Aperture Desk Job

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Aperture Desk Job is a non-canonical technical demo developed by Valve, to showcase the Steam Deck's controls and features. It was released March 1, 2022 on Steam.

Aperture Desk Job
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Basic Information
Developer:

Valve Corporation

Publisher:

Valve Corporation

Released:
  • Microsoft Windows
    • March 1, 2022
Modes:

Singleplayer

Requirements:
  • Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
  • Windows
    • Windows 10
    • Processor: Core i5-7500 / Ryzen 5 1600
    • Memory: 12 GB RAM
    • Graphics: GTX 1060 / RX 580 - 6GB VRAM
    • Storage: 4 GB available space
  • Additional Notes: Steam Deck
You think your job's bad? I mean... Your job is bad. It's the worst job at the company, way worse than mine. I shouldn't have made it sound like we were competing.
Grady


Plot

The game begins with the player, seemingly on an 80's Aperture lounge room. A progressively intense orchestral is playing throughout the scene. Cave Johnson welcomes the character into the Aperture Science Competence Center, seemingly made for the most gifted of all the employees in Aperture. Cave informs the character that they are exceptional.

The player's view then descends below the room, revealing that they are above the Competence Center. While the character descends into the seemingly retro-looking facility with tubes and testing rooms, they encounter employee's silhouettes, a play room, precursor utility robots, and references to the lore.

After the descent, the player is greeted by Grady, the Graduation Core, who informs the player that the pre-recorded message from Cave was the wrong tape, and before playing the correct tape, in which Cave tells the player to "get to work, or you're fired."

Characters

Grady

 
An image of Grady as seen in the game.

Cave Johnson

Main article: Cave Johnson
File:Aperture Deck Job Cave Johnson.jpg
An image of Cave Johnson as seen in the game.

Gallery

See also

  • The Lab – a collection of VR minigames made to show off capabilities of the HTC Vive
  • Aperture Hand Lab – a VR technical demo made to showcase the functionality of the Valve Index controllers.