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Гейб Ньюэлл назвал глупостью и отменил за 5 минут идею добавить расчлененку в Portal

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Оригинальная головоломка Portal могла выйти к релизу с обилием расчлененки и изувеченных тел, если бы не жесткая позиция руководства компании Valve. Малоизвестной историей о попытке кардинально перекроить визуальный стиль и тональность культового проекта поделился бывший сценарист студии Чет Фалишек. По его словам, один из влиятельных сотрудников компании всерьез настаивал на внедрении элементов натуралистичного хоррора прямо в стерильные испытательные камеры, вызвав глухое отторжение у всей остальной команды разработки. Инициатива встретила единогласный протест ведущих авторов, однако продвигавший ее специалист обладал внушительным весом внутри студии и настойчиво требовал проведения официального совещания. Чтобы не раздувать конфликт и не портить рабочие отношения, сценарист проекта Эрик Уолпо обратился напрямую к Фалишеку с просьбой сыграть роль бескомпромиссного оппонента. В коллективе прекрасно знали прямолинейность Чета и его способность хладнокровно отсекать токсичные для геймпл...

Backrooms director and Portal superfan Kane Parsons spotted visiting Valve for the second time this year

by Ted Litchfield

s reported by IGN and Gabe Follower on X, Backrooms director Kane Parsons shared an Instagram story from Valve's Bellevue, Washington headquarters on September 16. The director has previously said that Portal was extremely influential on his work, inspiring hopes for a Parsons-led adaptation or some other collaboration with the studio... Read more.

Saber's AI Rideshare Stimulator controversy almost closes on high note with CEO apology, then he calls Portal scribe who mocked him an 'unsuccessful writer'

by Ted Litchfield

The Rideshare Stimulator AI fiasco almost, but not quite came to a close today when writer Stella Sacco shared that she had received a private message from Saber Interactive CEO Matthew Karch, who apologized for his hurtful comments to the press regarding her employment and capabilities... Read more.

Imagine GTA with AI-generated characters "just going along with whatever insane thing you say," muses Valve writer, absent-mindedly spotlighting what terrifies me about genAI

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Like many people at companies preoccupied with discovering the next "goose that lays the golden egg", Half-Life 2 and Portal writer Erik Wolpaw has been "poking around" with generative AI. He and a small team at Valve have been testing out different applications, in what Wolpaw assures us isn't a "concerted" effort at implementing the soul-regurgitating, workforce-abrading gadgetry in any particular new game. Wolpaw's current feeling is that generative AI isn't very good at anything "creative", like cracking jokes. But he does think Large Language Models could make for entertaining NPC voice reactions in games such as Grand Theft Auto and, indeed, Wolpaw's own Left 4 Dead, because AI is marvellous at being a fawning little gopher. It is fantastic at "going along with whatever insane thing you say and kind of adjusting to the flow of that". Read more

Portal writer Erik Wolpaw is "not worried about AI taking over creative writing," but it could be the straight-faced foil to GTA's chaos

by editor@pcgamesn.com

Valve writer Erik Wolpaw, one of the leading scribes behind Portal and a long-time staple of the developer's games, has revealed the ways he and several co-workers have been experimenting with generative-AI tools and what they're capable of. Speaking on the MinnMax podcast, Wolpaw says he believes there's potential for its use in reactive dialog, or to play the "straight man" to high chaos games like Grand Theft Auto. However, he doesn't think it's there yet, and notes he's "fully against" AI generation being used as a developmental cost-cutting measure. Read the rest of the story... RELATED LINKS: Here are some games most own but too few have played A new system requirements tier just popped up on Steam Portal 64 dev says "don't be mad at Valve" for the project's shutdown

Valve's superfans are back to break the player concurrent record for Portal, but the challenge may be steeper than anyone has realised

by Rick Lane

I assumed that everyone with access to a PC would have played Portal at this point, but it seems this is far from the case, at least if Portal's all-time concurrent players are anything to go by. According to Steam Charts, the record for Steam player concurrents stands at just 3,370 players, which is apparently a quirk of the game launching before Steam kept accurate player records... Read more.

Portal sicko beats the game with 'switched' wall textures so no surface is where it's meant to be, creating a whole new puzzling challenge in the process

by Rick Lane

Portal is not only one of the most mechanically inventive puzzle games ever made, but it's also one of the most elegantly crafted. Each of its Euclid-defying conundrums was built with surgical precision by Valve's mega-brain designers, created to slowly and specifically introduce you to the power of thinking with Portals... Read more.

Portal - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed some fire effects not working in some mods.

Portal - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed a client crash in particles. - Improvements to main menu layout across all resolutions. - Fixed effects to not produce blood spray when getting shot. - Fixed credits text on PC so ASCII art doesn't get clipped.

Portal - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Portal - Fixed fire effects in the ending sequence. - Fixed a crash in some mods when picking up a Half-Life 2 weapon. - Fixed a main menu crash in some mods. - Fixed chapter icon scaling in some menus.

Portal - Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Portal: - Fixed the executable stack error on Linux.

There's a new Portal game and it costs $12,500

by Andy Chalk

It's been 14 years since Portal 2, and, well, the wait for a new game in the series isn't exactly over. But if you're a die-hard fan, if you have a lot of money lying around and nothing else to do with it, and if you like pinball, you can go for Portal on the P3 Pinball Platform, complete with the passive-aggressive stylings of GlaDOS delivered by actor Ellen McLain... Read more.

Portal Randomized mixes up Valve's beloved puzzler by turning the floor into lava and filling chambers with a deadly neurotoxin

by Rick Lane

I would still count Portal as one of my favourite games, but truth be told I haven't been back to it for a while. Having played it countless times since it launched, I feel like I've simply wrung it dry. Sure, it's fun to drop back in to hear GLaDOS' withering putdowns or just enjoy its general atmosphere. But I know most of its beats off by heart, and I could solve its chambers with the lights turned out... Read more.

Portal Update

by Kerry

An update has been released for Portal. - Roll back previous update while fixing an endgame crash.

Portal Update

by Kerry

An update has been release for Portal. - Fixed a startup crash on the Linux client.