Puzzle Creator
The Puzzle Creator (also known as Puzzle Maker or Editor) is a part of the Perpetual Testing Initiative in Portal 2, a DLC released on May 8th, 2012[1] allowing the creation of single-player test chambers within an in-game map editor.[1]
Overview
The editor 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 plan there too, it comes in the form of a simplified level editor [...] a Photoshop for test chambers".[2]
The "Puzzle Creator" does not appear to 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 calling it "Editor" in-game.
Items list
- Standard Cube (with dropper)
- Companion Cube (with dropper)
- Reflector Cube (with dropper)
- Edgeless Safety Cube (with dropper)
- Franken Cube (with dropper)
- Switch (includes timer)
- Heavy Button
- Cube Button
- Edgeless Cube Button
- Laser (emitter, catcher and sensor)
- Aerial Faith Plate
- Excursion Funnel (forward/backward)
- Hard Light Bridge
- Fizzler
- Laser Field
- Panel (flips 180° to opposite portalable status, tilt 30-90°, forms staircase)
- Light strips
- Observation room (one-block rooms only)
- Goo
- Repulsion Gel (with dropper)
- Propulsion Gel (with dropper)
- Conversion Gel (with dropper)
- Cleansing Gel (with dropper)
- Barrier (glass, grated)
Gallery
The editor's default test chamber when starting.
Pre-release
Announcement screenshot #1
Announcement screenshot #2
References
- ↑ 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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