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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 03:26

I had this idea when reading through the ? brick thread. Basically, you shoot a fireball at it and it sends a signal. This could be used to make some interesting fire flower puzzles (they are currently not common in portal mappacks) such as: (warning sucky as sh*t pic)
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test 01: Shoot a fireball into a room with a bunch of enemies until you reach the trigger, which opens the door to test 02.
test 02: Use portals to get your fireball to the trigger to turn off that pesky light bridge in your way.

What do you guys think? Could it be a mod? Or do you guys think it should be part of Mari0: SE? Discuss.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 03:38

I personally feel that this may be a pretty good idea, although there may not be a lot of practical uses for it (or I'm just not creative.)

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:15

RWLabs wrote:I personally feel that this may be a pretty good idea, although there may not be a lot of practical uses for it (or I'm just not creative.)
It could be neat if it is used in conjunction with fire balls bouncing higher off the peak of an upward slope (If there is slopes, if there aren't then slopes will be part of this explanation anyways so nyah) and objects that can reverse the direction of fireballs and/or change a fireball to move along walls and ceilings.

For just a trigger switch all I can think of is bouncing your shot over moving hard hats, basically a timing puzzle.

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:21

This makes me wonder if someones gonna mod in the things in portal 1 that bounce around until they get to the place they need to be.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:23

It seems like a thing that would have a bunch of uses but doesn't. All I could think of is unlocking a door after getting the fire flower or a precise fireball into a detector.

Also the obvious shoot a fireball through a portal.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:23

This is actually pretty clever. I think it could make for some pretty interesting puzzles.

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:25

I think the VVVVVVV gel could do the walls+ceiling thing, and pre-placed portals can reverse your fireball.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 04:48

This was actually something I had thought about but never bothered to talk about it on the forums. It's basically a box with a funnel attached to any end(s), with a picture of a fireball. When shot at, it works kind of like the small buttons Mario presses, and can be linked with anything. THe downside is that reset pipes would have to be spread around so if the player takes damage and loses the fireball ability, he/she is not forced to suicide.

On a similar structure, how about blocks that can be destroyed by fireballs? Super Mario Land 2, anyone?

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 05:04

Not only SML2, a good amount of Mario games have ice that breaks from fire. I think SMB3 had it... not sure.
But yeah that would be really nice for an alternate path.

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 05:09

Changed topic title.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 06:01

Turret Opera wrote:I had this idea when reading through the ? brick thread. Basically, you shoot a fireball at it and it sends a signal. This could be used to make some interesting fire flower puzzles (they are currently not common in portal mappacks) such as: (warning sucky as sh*t pic)
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test 01: Shoot a fireball into a room with a bunch of enemies until you reach the trigger, which opens the door to test 02.
test 02: Use portals to get your fireball to the trigger to turn off that pesky light bridge in your way.

What do you guys think? Could it be a mod? Or do you guys think it should be part of Mari0: SE? Discuss.
Interesting idea. I feel like a new entity for my mod coming on.

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 08:02

I think it would be plausible and more effective if fireballs could bounce off wall
I mean like small mario can go pretty much everywhere fireball can, we need some kind of holes or roads that only bouncy fireballs can go in (it could replace tiny mario in some specific situation)
Or am I just missing somethings?

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 18:09

Chippy348 wrote:I think it would be plausible and more effective if fireballs could bounce off wall
I mean like small mario can go pretty much everywhere fireball can, we need some kind of holes or roads that only bouncy fireballs can go in (it could replace tiny mario in some specific situation)
Or am I just missing somethings?
Fireballs bounce off cubes, doors, and the like. I think that would make these things pretty interesting.

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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 18:34

How about fireball emitters (to elaborate, like gel emitters)? Or fire bros from smb3?
Or maybe just plain fire that gets bigger with every fireball?
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 19:05

Turret Opera came up with an actual good idea.
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Post » 05 Nov 2012, 19:13

Awesome idea, I am surprised.

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Post » 10 Nov 2012, 16:30

Turret Opera wrote:I think the VVVVVVV gel could do the walls+ceiling thing, and pre-placed portals can reverse your fireball.
(TRIPLE NINJA'D)
*VVVVVV

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Post » 10 Nov 2012, 16:46

TheJonyMyster wrote:
Turret Opera wrote:I think the VVVVVVV gel could do the walls+ceiling thing, and pre-placed portals can reverse your fireball.
(TRIPLE NINJA'D)
*VVVVVV
Perfect pinnacle of a pointless pedantic post.

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Post » 10 Nov 2012, 23:57

Amazing alliteration, as always.

sorry. lets get back on topic.

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Post » 04 Dec 2012, 09:39

2 words:
HUNGRY LUMAS!!!

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Post » 04 Dec 2012, 23:15

eraykaan wrote:2 words:
HUNGRY LUMAS!!!

[sarcasm]Yes, because Luma's "LÖVE" to eat fireballs![/sarcasm]

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Post » 05 Dec 2012, 23:19

FIREBALLS THAT LOOK LIKE STAR BITS!
:)
(You would re-texture them)

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