Mike Daas (The Pink Tree)'s video: Why closed portals are sometimes better

Null portals are a very interesting puzzle mechanic that is mostly unknown among the player base. This video discusses the history of the technique and explains how it can be useful to solve and design community puzzles. Discord server: https://discord.gg/frGPcD4Npf Check out my second channel for music and gameplay videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdTXfBKwf2rJoVdgAKUoS_A Check out the ghost cube video if you haven't seen it yet: https://youtu.be/uyk38-nIlqI Please feel free to share your thoughts in the comments below. Links to the maps that I discuss in the video in order: - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2580501889 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1722609127 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1445997471 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2116787681 - https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2669621080 Olshi's original ''Null Portal'' map: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=544715115 Are you a new player looking to start playing and making some good maps? Consider checking out the following links. RedSilencer's ''Introduction to the Workshop'' collection: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=470046703 My ''Reliquiae'' collection: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1979390071 ''No elements'' connection to learn about momentum and portal preservation: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=129519365 Looking for more help and info? Here I explain the most fundamental mechanic you need to know to solve many workshop puzzles: https://youtu.be/1pZQGZ_iAp8 Here I explain why many workshop maps are so bad: https://youtu.be/L9BD004V9bI Here I explain the process of making a very challenging map: https://youtu.be/UczbXqWrEPI. And here I explain (in real time) the process of making a simple yet good map: https://youtu.be/7u9y_-60ujw Thumbnail made by theCCguy. Huge thanks to them! Their twitter: https://twitter.com/theccguy_/ Music: made by me. I often upload my music on my second channel, linked above. There's also https://soundcloud.com/mike-daas-1 and https://mikeastro.bandcamp.com/. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 02:16 - What are null portals? 05:14 - Origin of the ''null portal'' 06:32 - Examples of null portals 09:07 - Portal surface scarcity 11:58 - Outro