Puzzle Creator

The editor as seen in Portal 2's Perpetual Testing Initiative.

The Puzzle Creator (also known as Puzzle Maker or Editor) is a part of the Perpetual Testing Initiative in Portal 2, a DLC released on May 8th, 2012 allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.

Overview

The editor was first mentioned within The Final Hours of Portal 2, "[An in-game level browser won't be of much use unless] Valve figures out how to make designing Portal 2 maps an easier process. It has a plan there too, it comes in the form of a simplified level editor [...] a Photoshop for test chambers".

The "Puzzle Creator" does not appear to have a single official name; Valve published a blog post on the October 27, 2011 referring to the editor as the "Puzzle Creator", later referred to it on the blog post of April 27, 2012 as "Puzzle Maker" and simply calling it "Editor" in-game.

Items list

• Standard Cube (with dropper)
• Companion Cube (with dropper)
• Reflector Cube (with dropper)
• Edgeless Safety Cube (with dropper)
• Franken Cube (with dropper)
• Switch (includes timer)
• Heavy Button
• Cube Button
• Edgeless Cube Button
• Laser (emitter, catcher and sensor)
• Aerial Faith Plate
• Excursion Funnel (forward/backward)
• Hard Light Bridge
• Fizzler
• Laser Field
• Panel (flips 180° to opposite portalable status, tilt 30-90°, forms staircase)
• Light strips
• Observation room (one-block rooms only)
• Goo
• Repulsion Gel (with dropper)
• Propulsion Gel (with dropper)
• Conversion Gel (with dropper)
• Cleansing Gel (with dropper)
• Barrier (glass, grated)

Gallery

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  The editor's default test chamber when starting.

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  An example of a simple test chamber.

Pre-release

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  Announcement screenshot #1

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  Announcement screenshot #2