"Ren_Test3" Released!

Tigger · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 1:01 am Post subject:

Nice map. I like the idea of the power orb in a box.

I did run into a problem with room 3 that kept me from finishing the level. It's possible to get the first box onto the edge of the raised platform such that it won't fall into a portal. Once that happens, you're stuck.

infernet89 · Superior Participant Joined: 02 Jan 2008 Posts: 56

iamafractal · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 7:36 am Post subject:

RenStrike · New Employee Joined: 23 Oct 2007 Posts: 2

For anyone interested, here is my "intended" run through of Ren_Test3. Many have found different ways to solve the puzzles, but this is what I had in mind while building it.

http://www.stage6.com/user/RenStrike/video/2181056/Ren_Test3-Walkthrough

NykO18 · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

Hmm.. I just played on all of your three maps and I'm here to comment.

The first one is like... well... ugly. I mean, really ugly. It broke my motivation even before I started to think about a solution. It's a bit short and not easily understandable at first.. You have some problems to place your blue/orange power lines, I didn't understand what happened when I activated that button.
The second one was good, but a bug allowed me to put that orb in the ballcatcher while I was rotating the room. It passed through the wall. But anyway, that turning room was a good idea. The graphic side was not as bad as your first one, but still a bit ugly. You don't seem to respect Portal conventions with textures. It's a bit hard to understand where you can and cannot put a portal.
The third one was excellent. It's beautiful, well detailled, and that last room that you must solve without entering it (at first) was a very cool idea. I missed the ceiling hole though.You should make a brighter arrow, because dark red on dark brown is not easily noticeable. Also, try to avoid having to make infinite portal loops with objets. You can't control their fall, and even if you place the two portal exactly on top of each other, after one or two loops, the object touches the edge, and that's over. Pretty frustrating.

Good job, the fourth one will be genius.

iamafractal · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 11:06 am Post subject:

NykO18 · Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 12:06 pm Post subject:

whupper · Test Participant Joined: 23 Dec 2007 Posts: 42

The thing I like about Ren's maps is that he can pack several puzzles into a relatively small room. I like how you have to reuse elements of a room more than once. On most maps, once you use a portalable piece of the room, you don't use it again, for instance.

I found Ren's maps made me think (which I like). So much so, that I didn't have any leftover brain CPU to look at the lighting and other cosmetic effects. Wink