Portal 2 developer commentary: Difference between revisions

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=== Elevator Fatigue ===

{{Quotation | Marcus Egan

{{Quotation | Marcus Egan, Laser Platform

| We found that playtesters were getting fatigued at solving so many complex test chambers in a row. So, instead of a routine elevator ride to the next puzzle, we added a long funnel ride with some destruction to give players a short break while reminding them of the facility's state of disrepair.

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=== Rattman’s Den ===

{{Quotation | Adam Foster, Pull the Rug

| *~~Very disturbing computer noises~~*}}

| Portal 2 Announcement ARG

* Created by people working on Portal 2

* Intended for enthusiastic superfans

* Budget of less than $100

* Portal updated to include radios, broadcasting mysterious SSTV images

* Certain images contained pieces of an MD5 hash of a phone number

* Phone number led to an old-fashioned BBS

* Estimated time to 'solve': 7 hours

* Actual time to solve: 7 hours 16 minutes

Portal 2 SSTV Images

* Analogue format used in HAM radio

* Watching video of ISS SSTV with SSTV software running, sound from laptop speakers unexpectedly picked up by microphone

* Peculiar squeaking and beeping, degrades in visually interesting ways

* Photos of Valve whiteboards, equipment and anything science-related lying around

* Finding radios in Portal made for fun meta-game - everyone could join in

Aperture Laboratories BBS

* Single analogue phone line in a designer's kitchen (phone systems in Valve office too modern)

* Old PC running Linux, attached to a 2400 bps modem from 1987 (via USB to serial adapter)

* mgetty to handle calls, custom PHP script looping through plot fragments and home-made ANSI-art conversions of Portal 2 artwork

* Transmitted about 20MB of data in total

* Phoneline constantly engaged!

* Several spare modems in case one died - none did

* SSH backdoor for updates and monitoring (possible to watch exactly what people were seeing as they dialed in)

* Combined might of internets is terrifying

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== See also ==

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 === Elevator Fatigue ===
-{{Quotation | Marcus Egan
+{{Quotation | Marcus Egan, Laser Platform
 | We found that playtesters were getting fatigued at solving so many complex test chambers in a row. So, instead of a routine elevator ride to the next puzzle, we added a long funnel ride with some destruction to give players a short break while reminding them of the facility's state of disrepair.
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 === Rattman’s Den ===
 {{Quotation | Adam Foster, Pull the Rug
-| *Very disturbing computer noises*}}
+| Portal 2 Announcement ARG
+* Created by people working on Portal 2
+* Intended for enthusiastic superfans
+* Budget of less than $100
+* Portal updated to include radios, broadcasting mysterious SSTV images
+* Certain images contained pieces of an MD5 hash of a phone number
+* Phone number led to an old-fashioned BBS
+* Estimated time to 'solve': 7 hours
+* Actual time to solve: 7 hours 16 minutes
+Portal 2 SSTV Images
+* Analogue format used in HAM radio
+* Watching video of ISS SSTV with SSTV software running, sound from laptop speakers unexpectedly picked up by microphone
+* Peculiar squeaking and beeping, degrades in visually interesting ways
+* Photos of Valve whiteboards, equipment and anything science-related lying around
+* Finding radios in Portal made for fun meta-game - everyone could join in
+Aperture Laboratories BBS
+* Single analogue phone line in a designer's kitchen (phone systems in Valve office too modern)
+* Old PC running Linux, attached to a 2400 bps modem from 1987 (via USB to serial adapter)
+* mgetty to handle calls, custom PHP script looping through plot fragments and home-made ANSI-art conversions of Portal 2 artwork
+* Transmitted about 20MB of data in total
+* Phoneline constantly engaged!
+* Several spare modems in case one died - none did
+* SSH backdoor for updates and monitoring (possible to watch exactly what people were seeing as they dialed in)
+* Combined might of internets is terrifying
+}}
 == See also ==