Portal 2

Portal 2

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The Machine Room

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Description
''Oh no!''

What follows are three possible interpretations of your exclamation of despair just now:
1. Yes, you find yourself trapped in a machine room deep in the basement of Aperture Science - indeed most distressing. There is this odd contraption in front of you, but it is very unclear how it works and it seems to be missing four of its parts to even work properly. Can you reassemble the machine and escape from this room?
2. Yes, there's four funnels and four cubes in total - indeed most distressing. Good luck :p
3. Yes, the funnel music is not customised - indeed most distressing. Allow me to tell you something: I almost spent more time trying to get that ******* funnel music to change into my custom track, than I spent designing the puzzle. And it didn't work in the end. And I'm very frustrated about that. So yeah, my apologies, although ultimately I'm probably the only one who cares.

It's a bit of an odd map, but at least it's original :P
Still I hope it only works my way; if not, please let me know.
The signage on the floor indicates that one button reverses the middle funnel when activated, and the other does not.

Difficulty: 7/10.

Of course I won't copystrike you for the music if you record your run :p
In other news: My puzzle game Sokoban: The RPG has been released on steam! Please consider checking it out!

Playthrough by Leomievs
Playthrough by Omega
Blind run by Nock
Blind run by Teo
34 Comments
Mr Fab 25 May, 2022 @ 11:10pm 
I have to say this machine is pretty good looking, where did you buy it?
This puzzle was nice and fun, I enjoyed it :steamthumbsup: Favorited !
My blind playthrough : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vly65dAnfF8
Omega 17 Jun, 2021 @ 8:47pm 
Mikeastro  [author] 1 Jun, 2021 @ 6:50am 
@Omega A perfect solution! Thanks a lot for the video :D Excellent work solving it!
Omega 1 Jun, 2021 @ 3:50am 
Spider_Dawg 22 Sep, 2019 @ 10:21am 
You know, I just replayed it and the hardest part to remember (read: figure out again) was getting to the last cube. Now that I know the end move it feels simple (and so do I). I really like that looping mechanic, but couldn't figure out how to break out of it without losing the things needed to get out the exit. Thumbs up for sure.
Mikeastro  [author] 22 Sep, 2019 @ 2:41am 
@Spider_Dawg You had most of the map figured out! That last step is just a little sneaky. I'm glad you liked it
Spider_Dawg 21 Sep, 2019 @ 10:35pm 
Nope. I watched that perpetual motion Machine Room all day without seeing what to do with it. I kept wanting to place the second laser cube right there next to the emitter , and no matter what I tried I just couldn't get anywhere that way and gave up without ever considering the actual solution. I had made it to the exit, but couldn't figure out how to get a cube over there. Excellent job, great puzzle, beyond my abilities.
Mikeastro  [author] 1 Sep, 2019 @ 3:12pm 
@Teo I finished watching your blind run. Really excellent playthrough! The cuts in the footage made it so that the experience remained engaging all the way and your commentary was both interesting and witty at the same time :] I'm glad you enjoyed the experience. This is definitely one of my most difficult puzzles, so excellent work solving it!
Teo 1 Sep, 2019 @ 6:51am 
woah that sure was a challenge, indeed most distressing. here's my blind run . there's timestamps in the description if you want to skip around
nock 5 Feb, 2019 @ 6:25am 
I really liked the idea behind this one Mike. Very clever indeed

Blind Run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcPH8wQmIKk