Portal 2

Portal 2

Tic Tac Toe (3x3x3 challenge)
68 Comments
zwan33 18 Jan, 2016 @ 3:29pm 
This was fn! Did it without the flip panel, but otherwise the intended way... THX!
benmartell8 20 Jul, 2014 @ 6:50pm 
I've been trying to achieve this but I'm worried something is broken or I'm missing something and it is impossible. I've read right through the comments here and still can't solve. "Do your best to get to the upper floor and have the funnel blue". This is the bit I'm struggling with. The funnel has to be orange for me to get up, and then I cannot change it back to blue. When I take the cube off the button, it does stop the funnel for a time - but when it comes back on it is still orange. I can't find any way of changing the colour of the funnel except for the button at floor level. Am I missing something? How can I be upstairs and make the funnel blue?

Whebon 6 Jul, 2014 @ 6:33am 
I really enjoyed this one!
Didn't use flip-panel
Stuntmanmyke 21 Dec, 2013 @ 9:39am 
nice tiny test man ! do you want try my hard small puzzles ?:https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=206217306
error0x0 2 Feb, 2013 @ 3:28pm 
Damn shit! Really cool! Completed by using the orange funnel to not to fall into the goo.
Nik :D 30 Aug, 2012 @ 10:07pm 
lol i did, i sent a report to valve, they said it was cuz i have a mac/their fault
SoliX  [author] 25 Aug, 2012 @ 1:46am 
In steam > right click on portal 2 > Properties > local files > check local files
Nik :D 9 Aug, 2012 @ 7:23am 
man, i read all the comments, i wish i could play the map. stupid portal 2 crashes every time a load a map! :(
SoliX  [author] 9 Aug, 2012 @ 2:05am 
Interesting, how did you manage to complete the puzzle withoutt he flip pannel ?
Gigo 8 Aug, 2012 @ 9:48am 
Pretty easy when you don't use the flip-panel
SoliX  [author] 3 Aug, 2012 @ 8:16am 
Yep, I know about cube throwing... I did not find any elegent solutions to prevent it, adding grids would make the map look bad and confusing =(
I can only suggest you to solve the puzzle without cube throwing, it's much more satisfying at the end ;)
Last 1 U C 3 Aug, 2012 @ 4:12am 
....go to floor above entrance using orange funnel, take reflection cube and turn to edge, crouch and turn slowly along edge(still holding on to the cube) to get cube beneath the fizzler and drop it on the button......catch other cube and place it on button.......jump down, take reflection cube and put it on the portable floor two squares in front of the entrance(watch the angle)........place one portal above end of laser, walk over to entrance door(stand really close to it so you wont fall of ledge when floor dissapears) turn around and place the other portal right beneath refelction cube ............................................................................................................................................................might not be the intended solution but worked fine for me after a few tries ;-).
SoliX  [author] 28 Jul, 2012 @ 9:12am 
Thanks for feedback, I'll have to fix that...
Tenshinen 28 Jul, 2012 @ 8:36am 
@"solix" I got it by putting reversed funnel next to button and pressing button then jumping into the funnel quickly then grabbing the cube before it fell into the fizzler.
SoliX  [author] 28 Jul, 2012 @ 8:24am 
Thanks Szkodnix, I really apreciate your support !
I gess difficulty is hard to determine since each player thinks diferently, I had friends spending half an hour on it and you solved it in 10 minuts ^^
But this is a 3x3x3, and 10 minuts isn't too bad considering that most of the time spent on a puzzle is the player running around, well... not here obviously =p
Szkodnix 28 Jul, 2012 @ 8:20am 
Don't forget to check out mine Workshop. ;)
Szkodnix 28 Jul, 2012 @ 8:14am 
Bro, that level is awesome. But it is not so hard. 10 minutes took to solve.

+1 and Favourite :)
SoliX  [author] 28 Jul, 2012 @ 8:06am 
Interesting, how did you get the cube ?
You need to delay the laser cube, I mean by delay : do something and quickly go to the closed exit door. By the time you get there, the laser cube should now reflect the laser into the catcher, the door opens and the floors drops but you don't care since you are already to the exit ;) Hint : laser don't have to go 90 degrees.
Tenshinen 28 Jul, 2012 @ 7:52am 
I got the cube up top on the button and the laser cube down below with the laser but i'm stuck there, Also i got the cube a different way.
SoliX  [author] 28 Jul, 2012 @ 7:30am 
Where are you stuck at ? I can asure you it is solvable ^^
WARNING : SOLUTION HERE !
1- Do your best to get to the upper floor and have the funel blue. Hint : the button does not only drop a weighted cube.
2- Find a way to press the button that triggers the weighted cube and still be on the upper floor to catch it ! Hint : that blue funnel might help ;)
3- The door needs 2 things to open : the top button down and the laser catcher activated. Luckly you have two cubes. Hint find a way to delay one of the two inputs so you have time to reach the door before the floor drops.

PS :
It says in the description that this is a very hard puzzle, if you do not like hard puzzle do not try this one. And rating down a test because nobody gives you the solution might not be very faire for the author's work ;)
Tenshinen 28 Jul, 2012 @ 7:13am 
Rating down because it is unsolvable and nobody told me the actual solution.
Tenshinen 28 Jul, 2012 @ 7:10am 
Someone please tell me solution :L
Tenshinen 28 Jul, 2012 @ 7:01am 
Can someone tell me the solution? I've been stuck on this for about an hour :(
SoliX  [author] 28 Jul, 2012 @ 12:26am 
Thank you Mantlair, this is exactly the reason I like hard tests, the reward at the end is much more meaningfull.

Just updated the map, some cuts have been fixed, including an obvious cuts that everyone was doing, should be a bit more challenging now !
clutterArranger 26 Jul, 2012 @ 4:12pm 
very very complicated map. but when i solve it it made fun. thanks man
SoliX  [author] 26 Jul, 2012 @ 1:41pm 
Thanks to Firefox365 and Discrider for letting me know about this cut, that bypass part of the puzzle... including the part that needs the flip pannel. Even if it's a very smart solution, I do not like puzle that are hard to acheave, I prefere the type : hard to solve but easy to do.

And thank you Discrider for your demo, I foud another little cut that I would like to remove as well ;)

I will update the puzzle soon, stay tuned !
AbyssWalker 26 Jul, 2012 @ 9:06am 
Ya thats how I did it Through the makeing the one blue tunnel go up and angeling yourself just right and going across before the main blue tunnel carrys you behind the glass pannel. Thats the only way I could figure to get up there and still be able to get the cube onto the button.

Oh and If its not to much to ask maybe you can playtest this map of mine: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=85126250

I'ma follow you so I can try all ur maps and tell you what I think or whats wrong.
Discrider 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:56pm 
I also still have no idea how the flip panel helps.
Discrider 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:41pm 
Discrider 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:37pm 
Why can't I get the right solution? :S
SoliX  [author] 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:10pm 
@shane716 : I'm glad you had fun playing it ! I'll try yours ;)

@Discrider : You can't reach the reflexion cube using blue funnels . But if you managed to do so (I've try many time with no result but who knows ^^), please tell me how so I can fix it ;)
Discrider 25 Jul, 2012 @ 7:12pm 
Managed to complete it. I guess you're meant to jump between blue funnels to get to the reflection cube?
shane716 25 Jul, 2012 @ 4:34pm 
Nice map!! I like when you can see everything in the room, but still get stuck.. it took me a while to figure out how to reach the door when it's opened..

Please try my new map too!
https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=84829298
AbyssWalker 25 Jul, 2012 @ 12:59pm 
Np Ima try your other Test now. =)
SoliX  [author] 25 Jul, 2012 @ 12:38pm 
Ok perfect, I was afraid you could do something else ^^
Thank you for feedback ! ;)
AbyssWalker 25 Jul, 2012 @ 10:44am 
if you mean
around the glass barrier into the Blue exertion funnel
. Then yes =)
SoliX  [author] 25 Jul, 2012 @ 9:30am 
Happy to see that you liked it ! =D
Did you use some cube throwing to solve he test ?
AbyssWalker 25 Jul, 2012 @ 9:10am 
Really Loved this test Took me a while took me a little to figure I just had togo through the blue beam to get to the platformso thatI could still use the beam for the cube part.
SoliX  [author] 25 Jul, 2012 @ 8:10am 
Try the new version, everything has been moved to prevent cuts and the space does not feel has tiny.
I think this way the steps are more clear, you know what to do, but on the other hand the test is harder (I think) because each step need more thinking ;)

Good luck !
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 11:22pm 
I can potentially solve the puzzle with that glitch, assuming I can get the cube out again. You use the red funnel to get up, lodge the cube off the button in the dropper, and then reverse the funnel and fling yourself up by using the tile the funnel should be projecting onto.
I don't know how to reverse the funnel and still get to the reflection cube otherwise :/
SoliX  [author] 24 Jul, 2012 @ 10:25pm 
I see, I already had this problem on other puzzle, Unfortunatly the problem comes from portal itself so there is nothing I can do about it =(
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 7:50pm 
Well at one point I managed to wedge the cube in the dropper with the door open somehow by jumping underneath it. Then I held the cube in the dropper, but that just caused a backlog of cubes and caused nothing to come out.
SoliX  [author] 24 Jul, 2012 @ 12:42pm 
You did you break it ? ^^
No cube drops when the button is released ?
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 11:13am 
Managed to figure out how to break the reflective cube dropper rather than solve this test :(
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 10:48am 
I still have no idea how to do it the other way :|
SoliX  [author] 24 Jul, 2012 @ 10:46am 
Wow, none of my beta tester thought about that x)
Thank you very much, I'll fix it in the next version ;)
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 10:29am 
Here's another demo then: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/86553080/jump.dem
SoliX  [author] 24 Jul, 2012 @ 8:36am 
yep, autocompletion works, the file is at the right place, I think The problem comes from the fact that I have the updated version and the demo must be on an older version...
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 8:31am 
If you're placing the file in the correct spot, then the demo name should start autocompleting underneath the console bar after you type in playdemo
Discrider 24 Jul, 2012 @ 8:29am 
I just redownloaded my demo and it worked for me..
Have you changed your map locally at all?