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- Portal_(series) abstract "Portal is a series of puzzle-platformer video games developed by Valve Corporation. Set in the Half-Life universe, the two games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a human woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a psychotic artificial intelligence computer GLaDOS that controls the facility. Each test involves using the "Aperture Science Handheld Portal Device", the "portal gun", that creates a human-sized wormhole-like connection between nearly any two flat surfaces. Not only can the player-character or objects in the game world move through portals, their momentum is conserved, allowing complex "flinging" maneuvers to be used to cross wide gaps or perform other feats to reach the exit for each test chamber. A number of other mechanics, such as lasers, light bridges, tractor funnels, and turrets, exist to aid or hinder the player's goal to reach the exit.The Portal games are noted for bringing students and their projects from the DigiPen Institute of Technology into Valve and extend their ideas into the full games. The portal concept was introduced by the game Narbacular Drop and led to the basis for the first game. Another game, Tag: The Power of Paint, formed the basis of surface-altering "gels" introduced in Portal 2.Both games have received near-universal praise, and have sold millions of copies. The first game was released as part of a three-game compilation, The Orange Box, and though intended as a short bonus feature of the compilation, was instead considered the highlight of the three. Its success led to the creation of the much longer Portal 2, which included both single player and cooperative player modes; it too received mostly positive critical reviews. In addition to the challenging puzzle elements, both games are praised for its dark humor, written by Erik Wolpaw, Chet Faliszek, and Jay Pinkerton, voice work by actors Ellen McLain, Stephen Merchant, and J.K. Simmons, and musical songs by Jonathan Coulton. A number of spin-off media have been developed alongside the games, and several of the game elements have become parts of Internet memes.".
- Portal_(series) thumbnail Portal_logo.png?width=300.
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- Portal_(series) caption "The official logo for the first Portal game.".
- Portal_(series) developer Valve_Corporation.
- Portal_(series) direction "horizontal".
- Portal_(series) firstReleaseDate "2007-10-09".
- Portal_(series) firstReleaseVersion "Portal".
- Portal_(series) footer "Two examples of "flinging" using portals within Portal. On the left, the player has placed portals on the floor of the pit and the wall above; by jumping into the blue one in the pit, they will exit the orange one with the same magnitude of velocity, clearing the pit and landing on the other side. On the right, the player has initially placed the blue portal in the pit and the orange on the wall; after jumping into the blue and exiting the orange , they use the portal gun to place the second blue one on the ledge, gaining more momentum before falling into it and exiting the orange portal with more velocity as to land on the higher platform.".
- Portal_(series) genre Platform_game.
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- Portal_(series) latestReleaseDate "2011-04-19".
- Portal_(series) latestReleaseVersion "Portal 2".
- Portal_(series) platforms "Windows, OS X, Linux, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360".
- Portal_(series) publisher Electronic_Arts.
- Portal_(series) publisher Valve_Corporation.
- Portal_(series) title "Portal".
- Portal_(series) website www.thinkwithportals.com.
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- Portal_(series) yearOfInception "2007".
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- Portal_(series) comment "Portal is a series of puzzle-platformer video games developed by Valve Corporation. Set in the Half-Life universe, the two games in the series, Portal (2007) and Portal 2 (2011), center on a human woman, Chell, forced to undergo a series of tests within the Aperture Science Enrichment Center by a psychotic artificial intelligence computer GLaDOS that controls the facility.".
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- Portal_(series) depiction Portal_logo.png.
- Portal_(series) homepage www.thinkwithportals.com.
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