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Portal 2 Map: Levels Be Three, Let Them Be

I created another Portal 2 map: "Levels be Three Let them Be."

Not entirely sure what the name means, but it sounded good to me.

Its a bit more puzzley than my first map and it requires you to use one cube the entire map, which is kind of neat. Been spending quite a bit of time playing other peoples Portal 2 maps and building my own. This is my second map and as such spent more time decorating it than the first map. Trying to place the observation rooms and lights such that the test chamber doesn't look bare. Also pushing up single blocks and putting a light on top to make things look a bit more natural. I like the way it all turned out.

The map description:

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First one I actually felt was worth publishing. Let me know

First one I actually felt was worth publishing. Let me know what you think.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71723761

Really happy with the editor, but here and there you play one that you know was done in Hammer and it's a major difference. Apparrently there is a way to set up your map in this editor and then export it to Hammer for finishing touches (non-flat surfaces, different texture sets, scripting capabilites). If you want to see what I mean, check out the "Decay" Maps in the workshop.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=68627704&searchtext=

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/13/2012 at 05:04pm

It was fun. Took me a bit to figure out a few steps, but I finished it.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/13/2012 at 10:54pm

I miss the claustrophobic levels of the first Portal. I think my next one will be more like that.

vdogmr25 wrote on 05/14/2012 at 09:26pm

Just went through it. It was a fun level. I love fling/gravity puzzles. It took me a bit to realize the water and repellant gel were more aesthetic than part of the solution. I sat there briefly wondering how I got through the level without using the repellant gel and what it was supposed to be used for.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/14/2012 at 10:35pm

Hmmm... it should have been used. How did you get over the cap at the end?

Oh, I can think of how. I'll fix that... :)

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/20/2012 at 11:02pm

Fixed it.

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I just made and published my first Portal 2 map called The

I just made and published my first Portal 2 map called "The Joys of the Underground." The new Portal 2 map editor is pure awesome. I haven't had this much fun making maps since Wolf 3D. For the first 45 minutes I was just building things, then I started pushing out walls and built a huge chamber. 3 hours later "The Joys of the Underground" was complete.

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71669237

Let me know what you think. The map isn't hard but it is pretty fun and I LOVED creating it. I will be making more maps for certain. Making a map creator tool that doesn't take a PHD to use is nice.

Tungsten wrote on 05/13/2012 at 01:02am

The editor is amazing. Great product. It was actually kind of sad: I could finally make any level I could dream up, but I realized I'm very bad at dreaming them. All my attempts turned out boring and straight forward. Playing some of the other community maps, you can see that some people are very good at it.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/13/2012 at 02:39am

I was just tinkering around with what I could do and I made something I kind of thought was fun. I kept tinkering and it was OK.

Working on another one now that is just tinkering and a bit more grand. Somehow I like big maps.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/13/2012 at 03:40am

One gripe with the tool this far. I made a huge epic map. 10-20% of the way building it, Portal 2 crashes. Ok, load it back edit the map.... Crash. Again... Crash.

Bummer it was a cool start to a fun map. *sigh*

Tungsten wrote on 05/13/2012 at 04:41am

Just put mine up...

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=71723761

vdogmr25 wrote on 05/14/2012 at 09:07pm

I found it beatable without even having to go underground. There's a way to take the laser reflection cube with you into the next room and you can use it to activate the switch. Thought I'd let you know. Other than that, it was pretty good. It required a little head scratching, but was pretty quick to get through.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/14/2012 at 09:26pm

How do you take the redirection cube to the next room? Isn't it fizzled out?

I'll check it tonight and fix :)

vdogmr25 wrote on 05/15/2012 at 12:01am

In the first room there's the ledge with non-portal-able surfaces that leads into the next room. You can get up there by portaling onto the small box-like protrusion on the opposite wall by the entrance, putting a portal on the ground next to the non-portal-able ledge, putting the other portal on the ground in front of you, and jumping off. If you take the redirect cube with you, you can access the exit. I hope I explained well enough. I can screen shot it out if you would like me to.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/15/2012 at 12:41am

Nope I get it now. Ill remove the ledge or make it non-portalable.

Thanks!

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 05/15/2012 at 02:50am

OK I believe I fixed that bug and a possible other one, thanks for the heads up!

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Anyone here making portal maps? Apparently there are

Anyone here making portal maps? Apparently there are already 35,000 of them. I might try to put one together this weekend (or next... who know's when I'll have the time). I'll link it if I get it together.

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/11/2012 at 10:55pm

Its on my list of things to do this weekend. Check out a few maps and see about making a simple one.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/12/2012 at 02:54pm

I've had to reinstall portal (I had to reformat a couple months ago) so that has put a serious delay into my puzzle creating plans.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 05/12/2012 at 06:45pm

I still haven't managed to play any multiplayer, so I'll probably go through those before I attempt making my own. Looks like fun though! I can't wait to see some of the community made maps. :)

jdodson Admin wrote on 05/12/2012 at 08:12pm

I just made my first, check it out:

http://cheerfulghost.com/jdodson/posts/287

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/13/2012 at 01:03am

@WhiteboySlim: I still haven't done the multi-player either. If you ever need someone to conquer them with, hit me up.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 05/16/2012 at 06:57pm

@Tungsten: Sounds like fun! What evenings are you usually available to play?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 05/16/2012 at 09:49pm

Well, I'm a teacher, so Friday/Saturday are the best right now, but Summer is coming and everything really opens up.

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All celebrations should be Portal themed.

All celebrations should be Portal themed.

Portal 2: Valve Will Release Simplified Map Editor on PC

Valve will finally release the Portal 2 simplified level editor and rating system May 8th! Looks like it will be free DLC for all PC players and there is no word on it coming to consoles. Awesome.

I don't generally do much in the area of level editing but I plan on giving this editor a spin as it looks pretty straight forward to use. I picked up the PS3 version and that came with a free steam copy. Its cool they are releasing this so far after launch!

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http://www.giantbomb.com/news/portal-2s-perpetual-testing-initiative-launching-may-8/4107/

Tungsten wrote on 04/27/2012 at 10:24am

I thought I already had it...
That's pretty sweet. That Steam Workshop is looking pretty cool right about now. Good job Valve.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/27/2012 at 11:11am

This looks to be a simplified level editor and rating system for user uploaded levels. So something a bit easier to use and allows uploads for all it seems. The UI does look fairly easy.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/27/2012 at 04:53pm

I'm so glad they gave free PC copies to PS3 purchases.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/27/2012 at 05:32pm

I am too. Makes me question the value of other games that don't do it.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/27/2012 at 07:42pm

Updated with the new DLC video. Check above.

Travis Admin wrote on 04/28/2012 at 02:58pm

I love Cave Johnson. Actually, I love everything that guy does. Even the Farmers commercials.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 04/28/2012 at 05:05pm

He is a good character actor. Apparently this was all done before the end of P2?

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You can finally buy a real life Aperture Science Portal gun

You can finally buy a real life Aperture Science Portal gun that... doesn't actually shoot Portals. They don't sell it very well in the video to do much more than make noises that kind of sound like the game and light up a bit. I am thinking this would be cool have on a shelf somewhere with some other video game collectors stuff like my Power Glove.

I love my sweet Power Glove. Sweet. sweet Power Glove.... Oh wait... Sorry... Im back now...

Might have been better if it could at least project a light on a wall then it could double as a rad flash light. Still, this will be rad for Cosplay and Halloween.

They are already sold out.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:32pm

lol, I just read about this on Joystiq and came on here to share it. You beat me to it!

As for the toy Portal gun: DO WANT.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:41pm

Did you see how much it was?

Timogorgon Member wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:47pm

It didn't say on the Joystiq article, but Kotaku says it's $150. Seems kinda steep for a toy, even for one that does look really, really awesome.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/28/2012 at 11:49pm

Wow. Maybe when I win the lottery then. :)

Tungsten wrote on 03/29/2012 at 06:55pm

I tried to get my wife to do this last Christmas. She didn't go for it...

http://uploads.neatorama.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/portal-tree.jpg

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/29/2012 at 09:42pm

Sucks because that would have been totally awesome.

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Unsure if you have seen this. If not, check it out.

Lets do some math: Deus Ex: $15.99 ÷ 36 hours ≈

http://www.gamechosun.co.kr/dataroom/article/20120208/86159/0208sk1.jpg

Let's do some math:
Deus Ex: $15.99 36 hours 44/hr
Skyrim: $54.99 213 hours 26/hr
Portal2: $49.99 23 hours $2.17/hr

And you know what, Portal was worth every penny.

It was my favorite game of last year, over Skyrim, over Deus Ex, over... everything. Shoot, there should have been an option to leave your web-cam on during the entire game so that you can go back and just watch your own $#!? eating grin for hours on end.

There wasn't a part of that game that I didn't think was about perfect.

Possible my favorite part is this: you go through an entire game without hurting a fly (unless you count personality cores or turrets). No, I'm not a huge pacifist, and I have zero... Read All

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/05/2012 at 06:51am

I agree. I'm on my second play through and it still awesome. The game art is great and it's paced very well.

I've never broken out a game in terms of value per hour. I should. Wonder what my Borderlands value per hour would be? I got the game of the year on sale for $20 on Ps3. Such a great deal.

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 03/05/2012 at 06:54am

Shoot, I wish I knew how much time I put into Minecraft.

jdodson Admin wrote on 03/05/2012 at 05:40pm

Did you do any Portal 2 co-op?

Tungsten Post Author wrote on 03/06/2012 at 03:00am

I never did it. I took some time with the single player campaign and by the time I got around to it, the only people I could find had already run it. Puzzles are no fun when the other person knows the solution.

Travis Admin wrote on 03/06/2012 at 04:57pm

I didn't realize the new Deus Ex had gotten so cheap. Adding that to my list of things I missed last year to pick up.

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I was wondering what people had to say about the possible

I was wondering what people had to say about the possible insinuation in Portal 2 that Chell is Caroline/Glados's kid by Cave Johnson.

It seems possible, but the game only references it in a few ways. Quoting off the Half-Life wiki http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Chell

"...information revealed in Portal 2 implies that Chell was the child of an Aperture scientist and was touring the facility on Bring Your Daughter To Work Day when GLaDOS took over."

Caroline and Cave Johnson had a relationship, which is implied in the game. It seems Caroline has a connection to Chell, possibly before she was transferred into the computer.

Anyways, wondering your thoughts about it.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/22/2012 at 07:54pm

Well Caroline is a lot like Chell (though maybe not as heavy.) :P

I doubt Chell is related to Cave Johnson or Caroline. The potato battery project you see in Portal 2 seems pretty clear evidence that she was the daughter of an Aperture scientist, but I highly doubt it is Cave. For one thing, Cave Johnson was in charge of Aperture Science back in the 1950's and the wiki says he became terminally ill around the 80's. Since the science fair took place sometime around 1998 to 200X (again, from the wiki) and assuming Chell was grade school age at the time she was probably born around the late 80's or very early 90's. By the time Chell was born Cave would have been very old and terminally ill and unlikely to be having any kids.

As for Caroline, I would think that when her personality started to show in GLaDOS that something would have been said if there was some sort of relation between them. It also seems likely that by the time Chell was born Caroline would have been very old as well and also unlikely to be having a new kid.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/23/2012 at 01:57am

Good point. Yeah, it does seem unlikely. Perhaps Chell is related to Rattman? I don't know that was a stretch.

I really like the Rattman character and hope to see him actually show up in a game. Then again, the mystery is part of the fun with him in the universe I think.

Timogorgon Member wrote on 02/23/2012 at 05:22am

I really like Rattman too, even more so after reading the comic (which was awesome!) Yeah he's probably not related to Chell but I hope he appears in future games too.

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 02/23/2012 at 05:42am

Yep.

Tungsten wrote on 03/03/2012 at 12:52am

I thought he died in the comic?

jdodson Admin Post Author wrote on 03/03/2012 at 05:37am

He got shot and crawled to the stasis pod or whatever.

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