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The '''Puzzle Creator''' is an upcoming feature to ''[[Portal 2]]'' that will be available on May 8th<ref name="shacknews_editor_confirmed"/>, allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.<ref name="shacknews_editor_confirmed">[http://www.shacknews.com/article/70740/portal-2-in-game-map-editor-confirmed ShackNews article ''Portal 2 in-game map editor confirmed''] accessed 22 October 2011</ref> The editor was first mentioned within [[Portal 2 - The Final Hours|''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".<ref name="FinalHours_mention_editor">[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]], page 10 of chapter "Unlikely Architects".</ref>
The '''Puzzle Creator''' (also known as '''Puzzle Maker''' or '''Editor''') is an upcoming feature to ''[[Portal 2]]'' that will be available on May 8th<ref name="shacknews_editor_confirmed"/>, allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.<ref name="shacknews_editor_confirmed">[http://www.shacknews.com/article/70740/portal-2-in-game-map-editor-confirmed ShackNews article ''Portal 2 in-game map editor confirmed''] accessed 22 October 2011</ref> Puzzle Creator was first mentioned within [[Portal 2 - The Final Hours|''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".<ref name="FinalHours_mention_editor">[[Portal 2 - The Final Hours]], page 10 of chapter "Unlikely Architects".</ref>


On the 27th of October, Valve published a blog post on the official site 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>
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.


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== Gallery ==

Revision as of 18:41, 2 May 2012

The Puzzle Creator (also known as Puzzle Maker or Editor) is an upcoming feature to Portal 2 that will be available on May 8th[1], allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.[1] 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]

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.

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