Portal 2

Portal 2

Syringe
14 Comments
Distant  [author] 7 Jan, 2013 @ 2:05pm 
For all of you who loved this map, but wondered about other gel possibilities, I tried playing without white gel in the map and, although the cube was a problem, I eventually found a way provided that the angled panel under the middle of the bridge is portalable. So I present to you: Syringe HardMode

I still consider the original version the "cannon" version of my intended solution, but it was fun to solve, so there you have it. Conversion gel is disabled except for a tiny dab on the only panel that needed it. I did confirm it as possible in a play through before publishing.

Also, could use some skilled puzzlers on my Light The Way map. I was worried there might be an unintended solution, but now it seems that players are having trouble even finding my intended one.
Geneosis 26 Jul, 2012 @ 9:46am 
PS : I also made a test with all gels and use to finish it with only white gel ^^ But if one of you could find a sultion using also blue and/or orange gel it would be cool :p
Here is the test of The Artist ;)
Geneosis 26 Jul, 2012 @ 9:44am 
Well, I also used white gel only XD When you give white gel to a player, be sure that he may spread it everyhere ^^" Anyway the puzzle was really fun and nice to play ;)
Distant  [author] 8 Jun, 2012 @ 5:37pm 
I think that might have been a version of the map from when I was still tweaking it. I see conversion gel on tiles that aught to be grates. I'm not sure how to force an update to the current version though. Maybe I just need to reopen it and hit publish again. As for the getting the cube there are two intended solutions: one using conversion gel and one mixing bounce gel and speed gel. The conversion gel is meant to be used, just not the only gel used. I just republished and ran through it myself to make sure the intended solutions still work and they do. I gotta say, Timoteeei, you're slow paiting skills are on par with Michelangelo. If this keeps up I'll have to rename the map Sistine Chapel.
Timoteeei 8 Jun, 2012 @ 2:50am 
This lvl still can be solved slowly by using only conversion gel :3 screenshot . That all because "paint bomb" spreads not only at the one plate. This solution is only for fans of slow painting =) demo [dl.dropbox.com]
Timoteeei 7 Jun, 2012 @ 8:34pm 
okay, what i wanted to say is that I have not found how to get the cube, so I had to resort to finding the other unintended solution =)
Distant  [author] 7 Jun, 2012 @ 4:21pm 
Thanks Yöjalka. I couldn't have done it without good testers showing me all the crazy ways to exploit the conversion gel.

Timoteeei, I think I'm going to let that stand as an acceptable solution on the grounds that you did the main thing the map in intended to make you do, which is to have two type of gel in the funnel at the same time. That jump clearly took some skill too, and skill should be rewarded. ;-)
Timoteeei 7 Jun, 2012 @ 12:47pm 
Think i found one more unintended solution :D For this time without using the conversion gel and cube. screenshot
Zapperlott 7 Jun, 2012 @ 8:43am 
Nice chamber - Cool puzzle! Was fun playing this one
I tried to make a puzzle like this, but the conversion gel always enables unintended solutions..
In this map, you really force the player to use everything - Great job!
Also i liked the arrow sings on the walls - simple but genius
Distant  [author] 6 Jun, 2012 @ 1:36pm 
Thank you both. I knew I was asking for trouble when I added in white gel. I've uploaded a revised version that I think fixes all 4 bypasses. I feel bad inhibiting the more elegant solutions, but I want the final configuration to involve mixing the gels within the funnel syringe. I'll try to upload a demo of my intended solution when I have more time.
sekti 6 Jun, 2012 @ 12:09pm 
I found another two solutions, one of which is ugly and clearly unintended (no use of any gel, button or cube) and another one which is elegant but doesn't make use of the cube button and the speed gel.

You can download demos here:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9638336/semiPerm/syringe_shortcut.dem
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9638336/semiPerm/syringe_shortcut2.dem
Timoteeei 6 Jun, 2012 @ 11:20am 
In this archive [dl.dropbox.com] are both way what i used. Both not used cube button and orange gel =)
Timoteeei 6 Jun, 2012 @ 11:03am 
ouch, now i see that the lvl can be solved by using only white gel and cube =)
Timoteeei 6 Jun, 2012 @ 10:55am 
Good puzzle, but in my way i don't use the cube and orange gel. Did you expect such solution? =) if u want I can record a demo for u :3