Last Update: 1/3/08
Portal
Portal is a first-person puzzle game that comes bundled with the Half-Life:2 Orange Box set.
The game revolves around the so called "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" a device that can create portals on almost any surface, allowing instant travel and a visual and physical connection between any two different locations in 3D space.
The game is directly based on Narbacular Drop (and is developed by the same team).
The game revolves around the so called "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device" a device that can create portals on almost any surface, allowing instant travel and a visual and physical connection between any two different locations in 3D space.
The game is directly based on Narbacular Drop (and is developed by the same team).
Publisher: Valve
| Developer | What I Did | Difficulty of Development | Anecdote |
|---|---|---|---|
| gameplay programming | Harder than Planned | The playtesting process at Valve taught me a lot about human perception in problem solving. The position of objects in a level, lighting, and audio queues are more important to a successful puzzle design than the puzzle concept itself. Puzzles that at first seemed doomed to be cut were almost always usable after arranging the elements in a different way. |
