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LAN Party Forums => General Discussion => Started by: Agent4054 on September 23, 2006, 09:02:44 PM

Title: The Original "Portal"
Post by: Agent4054 on September 23, 2006, 09:02:44 PM

Not sure if many of you know the history behind the upcomming Source title: Portal. The idea was sprung by a handfull of students from DigiPen. A school for computer game design and production. The original game design behind Portal was their Senior Project called Narbacular Drop (http://www.nuclearmonkeysoftware.com/narbaculardrop.html). They went to Valve with the idea and Valve hired them for the project on the spot.

It features only a few levels, but it's enough to get you started into the gameplay you'll see in portal. The controls are very simple. WSAD for movement, left mouse button for entry portal, right mouse for exit.

So try it out if you get the chance. It was very enjoyable barring the dated graphics. But the graphics aren't the focus of the game. I got queasy when I started pulling off very crazy portal manuevers. Though, I am sort of suprised no one else has posted this yet.

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Title: The Original "Portal"
Post by: _!Rathe!_ on September 25, 2006, 07:32:48 AM

The download link on the hompage doesn't work.  Here is a link on Planet Mirror (http://public.planetmirror.com/pub/vgpro/misc/narbacular_drop/?fl=v) that does.

Title: The Original "Portal"
Post by: Billabond1 on September 26, 2006, 08:25:47 PM

i just played through it.  It is pretty fun.

Title: The Original "Portal"
Post by: cuzzNkev on September 27, 2006, 06:37:30 AM

So thats why you go to college.

Title: The Original "Portal"
Post by: Billabond1 on September 27, 2006, 09:38:13 AM

Quote from: "cuzznkev"

So thats why you go to college.

fo sho!  I actually got a job as well as just my classes though.  I go fix students/professors computers, and when I am not working on a computer, I get paid to sit around :2thumbsup:.