Portal 2 Puzzle Maker/Gel

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This article contains content specific to the Portal 2 Puzzle Maker. For the Authoring Tools equivalent, see Gel (Portal 2).

The Repulsion gel effect.

Gels are testing elements in Portal 2. It flows out of droppers and covers any surface or object it splashes on, changing its physical properties. Water streams behave the same way gel does, but clean gel off surfaces. Gel streams can be redirected with portals and tractor beams.

There are three main types of gel. Repulsion gel is blue, and causes things and the player to bounce around. Propulsion gel is orange, and makes objects slippery and players move quickly. Conversion gel is white, and allows the placement of portals on otherwise nonportalable surfaces.

The different gel types are indvidual test elements to choose from the Puzzle Maker menu. However, a once placed gel can be changed for a different one by changing its properties (see below).

When selecting a gel type from the menu, a gel blob appears that can be placed on surfaces. Once placed, the inherent gel dropper will automatically be placed on the next available surface above the gel blop. To only place a gel blop without its dropper, the automatically positioned dropper can be selected and deleted seperatly.

Varieties

• Speed
  • Spawns Propulsion Gel
    • Propulsion Gel makes the player move faster when on a surface coated with it.
• Bounce
  • Spawns Repulsion Gel
    • Repulsion Gel makes the player jump higher when on a surface coated with it.
• Conversion
  • Spawns Conversion Gel
    • Conversion Gel allows Portals to be placed on a surface that a Portal could not be placed on previously.
• Cleansing
  • Spawns Water
    • Water can be used to clean any other gel type off of other surfaces or objects.

Item Properties

• Gel Type
  • Selects the type of gel (Propulsion, Repulsions, Conversion, Cleansing)

• Dropper Enabled
  • If checked, the dropper will spawn gel when an output is applied to it.
  • If unchecked, the dropper will disappear and it will place the selected gel on the ground where the dropper was.

• Allow Streaks
  • If checked the gel selected can streak across the surface it hits.

• Gel Flow
  • Light
    • Spawns the selected gel in small amounts.
  • Medium
    • Spawns a steady amount of the selected gel.
  • Heavy
    • Spawns the selected gel in large amounts.
  • Drip
  • Slightly spawns a tiny amount of the selected gel.
  • Bomb
    • Spawns a large sphere of the selected gel that explodes on impact with a surface, object or player.

• Start Enabled
  • When checked, the dropper will spawn the selected gel when the map is loaded.