This was a truly enjoyable creation. A thing of beauty really. The work and planning that went into it is too much for me to contemplate but I appreciate it. I realise that it was just a fun thing for you. I went around looking at the mechanism. I saw the gel room. Ha ha. Thanks for a fun day at the workshop.

Hem well to be precise exactly 1 cube is needed to make it work normally. You can add or remove some and it is supposed to continue working... And if the mechanism seems to be broken, cutting the laser close to the floor with a cube may repair it ^^

I see, my mechanism stopped working at some point and I got tired of waiting. That's why I removed the cubes. So I'm not supposed to interact with it and eventually all cubes will be moved? How long does this take?

Haha, yeah if you removes the cubes the mechanism start progressing really fast if I remember correctly X) That was not really the aim but nevermind :p

I guess I didn't understand what was going on. I just removed the 3 cubes in the beginning and the exit door just opened. Saw that bouncy room though and fried the turret.

once i found the room the turret was watching i put every thing in the slinky (that didnt turn out well)

Glad you liked ^^

@Reiman : Well I don't remember exactly all the circuitry I used in this maps, but I suppose the "tilting" platform you talk about is an "instant pulse generator" (don't know if there is any other official name for it), and all the lasers with the platforms are here to activate exactly the 2 vertical funnels needed for the slinky ^^ I think I added your map to the list a moment ago, maybe I will play it this week... Maybe not X)

@nyanimefool : If you talk about the really first button, I don't exactly remember what it activates so I don't know if I could make it as a "on/off" button... Anyway if you want to freeze the slinky at any time, you just have to remove the cubes from the funnels ^^ The slinky will stop and restart working as soon as you place a cube back in the funnel ;)

Awesome map, you never cease to amaze. I wonder if making the button toggle on/off will 'freeze' the slinky.

Yay, that's pretty, watching. Don't understand, what the many additional lasers are for, especially when discovering the moving platforms. Well, I mean the other lasers with the tilting platforms.
I have used lasers with tilting platforms in my " PortCalc ". Would be nice, if you visit/comment this map. As I see, you are a big fan of switches and logic gates as well, you may have great fun there! Without help and knowing there are such gates already, I built a counter, based on flip-flops, with a binary/dezimal- and a dezimal/7segment-interface (to repair).

Cooool

Hahaha! I love the easter eggs in this level :D

Ah ok XD

La suite? Comment ça?

thankyou

Will add it again to the list ^^

still great map though
when you played my 1st map, you suggested I update it.
as you thought the begining was to brutal.
it has taken me a while, but I have just done a MAJOR update on it.
if it does not seem any different, you may have to re-start portal,
to get the updated version.
hope you enjoy.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=77671664

I understood that ^^ I just listed all the potential ways the mechanism can be broken ;)
But as I said before, it may never break if you use only one object in it and not 3 ^^ Because with more than one objects, some cubes have chances to be pushed by the other out of the funnels, and this is the main cause of auto-break for the slinky ;)

the breaks I refered to, was without my assistance.
I only fixed what was breaking, without me doing anything to cause it.
I think it is the corners on the cubes, making them move in unpredictable ways.
this is why I suggest using safety spheres, instead of cubes.
(just a theory)
to prove it breaks by itself, play it & leave it & get something to eat or whatever.
when you come back, it will probably be brocken.
however, the time till it breaks, is also a variable.

The only way to "break" it is to make an object block the laser forever (because it fell out of the funnel for exemple), so the timing will completely mess up and the funnels will go the the next position too quickly ;)
Also if you remove all the objects of the funnel before they cut the laser, the funnels will stop here until you place the object in again ^^

Well if you don't get the laser mechanism involved in background, here is the main idea :
- The moving platforms start desactivated.
- When an object in the funnel cut the laser they are activated.
- This will cause the funnels to switch to the next position.
- When the object stop cutting the laser, the platforms will stop.
- Loop ^^

played again, broke withing seconds.
got a sphere & got it working with 3 original cubes & the sphere.
worked for a few mins, before I got fed up, waiting for it to break & exited.
I wounder if it would stop breaking with only sphere cubes.
& how many it could take, without breaking.
without corners, they might work, without breaking ?
could you add more safety spheres, to test please ?

Very different, I went and got all the cubes but wound up only using the one reflector cube. Ummmm was that right? Anyway it was fun and that is what counts. Thanks

Well the bouncy room is here in case you want to try to put the other types of objects in the slinky ;) Didn't try them all but I suppose it may work with all of them ;) And of course only once with the turret X)

great as usual.
so many machanisms, I could not get my head around it.
but when I went back to the tractor beams,
the cubes were lying on the floor & nothing was working.
I stacked 2 onto the third, which was being hit by the laser.
then lifted all 3, till the laser was no longer blocked by the cube.
every thing started working then, so I let go of the cubes, fixed.
I did put the turret in to play with the cubes & bouncy gel,
as you thought someone would.

Cool map. I enjoyed watching all the mechanism there. your idea this time is so awesome.

I like slinkies :D. Looks like a cool map, will try it.

@Čolibri : Yeah that also happened to me one time X) The optimal way is with only one cube in, but I thought it could be fun to place more :p

Very amazing!
One time it has self broken when a cube escaped the funnel and cut the laser.

very clever, cheers

Thanks all for testing ;)

@borealis117 : Will add your map to the list and play it the next time I open the game ^^

Really enjoyed this fun demonstration.
Very clever, Your map making skills are beyond that of a mere mortal Sir.
This is a map I made and would appriciate some feedback on from One as skilled as yourself.
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=91668082

Great mechanism, Geneosis :) I bet I could make a more efficient one, though :P

this is awesome. I liked the secret room where you have all your mechanisms showing.

here is my new test it is not great but i hope that you now how to make it beter : )

-----> http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=95357425 <-----

@ozone : Well if you need more easy to understand maps about the mechanisms I used here, I suggest trying the beginning of my Map Creator Tools collection ;)

sweet machine. May steal a few bits if I can figure out how it all works. Nice work.

:) - the heir to magic show