Portal 2

Portal 2

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20 May, 2019 @ 4:27pm
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Mirror Symmetry

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Description
Originally I just wanted to make a cute little laser puzzle, but I found out that the lay-out I had in my head was simply insufficient for some properly interesting moves.
For whatever reason, I contemplated what would happen if I just mirrored the whole thing and put it next to the original.
Some tweaking later, I discovered that... well, this happened.
It should be noted that this tweaking resulted in some fundamental asymmetries between the entrance area and the exit area - these form the core of the puzzle, so take a close look.
Honestly, it's impossible to make a perfectly symmetric puzzle along this axis anyway, for the entrance and exit are fundamentally different to begin with.
Please don't be intimidated by the number of fizzlers and please don't hate me for using lasers and light bridges in a Portal 1 style map.
I tried to capture the melancholy of that soundtrack within the silent, ghostly music that plays here.

Note: quickly pulling or slowly dragging cubes through fizzlers is neither necessary nor intended.
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 Libbybapa
Playthrough by Joric
Playthrough by 可砸的六度双音
Playthrough by Nobody No-One
Blind run by Nock
94 Comments
Mikeastro  [author] 30 May @ 12:59pm 
@mark Thanks a lot for the detailed comment! Incredible work sticking with this one and solving it in the end; as you said, it is really very quite subtle and I don't think I have ever fully understood precisely why it works... but it does! Very happy to hear that you liked it :D
mark 29 May @ 3:42am 
Initially, I liked solving this puzzle a lot, but was not HIGHLY impressed by the way the puzzle goes. It was clear to me that each panel and spot in the enter/exit room has a specific purpose you can decipher, which allowed me to solve 70% of the puzzle during the first session, including parts of the ending sequence (start - 2:08 and 3:36 - end parts of Libby's video) . But the remaining sequence was so subtle that it took two additional small sessions to understand it, and the fact that such a sequence exists on top of everything that was before makes this puzzle very beautiful to me.

Amazing work :steamthumbsup:. Favorited.

I advise everyone to beat Point Symmetry first before entering this puzzle. In my opinion, it is more comfortable this way.
Mikeastro  [author] 25 Nov, 2023 @ 4:43am 
@SpiderLucas 15 Excellent work solving this extremely difficult puzzle! :cozycrashfish:
SpiderLucas15 24 Nov, 2023 @ 8:13pm 
Man, I was stuck with this one for a good while. So much so that I was about to give up and look up the solution. So glad I didn't
Mr Fab 5 Oct, 2022 @ 11:55pm 
Well it's official ! Symmetry puzzle are not for me :steamfacepalm: Favorited !
Here's my 2 part blind playthrough : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NquwBTgGpQ
NLuziaf 8 Sep, 2022 @ 4:04am 
Coming from "Brainfucc: THE PLAYLIST", I like it!
Mikeastro  [author] 20 Mar, 2021 @ 12:27pm 
@Towelie Clegana I have a workshop full of puzzles; some harder than others. If you are looking for something particularly challenging, maybe try this one...
Towelie Clegane 20 Mar, 2021 @ 11:26am 
so whats next ? you got anything else ?
Mikeastro  [author] 20 Mar, 2021 @ 11:07am 
@Towelie Clegane Wow! That's dedication right there o_O Excellent work solving it! I can neither confirm nor deny that I am part of some highly advanced alien civilization, but I do admit that the difficulty rating of 7/10 might be a bit on the low side, especially given there's no 'hand-holding' at all in this case. Anyway, thanks a lot for playing. It means a lot to hear that you returned to this map after all that time. I hope the experience was ultimately rewarding :]
Towelie Clegane 20 Mar, 2021 @ 8:27am 
Indecision was hard too, but at least you were taken by the hand and shown the steps to the final solution with prior rooms. And the butterfly was hard too but Mirror symmetry is just on another level. the 7/10 rating is complete non sense