Very nice portal management

This puzzle is so unique because of how simple and sleek the design is. I love how it's all in one easy to see room and there are so few elements with the most impressive aspect to me being that there are no cubes. Despite the simplicity it still took me quite a while to solve.

Here it is: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3333674893

That gives me an idea for my next chamber though

I am so dumb I used a null portal instead of simply walking through the portal

Nice concept puzzle!!
my solution: https://youtu.be/_xNiboe7-8E

i caved and watched the video. im a dunce, great map

Loved this map, very subtle moves and solution. Faved : )

Very cool concept. My solution was slightly different than the video, but only in a minor aspect of how I accomplished some of the last steps; every step was still almost exactly the same. Thumbs up.

@crhoaviet6, you might find this useful https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2390083125

Very cool map, I played it live on stream earlier today :) Cool idea

Nice puzzle! Perhaps the most 'formal' premise for a gel puzzle I've seen; certainly for a conversion gel one. Got tripped up for a while when I wasn't ordering my portals correctly towards the end and was passing repulsion gel over my conversion gel instead of the other way around.

Super.

awesome map! i definitely didnt think it was easy . it took me two days to figure out.. i am so slow but i get it in the end

Took me around 10 minutes. I found it quite easy, but super interesting concept. Big thumbs up!

@DeathWish808 You're a puzzle-solving monster. Thank you for the video, and for your remark at the end! Your solving process was surprisingly easy to follow, despite the lack of commentary.

Bunny hopping is the only way I can see to break the puzzle, but I don't do that and I suck at it anyway. lol.

Solid map! and faved! https://youtu.be/hfVoc5iSg7c

Yes I was vaguely expecting that one will need the cube on those buttons at the end, but as I progressed it appeared to be only for the door. Which is nice because it's keeping the feeling of a "clean" logic puzzle, (at least for me :D ) so don't regret!

Thanks for the explanation how you made the puzzle, it's always interesting.
This is the kind of puzzle that makes me think of a mathematical demonstration explained through graphic element for a better visualization
(Don't ask me the math formula lol)

@jp Thank you! I'm curious which two key moves you mean. Here's an outline of the design process:

I was thinking about my favorite white gel map, "Primer", which hinges on a floor panel that can be painted either blue or white. Each color has pros and cons. I wondered whether I could make a puzzle with the same blue/white trade-off, but multiplied by three or four.

That's how I came up with the idea of several "islands", with blue gel being used to island-hop. I wanted a setup where the player could never get stuck, so I made the blue gel easily accessible. I also needed the player to have an escape route after using the white gel, so I added a ceiling panel.

Once I nailed down those details, the puzzle came together almost by accident. I spotted a tricky exit condition, and I enforced it with a laser. (That's my biggest regret: I couldn't find a more efficient way to enforce the exit condition. As it stands, the laser and cube are only used at the very end.)

Woaw! This is the best gel map I played since a loooong time! :)
They are 2 essential key moves not to miss, otherwise it's round and round forever!
At start I was a little stuck because I didn't notice the white spot on the ceiling.
Then I spent a long time with no progress; I had to peek at a small part of the solution to get back on track.
I like also the setup of the room, very efficient.
I wonder how you came out with such a clever puzzle :P
Fav &

@bullfrog I was hoping I'd catch your attention! I've seen your comments on other conversion gel maps (and a lot of others maps too).

That's exactly what I wanted to hear. My goal was to make a good conversion gel map, partly because those maps are so rare.

It’s not often I come across a good conversion gel map, but this is one of those rare occasions! I was completely stuck and looked at the start of your video; for some reason I never thought of doing the jump at 1:05 Even after cheating, it took some time to work out how that helped - excellent puzzle, definite thumbs up.

@₴ⱧɆɆ₱ĐØ₲ Thank you for your kind words! White gel is my favorite test element, which is unfortunate, because it's so hard to make puzzles with.

@lapicidas Yes, that move is precisely what I was trying to prevent. It might still be possible if you're really quick. Thanks for the review - you gave me the warm fuzzies.

Ingenious map! Simply structured and still a real brain teaser
Your description is a little confusing. Specifically, you switched from BEE to Hammer in order to adjust the gel flow and the portal magnets. That got me wrong. Your statement suggests that the puzzle has to do not only with logic but also with skill. So for a long time I thought that both gels had to be put on a plate with a quick reaction - therefore the different gel flow. But that's not the case Everything is purely logical - really great

Not going to lie, this one took me a while. Great map, one of my favorite white gel maps!

Here's a solution video. Please use only in case of emergency!

@Shaggielll This might sound crazy, but I tried the correct lighting and found it unattractive; the white surfaces were painfully bright. I might leave the flip panels the way they are. (A better man than I would adjust the lighting in Hammer, but I'm such a Hammer noob that I was barely able to change the gel flow and placement helpers.)

@Shaggielll Thanks - I knew something looked wrong. I'll fix it soon.

It looks like this is my first genuinely hard logic puzzle. Hint: Some juggling is required.

I too will have to try again. Flip panels are currently lit incorrectly in BEE2. For a fix you can start them white side out and add a NOT gate btw the panel and the activation switch.

My logic failed me - sorry. Thanks for the challenge but I could not see how to get the laser to hit the target.