I felt like a glowing brain genius when I solved it, great work felt like a proper portal challenge

Yep, looks like the second way was intended - thumbs up.

Perhaps this is it: intended solution ?

I assume this is unintended, so time to try and find the intended.

Really nice little test! Good logic, great aesthetics. Thanks for making!

Decent map, good job, thumbs up :-)

nice!

A very elegant litle puzzle. Thanks!

Nice done!

Excellent map! Nicely logical and fun!

very nice little brainteaser, fun too

It will be fixed, thanks for pointing this out.

Clip brushes on glass so I can't walk on the frames to the other side

Glad that you liked it dcook !

@pa1ntmaster : Thanks for this feedback, it's really important for me to improve :)

Very nice job. Didn't take me all that long, but very clever. My fav kind of map.. no fancy jumping about or 2 second timers... just requires some thought. :-) I llok fwd to more maps from you. ;-)

@Riski, thank you for your interest and willingness to improve here's what I found incoherent:
Underground-themed music, but more importantly...
...you're using a clean-themed soundscape in what appears to be a decayed-themed environment. For more information, check out section 3b of this guide.

Pretty much anything else I found other users also found.

For a first hammer map, well done lad.
The puzzle was top notch, it was small, look simple and confusing at the same time and it took some time to figure out, eventhough the answer was easy to spot.
The design is was very good, had detial where it was necessary and had plain look in places where it blends in.

Didn't saw any cons, ether there wasn't any or they blended so that you can't see them.
Well done and good luck.

[test for a test]
http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=259110204

@Goat : It's actually a 3-parts fizzler, but i'll just re-work it. Thanks !
@ pa1ntmaster : I'm interested in what is incoherent, in order to improve it next time i'll use this theme.

Yah i give up

If I can make one more complaint. Make each section of the fizzler its own, (so it would be 3 parts). I cannot stress how good of a puzzle this is as well. Great job/

Not exactly polished and coherent, but at the same time it's not bad for a first Hammer map. The puzzle is pretty good too.

Very nice. It took me a while to figure out the solution. When I did, I had to smile (after saying, "Doh"!)

Very interesting map. Requires you to think differently

Thanks everyone for your kind words and your constructive advices ! There will be a (last ?) update of the map soon, when I’ll have both time and motivation to polish it. I’ll might be looking for beta-testers for my next puzzles to help me find exploits/unintended solutions before release. If you’re interested just let me know or add me on Steam !

Great map. Required some thought without alot of frustration. THX.

I like it

I LOVE the concept and ideas! Thanks. I enjoyed playing this. Keep it up! !!

very nice, thanks

Nice map!

@Teamspen: The problem with the fizzler staying on forever is that players could then send the cube to the funnel from the other side of the platform, but the point was of this puzzle that the player is suppose to be on the side of the exit while doing that

Nice map.

Nice chamber and puzzle! A couple of small suggestions:
- Add a "props_backstage\vacum_flange_a.mdl" model on top of the cubedropper, this makes the top attach a bit better to tubing.
-Your fizzler textures are slightly wrong - see the larger fizzlers section on the VDC .
- When the cube hits the button I'd suggest making the funnel stay on forever so players can walk to the exit at their own pace. Send the button CancelPress then Lock, and send the Check input to the indicator_panel (this will change it into an active check sign).

That was a tough one, took a while to figure out! Thanks!

Good puzzle; Thumbs Up!

Excellent chamber,keep up the good work!

aka outside the map

I saw that using the white surfaces in the beggining room, you could see the bts area from there.

This was a nice little short puzzle that wasn't too hard, but still made me think what I should do. Great work!

Pretty well done puzzle. My only real complaint is that moving around the laser emitter is a tad bit precarious. It's also a bit difficult to see and shoot at the portal surfaces on the starting side from the other side.

Looking for feedback on my latest map:
http://psteamcommunity.yuanyoumao.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=290523478

Possible to just toss the box into the funnel and skip the fun part! :O

For future reference - it's usually possible to throw things up to ~256 units straight up, and thrown boxes can enter a funnel up to 3 units up because of their size.

Clever puzzle. The design of the white walls directly towards the emancipitation grid is tricky and misleading. Took me a while to figure out that was not the correct wall to direct the laser at. However in this case I think it was well placed. Great visuals. I see you put down some effort into this map. I missed some sound effects from the dripping water. Short and fun, thumbs up!

Real good. Thank you.

ah yeah,after changing the position of a portal,I did it.Thanks for teaching me a logic lesson ~!

...it was THAT?!
BIGGEST FACEPALM EVER lol

This almost literally brings tears to my eyes. You have no idea how refreshing this puzzle was. I haven't seen a GOOD puzzle in weeks. And I still haven't, as this was a GREAT puzzle. Seriously. The only flaw I noticed was a misalligned texture under the laser catcher that deactivates the fizzler. Wonderful asthetics, great puzzle, altogether this was an amazing map. Thank you for learning Hammer before posting a map.

You're on the last step csalrin, when you'll find it you'll see how easy it was ;)

If you do really want the solution, Equinox made a playthrough few hours ago. I'm linking it to the main post. Thanks to him !

Omg...I have no idea how to do this. Awesome map!

In case you're wondering where I'm stuck, I'm trying to figure out how to get the cube in the funnel while on the other side of the map.

GREAT PUZZLE! enjoyed every single bit of it. thumbs up!

Great puzzel, Very nice design, enjoyed, thumbs up and Thanks for mapping !
My BR: http://youtu.be/DV1cPQk95CE

on the fizzler textures, select both sides with the texture tool and click "fit" so they look nice and clean. Nice puzzle.