Portal - Level Creation

Getting Started

• Frequently Asked Questions
• Your First Level

General

• Behind The Scenes
• Controlling portals
• Design & Detail
• Detailing Metal Walls
• Env_fire fix
• Glitch Prevention
• Logic gates

Additive Information

• Aperture Science
• Chell
• GLaDOS

References

• List of Console Variables
• List of Entities
• List of Fog Settings
• List of Graffiti Textures
• List of Levels
• List of Light Textures
• List of Particles
• List of Scenes
• List of Skies
• List of Soundscapes
• List of Soundtracks

External Links

• Buy the game
• Gamebanana - Game Modding Community.
• MobyGames - Videogame Database
• Moddb - Community Modding Website.
• Portal (wikipedia article).
• Teaser Trailer
• Thinking.WithPortals.com Unofficial Modding Website.

Elements

Puzzle

• Floor Button
• Multiple buttons for a door
• Switch
• Box Dropper
• Cleansers/Fizzlers
• Energy Ball (Launcher & Catcher)
• Piston Panels
• Lift Platforms
• Moving Stairs
• Moving Platform
• Test Chamber Door
• Automatic Portals
• Looped Automatic Portals

Hazard

• Hazard Liquid
• Turrets
• Turret Attackdoor

General

• Wake-up Bed
• Radio
• Countdown Clock
• Indicator Lights
• Recessed Lights
• Observation Hallway
• Security Camera
• Test Chamber Signs
• Elevator
• Ending a map
• Rotating Portalgun
• Incinerator

Custom

• NPC Portal Usage

Blue Portals

• Box catcher
• Magnets

Modding

• Adding Choreographed Scenes
• Custom GLaDOS Voice
• Custom Menu Backgrounds
• Making Your Portal Mod

Scripting

• Bonus Maps
• Challenge scripts
• Making GLaDOS speak