Portal: Stay Inside
Introduction
Portal: Stay Inside is a third-party modification for VALVe's Portal by me, WinstonSmith. It contains a series of puzzles just like the original Portal, but one of my priorities is to add a deeper storyline. As of October 2009, developement has slowed; I've become very busy lately. Hopefully, this slump will end sooner rather than later.
Who's Working on This Thing?
As of now, I'm the only person who is working on Portal: Stay Inside. There are several reasons for this, the main one being that, unfortunately, I have very little time to devote this mod, and I'd really hate to just pass off a workload on a collaborator.
So What Makes This So Special?
This mod will have some brilliant content contributed by other gamers and devs, including:
- reepblue's Portal Warm Textures (available here!)
- A few signage textures from Farragar (available here!)
As well as some of my own ideas, like...
- New game concepts (such as timed buttons)
- Possible new voices. Because I don't have the equipment or the resources to record my own voices (not to mention the skill to edit the files to make them sound GLaDOS-like), and because FacePoser is an incredibly oblique piece of software, there's a good chance I'm going to default to the included scenes.
Currently, there are very few custom models. I'm looking at two possible modeling options: either A) a Google Sketchup plugin or B) learning to use the XSI/Autodesk Mod Tool. I'm leaning a bit toward the latter. One goal I'm focusing on is to try to show off the architectural capabilities of the Source engine. I'll attempt to make the mod's maps both interesting to play and pleasing to look at. I'd love to introduce new puzzle designs or game elements, but I can't do much with coding because I'm just starting to learn C++ (and, if all goes well, HTML).
So What's Next?
If all goes well, I'd like to have a website with forums up and running for the mod. Anything after that is gray area right now-- after all, PSI's still in alpha.
Media, etc...
- Screenshots
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A Final Note
Please leave any questions or anything on the talk page--I'll be checking this article frequently. I will also be, most likely, modifying this page very often.