Portal 2 Not Another Puzzle

I forgot to make another map before going out of town last weekend. Getting to this idea was a chore. I really wanted to make another map using diversity vents and had an idea, but I couldn t nail any of my variations down. I tried quite a few configurations for the vacuum tubes and level layout, but I wasn t getting what I wanted. I ended up scrapping the entire level twice. For inspiration, I downloaded 3 maps at random from thinkingwithportals Portal 2 released downloads page. One of them seemed broken, the second was painful to look at, but the third was short and well executed. This drove home one important, yet obvious fact: Portal 2 is a puzzle game. Sure, there s a story, but I m no writer, so it s a puzzle game. I looked back at what I ve done so far and, ya, all puzzles. I wanted something else. I had 3 bumpers in the top center, but due to my layout, it was the only thing I would hit and that was rather annoying when trying to get to the br, br,