Portal Stories: Mel Under Bounce

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This chamber has the Repulsion Gel and the Cleansing Gel and advanced Portal jumping.


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Title: Under Bounce

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Hazards

Walkthrough

Story Mode

Chamber Part 1

  • Go up the stairs to the left to get to where the Gels are falling.
  • Place a portal underneath the Repulsion Gel.
  • Walk back down the stairs and toward the Repulsion Gel poster and turn right.
  • Place your second portal on the ceiling to cover the floor in Repulsion Gel.
  • Press the Pedestal Button to drop a Cube on the raised platform.
  • Jump up to the raised platform with the Repulsion Gel and take the Cube down.
  • Walk to the edge of the pit across from the Pedestal Button.
  • Move your second portal around the various portal surfaces in the pit to spread Repulsion Gel over as much of the pit floor as possible.
  • Bounce across the pit to the ledge with the second Pedestal Button.
  • Press the second Pedestal Button to disable the Death Fizzler.
  • Bounce back across the pit and pick up the Cube.
  • Bounce across the pit to the area previously blocked off by the Death Fizzler, making sure to bring the Cube along.
  • Place your second portal on the slanted portal surface above you to get more Repulsion Gel on the floor.
  • Place your first portal on the floor portal surface directly below the pit ledge.
  • Pick up the Cube and jump with it into your first portal on the pit floor to fling yourself to the exit.
  • Place the Cube on the Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button to open the exit door.

Chamber Part 2

Advanced Mode

Chamber Part 1

  • Walk through the Material Emancipation Grill to the right.
  • Press the Pedestal Button on the right to drop a Cube on the raised platform.
  • Walk to the edge of the pit beside the Pedestal Button on the left.
  • Place both portals on the pit floor; one directly below you and one beside the platform with the Pedestal Button on the other side of the pit.
  • Jump through the portal to fling yourself up to the other platform.
  • Press the Pedestal Button to disable the Death Fizzler.
  • Jump back through the portal to return to the first area.
  • Walk back through the Material Emancipation Grill and up the stairs across from it to where the Gels are falling.
  • Place a portal underneath the Repulsion Gel.
  • Walk to the edge of the platform past the Cleansing Gel.
  • Place your second portal on the slanted portal surface to your right to get Repulsion Gel on the floor below it.
  • Drop through your first portal, making sure to hold your crouch key so the Repulsion Gel doesn't bounce you off the platform.
  • Move your second portal around the various portal surfaces in the pit to spread Repulsion Gel over as much of the pit floor as possible.
  • Bounce across the pit to the area with the two Pedestal Buttons.
  • Place your second portal on the ceiling to cover the floor in Repulsion Gel.
  • Press the Pedestal Button on the left to temporarily disable the Material Emancipation Grill blocking off the raised platform with the Cube.
  • Jump up to the raised platform with the Repulsion Gel and take the Cube down before the Material Emancipation Grill turns back on.
  • Bounce across the pit to the area previously blocked off by the Death Fizzler, making sure to bring the Cube along.
  • Place a portal on the slanted portal surface above you.
  • Place your other portal on the floor portal surface directly below the pit ledge.
  • Pick up the Cube and jump with it into your first portal on the pit floor to fling yourself to the exit.
  • Place the Cube on the Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button to open the exit door.

Chamber Part 2

Video walkthrough

Trivia

 
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A goat found in an inaccesible part of this map
  • A painted "LoneWolf2056" can be found.
  • In many inaccessible areas around the maps, stock & un-textured models of goats can be found. According to the developers, goats became a running gag during development, leading to the placement of the models for fun. One of them is found in this chamber.
  • The music played during this chamber is known as Testing Begins.
  • The second part of this chamber is unchanged between Story Mode and Advanced Mode.