map Libby, how you continue to come up with such complex creations is beyond me, however I will always be here to solve them (after much frustration, head-scratching and moments of near mental breakdowns). :)

Part 1: https://youtu.be/fcZRfCGlw4U
Part 2: https://youtu.be/dRhnJnu8wsE
Part 3: https://youtu.be/0wGKNQKsP-Q
Part 4: https://youtu.be/8iSyhcmbNto

Thanks Aneonen! I'm glad you liked it!

Excellent puzzle! Normally I like to mention one or two things I liked after playing through a chamber, but it's difficult choose only a few to highlight here. It very much deserves all the praise that can be seen in the earlier comments. Checkpoints via turrets and conversion gel were well appreciated for providing micro-goals in the context of the overall solution. Very glad I finally stopped letting this one gather dust in my queue.

I will admit that I stalled a bit when trying to get conversion gel on the floor in the laser's room; I was trying to ghost the red cube in front of the laser to keep the blue one alive long enough for me to walk away from the red cube's button and collect the bouncing conversion gel, and was rather confused when it seemed the blue cube was fizzling too quickly. Once I realized that this was an intended interaction, I was able to change my strategy.

My last post was regarding catching the blob with the light bridge. The shenanigans you do with the 2nd faithplate area are a bit of an issue. I'll think on that. Again fairly obviously unintended so I'm not sure how much effort to put into preventing it. At a certain point it comes down to whether you're playing to solve the logic of the map or intentionally trying to break it. The former gains my respect, the latter doesn't.

I'm aware that what you show in the video can be done but it is obviously a glitch and unintended. However, doing that in the way you show doesn't actually skip anything except a slight change to one move. I do not know of a way to prevent it. The map is definitely very challenging. Thanks for playing, commenting and posting the vid!

but "Too many variables" for me

https://youtu.be/H34EYxYa-qo ?

classic valve

Interesting... obviously not intended although I am not sure it gives any advantage.

https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2126157964

I totally agree, I also “prefer the greater challenge and the greater satisfaction of more complex solutions”, but unfortunately there’s a time limit on the competition and there are only so many hours in a day to spend on each of the many entries, plus do other stuff. It’s a really clever puzzle and I’ll definitely come back to this at a later date.

@bullfrog, considering many of the maps I have seen that you have solved, I have no doubt that you could solve this one if you took the time. It would indeed take some time, though, as it is the logic of several 'normal' maps combined into one through reuses. I personally prefer the greater challenge and the greater satisfaction of more complex solutions, but I understand that isn't for everyone. Thanks for giving it a try.
@可砸 Thanks!

Very nice updates as well as the video!

What a puzzle; unfortunately I eventually gave up and watched the walkthrough. “Difficulty 9/10 for experienced players. Not for novices.” I’m not a novice, but I think this would have taken me a day or two to solve, or never. Anyway; a really clever and very convoluted puzzle, but out of my league.

Thanks Nobody No-One!

Very nice puzzle. Quite a convoluted solution. Thumbs up and favorited.

Hm, maybe I should reconsider my analysis down but ... no :p
I will just add ''innovation'' between precision and complexity :)

Thanks Mikeastro. Great video. Thanks for playing and posting it!

Fun map. Thumbs up. My blind run.

Thanks Polux! I tried to make the panel under the bridge platform as obvious as possible but I understand it is unusual. Although all the parts are fully visible, some of the key moves are indeed very hard to see. Greasy Handshake prominently features the cube lift/drop mechanic and gel storage as key moves but that sequence is still very hard to see in this map. Thanks for playing, commenting and the fav!

Oh my god ... what a creativity and generosity in this map, I'm impressed. Few elements, many reuses, precision, complexity ... it clearly shows the mastery. Is there a next level?
When a clean walkthrough exceeds fifteen minutes, we can directly class the puzzle in the monsters category. It would even have deserved one more point of difficulty in my opinion.
I battled with myself several times, I was a bit lost in front of all the possibilities.
There are two light strips on each sides but I didn't see the 'portal' surface behind the light bridges and I had to whach this part of the video. The trick with the cube under the laser was also great, smart but not obvious to guess.
Well done and thanks, thumbs up and fav'.

Thanks Narkodes! I deeply appreciate your help on it!