Steam Community :: Convergent Conversion

bullfrog Apr 5 @ 11:08pm

Good puzzle - method of getting the last cube across was innovative :)

jandlml Nov 16, 2016 @ 7:27pm

very cool!

tu7650x Aug 22, 2015 @ 5:53pm

Good puzzle with an original twist at the end. Didn't think it would work at first.... Very enjoyable.

Petutski May 28, 2015 @ 5:38pm

Yes! Great map with a variety of elements and a very unique cube manipulation! Thanks!

Tyr Anasazi Feb 14, 2015 @ 10:20am

love the last puzzle, beautiful bouncing cube to finish the map.

vioray Aug 25, 2014 @ 2:23pm

some very nice puzzles, nicely done

KillCrazy Jul 20, 2014 @ 2:38pm

I like the solution to the last puzzle.

Equinox FR Dec 25, 2013 @ 2:44am

Oh Nice thank you , I'm gonna play it with great plesure :)

RectorRocks [author] Dec 24, 2013 @ 10:26pm

Thanks! I love your videos :) Have you tried Gephyrophobia? It's my newest map :)

Equinox FR Dec 24, 2013 @ 10:18pm

I was searching for some map of yours to play them and I forgot to mention that I've made a blind run of this on octobre the 27 and others, this one here is it : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaqmPfeBhzU
I love your maps RectorRocks !!
Excellent job dude,

p0rtalmaster Dec 15, 2013 @ 12:47am

Two cons:
1) The conversion gel is a bit finnicky (minor)
2) The player can get stranded at the bases of the supporting pillars just above the deadly goo. (major)

Also, I found myself dead before I hit the water, among other small annoyances such as not being able to place portals between chambers due to unrealistic use of clipping surfaces. A little realignment with the invisible surfaces and this test is just about perfect.

? - BlumCoLe' Dec 1, 2013 @ 5:44am

Great style, really good variaty of using gels, but I think it's unlogical to cannot set the portals on platforms which I can see, but ...hm.

Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-j79hgX9g

Keep goin'

hodosil Nov 22, 2013 @ 6:46pm

I did give a positive rating, but I also agree with Bayram. The doors close very slowly and while standing on the button I was wondering if I am supposed to try to go through it. It didn't end well.

It isn't always obvious if a course of action is a cheat or the way things are supposed to go. The first room's solution feels like a cheat. There isn't much room for two portals on the first splash of conversion gel so as a player I don't know if managing to get two portals there is the way to go or a cheat.

GraveN Nov 14, 2013 @ 2:40pm

Funny puzzle!

gooberspace Nov 9, 2013 @ 1:10pm

so good

Jade BGE Nov 1, 2013 @ 1:50pm

I loved the ending puzzle! Thanks

Nube52 Oct 30, 2013 @ 6:23pm

First two exits not too hard but fun; Last Exit I fluked out because I just happened to place my last two portal shots very randomly just where they needed to be to ensure correct and continuous cube delivery. Try some of mine http://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561198082574081/myworkshopfiles/

Eagleshadow Oct 30, 2013 @ 2:30am

Thanks for autosaves, it was a fun map!

DeathWish808 Oct 29, 2013 @ 3:17pm

I made a blind run through 8 random front page maps and yours is one of them.

The description of the video has them in the order they were played in the video to help you find yours.

Spoiler video: http://youtu.be/VS81NNW1Wc8

guy612006 Oct 29, 2013 @ 12:31pm

really liked that ending, simple yet not something normal in test chambers. very well done

raycelbelmond Oct 29, 2013 @ 4:46am

Nice work. Interesting final part. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=189973200

wildgoosespeeder Oct 28, 2013 @ 8:37pm

There are invisible walls everywhere assuming to restrict portal placement to other areas of the test. I also noticed if you forget to press the button to release the cube and bounce over to the exit, you can trap yourself.

Try my coop map?
http://www.steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails?id=181160432

RectorRocks [author] Oct 28, 2013 @ 4:16pm

@big red foot Thanks :)

@Bayram Well thats not called playing Portal. Playing Portal is when you solve puzzles. Also I never really have any intention to kill the player when they do that. I just put a clip on the door that enables and disables from the button. But that killed playtesters when they playtest it. However they didn't nitpick on it. So I don't get why are you doing so. Besides, players normally do that when enter the chamber, so if they do die, autosaves on the entrances of each chamber will bring them back to where they were. To prevent this, yes, move the button away from the door but limited space in the sphere makes it hard to do so.

@menes777 Thanks! :D

menes777 Oct 28, 2013 @ 3:03pm

dude one of my greatest maps

Bayram Oct 28, 2013 @ 10:38am

If the player stands on a button and a door opens right next to him, he's going to see if he can get through the door before it closes. That's not cheating, that's playing Portal. You might as well have portalable surfaces on the other side and call it cheating if the player shoots a portal through the open door. To prevent the player from doing this, you don't kill him, you move the button and the door further apart.

big red foot Oct 28, 2013 @ 10:21am

Enjoyed very good little map

RectorRocks [author] Oct 28, 2013 @ 8:55am

@Skullbucket Thanks! :)

@The Ninja Headcrab Thanks! :D

@Rage Heh, thanks! :)

@Bayram Thanks for your solution video. But exsqueeze me. Death trap doors? Thats just the price of cheating. If not players can just stand on the button and leave the chamber without solving the puzzle. About the anti portal barriers, I had no choice. Well I admit that I could've designed the chamber a little better to prevent this. So you could you call it a lazy map design.

Bayram Oct 28, 2013 @ 8:36am

Nice Hammer work, but the puzzles aren't worth bothering with. No rating. I didn't like the death-trap doors or the invisible anti-portal barriers; that's lazy and unfriendly map design, you should guide the player's actions with visible and familiar elements, not tricks. Even so, I was able to re-use the cube from the first puzzle to open the door in the orange gel room and so skip that puzzle (blame the playtesters for this). Here is a video showing my solution (second run, the first took a bit longer).

danktank Oct 28, 2013 @ 5:00am

Loved it,quick,simple,easy and compact :)

Dexσ Oct 27, 2013 @ 5:57pm

Truly a game worth playing!

Skullbucket Oct 27, 2013 @ 4:36pm

clever. the last one had me stumped, but i managed to work it out. nicely done.

RectorRocks [author] Oct 27, 2013 @ 4:11pm

@Notahead Well...I didn't want it to be so easy. So yeah.

@Gemarakup Heh thanks for play(test)ing! :)

@Furchee 'n stuff Well it takes some time to go past the first chamber so you gotta be patient. Why does the second chamber make no sense? Thanks for the thumbs up though! :)

@post-mortem That's for cheating! >:)

post-mortem Oct 27, 2013 @ 12:40pm

I got killed by the exit door :(

℠ Furchee Oct 27, 2013 @ 11:45am

The first stage is relatively stupid and the second makes no sense. That said, it's quite easy to bug it and lose quite some time simply spamming portals into walls hoping it makes results. The only one I found relatively fun was the third. Thumbs up regardless :)

Gemarakup Oct 27, 2013 @ 9:37am

Nice to play my testmap again. Unfortunately I don't have a screen recorder, but I made the demos before.

Hanzo Hasashi Oct 27, 2013 @ 9:13am

Yea, the first room is not as hard as annoying, it takes some time to get the gel where you want it, it would be faster with normal walls.

RectorRocks [author] Oct 26, 2013 @ 8:12pm

@quatrus Thanks for playing! Cheers! :)

@Le Reff Haha thanks :)

@BEN 77 Thanks! :D

@Dragon Align your portals properly so that you can shoot both on the gel. Once some gel goes through your portals move one portal so that it expands the gel splat and allows you to use the gel more easily :)

AAA Dragon Oct 26, 2013 @ 7:53pm

i cant get past the first room =(

BEN 77 Oct 26, 2013 @ 5:37pm

Well done!

AsinoEsel Oct 26, 2013 @ 12:33pm

looks nice! But those invisible walls there where you can't shoot through... Urgh! >.<
:D

quatrus Oct 25, 2013 @ 11:03am

Another beautiful map and creative use of the 3 gels...Loved it but seemed all too short....Thanks for creating.

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