I have to agree that it is indeed a tentative step. As it was, this chamber was indeed meant to see if the orange gel let you avoid getting shot at. The second chamber was supposed to require orange gel to literally skate over pools of Aperture Science Failure Emphasis Fluid to the exit. While a little lacking in excitement, I'll try to fix that in Race Condition 2.

Not bad for a first test chamber, everything worked pretty well together although it never really amounted to much more than speeding past some turrets. I'm not quite sure what the point of the second room was though, the exit door is already open so the player just has to jump to it. You might want to add a puzzle to this area just to make the chamber a little more satisfying to solve.

I've got a little collection of chambers going and I'm always interested in feedback on each chamber or the collection as a whole. I'd be grateful if you'd have a look:
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