Laser Catapult (Vactube Style)

Difficulty: You already did this one. It'll be easy.

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This was the winning entry for the Portal Mapping and Modding server's 'Redux 4' competition, where the challenge was to remake a map from the campaign in a different style. I took the opportunity to revisit my old map Cathartic and really push that 'vactube style' as far as it would go. Delightfully, this is maybe the first time ever making a map where I've not radically de-scoped all the craziest ideas I'd been planning as soon as the end was in sight. I had an absolute blast making this, and I hope you enjoy playing it even half as much.

If you liked this, you might want to check out the other Portal projects I'm working on: the huge mod Desolation and my Doctor Who crossover Portal Who: Science of the TARDIS, which is still in active development.

If you'd like to make your own 'vactube style' map, I've bundled together all the assets I made/used and released them along with the vmfs for this map and Cathartic. You can download that here: [noparse]https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/gvi2vsezq8u1f4pfhum5o/vactube_style_release.zip?rlkey=iuoift2x54slu0816bvsqwu9v&st=sgb26zok&dl=0[/noparse]

I also recorded a timelapse of the making of this map!

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Asset credits:

• Hazel Webbs - 64 & 256u vactubes, 45-degree vactube bends, vactube interiors, circular testchamber door.

• Valla-Chan - cable bundles, squarebeam textures, possibly more I'm forgetting.

I'd also like to give an even bigger thank-you than usual to TeamSpen210, not only for his tools and expertise, but also for invaluable technical support at various points throughout this project.