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The Puzzle Creator does not have a single official name; Valve published a blog post on the October 27, 2011 referring to the editor as the "Puzzle Creator"<ref name="Portal 2 Puzzle Creator Sneak Peek">[http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6632&p=1 Portal 2 Puzzle Creator Sneak Peek]</ref>, later referred to it on the blog post of April 27, 2012 as "Puzzle Maker"<ref name="The Perpetual Testing Initiative">[http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=7853&p=1 The Perpetual Testing Initiative]</ref> and simply call it "Editor" in-game. | The Puzzle Creator does not have a single official name; Valve published a blog post on the October 27, 2011 referring to the editor as the "Puzzle Creator"<ref name="Portal 2 Puzzle Creator Sneak Peek">[http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=6632&p=1 Portal 2 Puzzle Creator Sneak Peek]</ref>, later referred to it on the blog post of April 27, 2012 as "Puzzle Maker"<ref name="The Perpetual Testing Initiative">[http://www.thinkwithportals.com/blog.php?id=7853&p=1 The Perpetual Testing Initiative]</ref> and simply call it "Editor" in-game. | ||
== Usable | == Usable Testing Devices == | ||
*[[Weighted Storage Cube]] | *[[Weighted Storage Cube]] | ||
*[[Weighted Companion Cube]] | *[[Weighted Companion Cube]] | ||
Revision as of 14:19, 9 May 2012
The Puzzle Creator (also known as Puzzle Maker or Editor) is a Portal 2 feature released on May 8th, 2012[1], allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.[1] The Puzzle Creator 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 plain there too, it comes in the form of a simplified level editor [...] a Photoshop for test chambers".[2]
The Puzzle Creator does not have a single official name; Valve published a blog post on the October 27, 2011 referring to the editor as the "Puzzle Creator"[3], later referred to it on the blog post of April 27, 2012 as "Puzzle Maker"[4] and simply call it "Editor" in-game.
Usable Testing Devices
- Weighted Storage Cube
- Weighted Companion Cube
- Discouragement Redirection Cube
- Edgeless Safety Cube
- Frankenturret
- Heavy Duty Super-Colliding Super Button
- Switch
- Weighted Storage Cube Receptacle
- Edgeless Safety Cube Receptacle
- Thermal Discouragement Beam emitter, catcher and sensor
- Aerial Faith Plate
- Excursion Funnel
- Hard Light Bridge
- Panel which can rotate in 180° to make it "portalable"
- Panel which can move to a 30/45/60/90° angle
- A group of panels which moves to make a stair
- Light
- "Stalker chamber"
- Goo
- Repulsion Gel
- Propulsion Gel
- Conversion Gel
- Cleaning Gel
Gallery
Pre-release
Announcement screenshot #1
Announcement screenshot #2
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 ShackNews article Portal 2 in-game map editor confirmed accessed 22 October 2011
- ↑ Portal 2 - The Final Hours, page 10 of chapter "Unlikely Architects".
- ↑ Portal 2 Puzzle Creator Sneak Peek
- ↑ The Perpetual Testing Initiative
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