The Chamberlock is the room at the end of each Test Chamber that contains an elevator leading to the next one. The Chamberlock is the most common fixed-end goal of any test chamber, and its entrance is always covered by a Material Emancipation Grill to vaporize any unauthorized objects that pass through and remove any previously-placed portals. Chamberlocks appear in most levels of both Portal and Portal 2.
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Design
Portal
Chamberlocks in Portal are some of the smallest rooms in the game. For the most part, the chamberlock is a white, circular room with slatted walls. In the center is an elevator, which the player walks into in order to continue to the next chamber.
Portal 2
Portal 2 brought several changes to the design of the chamberlock. Unlike the chamberlocks in Portal the chamberlocks in Portal 2 are a great deal larger than their previous rendition, with the player being able to move freely around the central elevator. The elevator itself has undergone a change, with the player movement inside it much more restricted and with glass walls. A completely new addition to the chamberlock is the display-capable walls, which display video that often involves procedures for apocalyptic circumstances. Sometimes these displays correspond with the announcer's voice lines.
Note that not all chamberlocks in Portal 2 are the same, as the chamberlocks of the older Aperture Science facilities were similar in size and construction to those of Portal.
Gallery
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Videos
There are several informational videos that play in the Chamberlocks in Portal 2.
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