Portal game sounds cool

[tehsolace]

http://www.shacknews.com/extras/2006/071406_valve_ea_1.x

I like the sounds of this "Portal" game thats going to be bundled with EP2. Has anyone tried the "Narbacular Drop" game linked in that article that Portal is based on yet?

 

[Apos]

Yep. Even though the game is basically little more than a tech demo and couple of short puzzles, you can really see the potential. I solved it once, and then went through again after realizing that there were lots more ways to beat each puzzle than I had thought. Once you realize that you can target a portal through another portal, you can portal all over the maps without having to do most of the tricksy bits. Cheap, but just goes to show how neat the concept is.

You can even make your character "jump" by arranging portals in the walls to come out in the floor and running fast enough at it.

 

[tehsolace]

lol sweet. what about putting one portal on the ground, another right above it on the ceiling, and jumping into the one of the floor? theoretically you should continuiously fall...

 

[ríomhaire]

How big is that other game?

 

[destrukt]

How big is that other game?

25.7MB.

i want this Portals game more than EP2 or TF2.

 

[Iced_Eagle]

lol sweet. what about putting one portal on the ground, another right above it on the ceiling, and jumping into the one of the floor? theoretically you should continuiously fall...

And it does happen as you would expect

Obviously mid-fall, you could quickly change the placement of a portal, thus you end the loop, so you aren't stuck forever.

I thought Narbacular drop was lots of fun I can't wait to see what they did with Portals!

 

[bigburpco]

I was not very enthusiastic about this at first, but after reading the game description my hype meter exploded.

 

[The Brick]

Ergh Narbacular Drop is bugged. If you get to a new level, you have to restart it before entities appear (boulders). And if I get to the last level it says "FIRE WITH FIRE" and half a second later "You Win!" :dozey:... Not even a restart helpt that one.

 

[ZoFreX]

And it does happen as you would expect

Obviously mid-fall, you could quickly change the placement of a portal, thus you end the loop, so you aren't stuck forever.

I thought Narbacular drop was lots of fun I can't wait to see what they did with Portals!

Try putting a portal in the floor, and the exit also in the floor, and walk into it

 

[Stigmata]

Try putting a portal in the floor, and the exit also in the floor, and walk into it

Genius.

Riomhaire: I'd imagine that at some point, you'd have passed the velocity at which you had a chance of surviving, and moving the floor portal would cause you to slam into the ground at a highly deadly velocity, no?

 

[Shakermaker]

Riomhaire: I'd imagine that at some point, you'd have passed the velocity at which you had a chance of surviving, and moving the floor portal would cause you to slam into the ground at a highly deadly velocity, no?

OMG captain, we've reached terminal velocity! Abandon portal!!

 

[The Brick]

There's no falldamage lol.

 

[ZoFreX]

No, but the game does crash if you get too fast

Ok I have a fun one to do:

Aim straight up, create portal A.

Aim straight down, create portal B.

You go into the perpetual fall, but once you've built up a bit of speed, create portal A on the ground next to portal B as you're falling towards portal B.

^_^