Hey, thanks for playing my map. This vid really made my day! I’m so glad to see you liked it, even though while I was watching I was constantly wishing to have made it better. 😅 Actually, I created this long enough ago, that I had forgotten what the solutions to some of the puzzles were and what details and “secrets” I’ve put in. So I was basically experiencing the map alongside you while watching xD And yeah, I think you thought and did everything I expected the player to think and do. So it fits to say, This was a triumph! I’m making a note here: Huge success! It’s hard to overstate my satisfaction!

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

Hi, sorry for taking so long to reply! I'm really glad you enjoyed watching this :) First off i'm really sorry for getting your name so badly wrong lol, i really didn't spot it as making letters, so i do apologise! This was a great map with a really fun new kind of cube to play with, i can totally see that having loads of applications for different puzzles, also if you happened to make co-op maps, a fun weapon too lol. It did take me a long time to work out how to get up to the easter egg door (mainly because i'm really stubborn at trying the wrong solutions) but it was worth it :) and i always enjoy it when creators go the trouble of putting extra things like that in, so thank you for that too. if you have any more maps you'd like me to play then please do let me know. Thank you for making and sharing your work with community! and of course for watching!

glad to see i am not the only one in fear of the high energy pellet. dont be afraid, as i think they evolved to sense our fear.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah the high energy pellets are easily one of my most feared parts of this game, the amount of times i've been killed by one is ridiculous. I do really like the idea of aiming them like this though, even if it does mean theres a greater chance of taking one to the face :) Thanks for watching and for commenting too!

Thanks for the amusing science fact. I just noticed I hadn't watched this video completely. Thanks for pointing it out in the latest "Portal on Bridges" #271 video ! The final puzzle was really quite clever

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for coming back to watch more of this one, it is one of the long ones so i can't blame you for closing it, especially as i spent so long just trying to get to that door at the back, all just for a few meows :)

That meow meow bit that you wasted time to get there, sounds like Cave Johnson is immitating a fake kitty cat.

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

It does, but it might just be the version of Cave Johnson from a more feline branch of the multiverse :D Thanks for watching dude

28:15 cave being cave

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

yes but which cave? ;)

@cakeeatingpirate

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma the furry cave

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

The whole multi verse thing means that a furry Cave has to exist somewhere

@cakeeatingpirate

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma so does a female cave exist somewhere?

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Of course. Every possible variation has to :)

I fell asleep watching this and had Portal dreams lol, thank you!

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

good portal dreams? like cake? or bad portal dreams? like neurotoxin? :D

«This map features a BRWand NEW Aperture technology!» Nice :)

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Always cool to see any new Aperture hardware like this! Should be a bunch of new stuff making it's way into workshop maps soon too. Thanks for watching and for commenting :)

The energy catcher cube is a cool idea

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, this is really cool new mechanic, i can see a lot of potential for puzzles with this, and i really like the idea of being able to take out turrets with a weaponised cube lol Thanks for watching dude :)

You not grabbing the cube from the first test chamber and being confused about how to get a cube was agonizing

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

just didn't consider taking it with me, i saw that first room as being like a tutorial introduction to the new cube technology and expected to then move on to the "main" puzzles :)

High energy pellets are def the most terrifying testing element

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

agreed, it's way too easy to accidentally take one to the face lol i've done it so many times and the insta death effect is like a jump scare, the idea of combining them with a cube like this is ingenious and very dangerous :) Thank you for watching!

hey! thanks for playing the map i recommended! i hope you liked it! edit: i noticed that the map was recommended by the random combination of keyboard letters, you remember i recommended it? i didn't make the map, i just recommended it. anyways thanks for playing!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Hi thanks for recommending this one, very enjoyable. And yeah i made a mistake with the wording there, i was so focused on trying to say the |\_/() bit that i didn't check properly to see who recommended it. Please accept my apologies :)

@ivopavlov5434

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was confused when you said that I recommend it to you 😅

Looks cool! Thanks for showing us these maps

@luckyperga

2 жыл бұрын

Oha, du bist der erste?

@majofreaklp9270

2 жыл бұрын

@@luckyperga Sieht so aus

@luckyperga

2 жыл бұрын

@@majofreaklp9270 deutschland

@majofreaklp9270

2 жыл бұрын

@@luckyperga Wird diese Kommentarsektion übernehmen

@luckyperga

2 жыл бұрын

@@majofreaklp9270 aber natürlich. Lustig das so viele portal/half life modder und spieler meistens deutsch sind

The particle effect going through the gate both remind me of the double slit experiment and quantum tunneling.

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

That's an interesting take, it does kind of have that wave effect look to it. Thank you for choosing to watch more videos too!

At first I thought this puzzle mechanic was going to be a ripoff of the cubes from Rexaura, but this is completely different. It has everyone's two favorite puzzle mechanics in one, energy pellets and timing. Now imagine this testing element but with the infinite green pellets... that would be evil. 7:33 If Chell had the agility of Lara Croft I don't think there would even be a game. She could just climb up the walls of every chamber to get out. Aperture prefers its test subjects to be short and weak.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

That's what i thought, i was expecting it to just reflect straight away, but this new kind of cube is really cool (and dangerous), i can see a lot of potential for it and i look forward to taking out turrets and whealtey monitors with the closest thing to a weapon in game since "Aperture Meltdown", that is until your next release lol :) Or, give lara the portal gun? mix everything up a bit

There’s a couple of times where you do something once, and then assume that doing it again will have the same result. Like the meow meow meow - who knows whether a second go would give the same sound file?

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

wait are you actually suggesting there was a secret second easter egg to that door? lol cool if there is, i spent so long trying to get to it that i figured most people watching would of gotten annoyed by the time we got the meow lines :) Thank you for watching and for commenting too :)

@JasperJanssen

Жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma I don’t know if there is something! I’ve never played this myself. I’m just left wondering because it feels to me like there *could* be.

new week, new video. this was a very interesting chamber.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Hey dude, thanks for still watching these! :)

32:19 It can't place the mark on transparent walls so it just goes to the next object

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

makes sense, i love how quirky the source engine is with things like that

Your videos are very underated I think (I think you should keep it up!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I really appreciate that, and i have no intention of stopping making these :)

@mombear2749

2 жыл бұрын

:D

my guess is that when it collides with something, it sends out a raycast to leave the mark. problem is, the collision for the raycast is different from the ball, meaning that the collision check for the wall is slightly different from the check for the mark. either that or the energy ball hits it just a little bit too close, and the raycast goes right through the wall.

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

Ah ok, that makes sense now you described it like that, i have to admit though, i enjoy the weird almost glitchy quirks of the source engine with things like that :) Thank you for the comment and for watching, also sorry for the late reply

Whoa, a new take of HEPs. That almost makes the interesting. Certainly more fun that than regular ones! This video was perfect watching for after work today, I got to see come cool new tech, I got to take a nap while you fiddled about trying to get backstage, and then got to see the solution. Loved it! :) Meow Meow. Meow.

@mombear2749

2 жыл бұрын

Weeb

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, there's a lot of puzzle potential for this new cube, instead of just relying/waiting for the pellets to bounce about. Plus it like the idea of taking out turrets and wheatley monitors with it. As always, thanks dude! PS: the nap? .....ouch ;)

@savasyn

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, getting to waste turrets with this thing would be good fun! Someone needs to get on that :) Hahaha, don't feel bad about the nap. I've effectively been on overtime at work since the beginning of the year, so I'm wiped. Gotta get those Zzs when I can ;)

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

well i'm glad to be of help, lulling you to sleep then .....i think :)

This guy is like Wheatley but much nicer and with an IQ

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

I think that's the first time i've been compared to wheatley but not because i also sound like a moron ;) lol Thanks for watching!

6:43 Ape :D

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching dude :)

Great video, you know if I want to make a chamber with this new item. I will make the chamber a little more friendly in my rulebook

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Atom, i'd be happy to have a go at anything you send, but i have to admit, your puzzles are incredibly intimidating lol. You're too clever!

This is do cool! I really like that detail :) “This is really lame” Oh ok... :(

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

is this one of those trend comments? i've seen it a few times before and have no idea what it means lol :)

26:24 Probably is after you hit it on that

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

:D thanks for watching!

Noice vid, keep it up!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

@Bit-fz9md

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma Also, how do you find out about these maps? I have been going through a portal phase trying to complete all the achievements in portal(1) and have been playing portal 2/Aperture paint gun testing initiative maps. So I was intrigued to see where you found out about maps.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

At first i was just downloading maps from the portal2 steam workshop that looked like interesting, and once actually people started watching, i started asking at the end of each video if there was any maps people wanted to recommend, and now i have a massive list of maps and mods that have been suggested. ngeruma.wixsite.com/ngeruma/maplist (sorry for such a late reply)

interesting to see energy pallet in the old tracks

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah 2 never really seem to get mixed all that often in workshop maps, it was kind of amusing to see a pellet just bounce off out of the chamber like that too :) Thanks for watching and commenting too!

@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708

Жыл бұрын

I mean it makes more sense than lasers

apparently the algorithm has favoured you, congratulatio

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, no idea why but, i'm grateful. :) Thank you so much for checking it out, much appreciated!

i did end up getting on that catwalk, nothing exciting, just that observation room with some desks and shelves and a door that when you press e on it it makes a loud buzzer noise and meows

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

Hey sorry for taking so long to reply to this, and yeah there wasn't anything through the door just the meowing easter egg, still fun to find though even if i wasted a lot of peoples time watching me try to get there lol Thanks for watching!

@d0g3br34d

Жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma np, i always enjoy watching them :)

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

glad to hear it!

Russian subtitles? That's cool even though I don't use them! Great vid as always :)

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

I've been trying to add subtitles for all the languages i see come up in the analytics pages, if there's one you'd prefer please let me know so i can add it too. :) Thank you for watching and thank you for the kind comment!

Hey I've seen this before, it's in the "Portal 2 Ireland" mod. (The best "worst" mod)

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

The energy redirection cube? cool, i hadn't seen other maps with this, i haven't heard of the Ireland mod either, the best worst mod sounds kind of interesting, i'll check it out. thank you for watching and for commenting too :)

@disketteguy

Жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma ya, I meant the energy reflection cube. About the best worst mod - I don't wanna spoil it, otherwise it would ruin it.

3:28 They used to have lasers. They were already deadly.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

You have to really work at getting a laser to kill you though, a high energy pellet to the face is an instakill :) Thanks for watching dude

1:24 - I wish they wouldn't. I was working for a while on a custom element that acted a bit like pellets but they were harmless. Didn't go very far, unfortunately :/ 3:22 - "You found a way", more like "You've flown away" :P 19:37 - Or you could fling out of orange on the ceiling, conserving your momentum, then fling out of the panel, in a way that keeps your portal up there :P 25:52 - Or... I guess that works ha ha 34:00 - Welp, we all know it's coming... 35:04 - We appreciate it :) 35:51 - And again... 42:02 - Or you could just say "IVO" ;) 42:32 - Scientific! Well, that was an interesting puzzle, though I feel the energy cube was underused. Great video as always!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

1:24 - That sounds interesting, what happened to give up on the idea? 3:22 - weird to see a high energy pellet just sail off like that, lucky it wasn't the never ending kind. 19:37 - 🤔😳 25:52 - i'm guessing this was the intended way. 34:00 - .....yep 35:04 - you're welcome, totally not because it was bound to happen again the exact same way if i didn't. 35:51 - disregard previous sentence. 42:02 - ....fuck, lol weird i never would of seen it as IVO until now, do you know the creator? is it actually IVO? 42:32 - it's called edu-tainment, and i aim to please! As always dude! Thank you! i really do enjoy your comments!

@HugoBDesigner

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma 1:24 - Lotsa bugs and just generally losing interest in it. Might go back to it some day, who knows... 42:02 - I don't know the creator, I just played some of their maps in the past and noticed that their username spelled that :P

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Any new Aperture tech is always cool to play with, I have no idea how you'd even begin but I imagine it's a lot of work If I play another of their maps I'll go with "IVO" too then, it will save a lot of time :)

@HugoBDesigner

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma It just requires a lot of Hammer logic and, sometimes, a little bit of scripting. Right now I'm trying to iron out a very cool custom mechanic. It's giving me quite a lot of trouble with one pesky little bug, but it'd be by far my most ambitious Portal-related project if I could get it off the ground. I've also been contemplating working on a "Laser 2.0" pack, which would be an upgraded version of that fancy laser catcher blinking light from my map Mandelbrot. But we'll see how it goes!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, looking forward to trying them out, it's awesome people like you are adding so much cool stuff to the game still

wait hi energy pellets are not used in portal 2

@ngeruma

2 ай бұрын

You're right, high energy pellets aren't in portal 2 they were replaced with the lasers as they do pretty much the same job but with out the delay, there's a lot of portal community maps like this with a mix of puzzle elements from both 1 and 2 as well as rexaura and the other mods. Thank you for watching and commenting too!

we havent seen current aperture in forever here

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

are you getting a little nostalgic for the cold sterile chambers of modern aperture? ;)

@itsrobloxhere

2 жыл бұрын

yes

Hm I like the concept

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Me too, opens up a lot of options for puzzle designs, and i like concept of sort of having a weapon like this you could aim at turrets :) Thanks for watching!

Hello, I love your videos. Im am making a portal 2 mad of my own, Im ok with using hammer but I was just asking you if you knew anyone that knows scripting to do with portal maps. I love you channel keep up the good work!!

@luckyperga

2 жыл бұрын

I wish you great work with your mod. Hammer is a really complex tool to learn. And remember, if u cant do smth. Just try it again

@GreatGizmo74

2 жыл бұрын

@@luckyperga Thank you, This comment has give me lots of confidence to fail and try again. I hope you have a nice day.

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

@Dr. Issac Kleiner - hey sorry for such a late reply, i know a few people from the comments here who i believe have experience with scripting for source engine games, i wouldn't know exactly who to recommend though to be honest. Your best bet would probably be joining the Hammer sub-reddit or one of the modding communities on discord. If you ask on either the hammer or portal reddit pages there will definitely be someone who can help you, the portal modding community is fantastically helpful and friendly. I can get you some links to reddits or discords if you like. Thank you for watching the videos, and thank you so much for your kind words!

@GreatGizmo74

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma Thank you, No problam for the late reply. I would love some links! My hammer skills have improved since that comment and my Portal 2 map demo is getting closer and closer to being on the workshop. Thank you and I hope you have a nice day!!

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

www.reddit.com/r/hammer/ www.reddit.com/r/Portal/ You probably know those two, but if not the people in those are very friendly and very helpful with hammer questions, most the best know creator/hammer-er names can be found in there. thinking with portals discord - www.thinking.withportals.com/discord/ portal mapping and modding discord - discord.gg/qvUQHg... hammer editor discord - discord.me/hammer-editor-group also ask on either of those reddits above for more discord groups. I'm not a mapper or modder myself so i'm afraid i can't be a great deal of help. these are just a few i can think of If anyone else who comments here often can suggest some more useful links it would be greatly appreciated (not sure how many will see that now i think about it)

who calls | a pipe 💀

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

people who know the names a | symbol is actually called ;) Thanks for watching dude :)

youtube sent me this video so yeah maybe it's the start of something I hope so

@sajeucettefoistunevaspasme

2 жыл бұрын

thx 4 da mew zik

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah youtube randomly decided to recommend this one to a lot more people than usual, i have no idea why, but thank you for giving it a shot :)

It isnt Aperture, Its Rture ratories

Perpetual Likes

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Perpetually appreciated!

Meow meow MEOW?

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

meow Meow, .meow, meow, ......MEOW!

💙🧡

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude 💙

ngeruma plz play my map in monday plz

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Hey dude, you've send lots of maps, and i've asked a few times which you consider your best work, if you let me know, i'll see about doing it, just not for monday though as i always make this at least a couple weeks in advance :)

@GracyFelg

2 жыл бұрын

@@ngeruma ok nice

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

so which of your maps are you most proud of?

First

@ngeruma

2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Your account has been credited with 9 ngeruma points! (ngeruma points hold no value)

What made you get in the Portal fandom?

@ngeruma

Жыл бұрын

The half life games where such a big deal when i was a kid, that when i saw valve were releasing Portal i had to try it, i love the humour and the universe that valve created with Aperture Science, and then when they released the Perpetual Testing Initiative DLC and opened everything up to the community it meant there was a never ending supply of a great game :D There are some incredibly creative and talented map and mod makers in the portal community and they keep making more and more impressive content, even now, for an 11 year old game it's still going so strong! Thank you for watching and for asking too! :D