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16 May

Portal Stories: VR - OUT NOW!!!

Hey Everyone!

We're incredibly excited to announce that we just released Portal Stories: VR!
It is a brand new mini story set in the Portal Universe. It features 10 brand new puzzles, specifically designed to work using the 360 degrees room scale that SteamVR offers.
Inside Aperture, you'll be able to use the new "Aperture Science Instant Teleportation Device" and the "Aperture Science Apparatus Retrieval Tool" to solve the new tests.

Powered by Unreal Engine 4, Portal Stories: VR gives the Aperture Science facility a whole fresh look. With new models, textures, particles and more!

An HTC Vive Headset is required in order to play.

Download Portal Stories: VR for free now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/446750/

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16 May

We're hosting an AMA!

Hey everyone,

We're doing an AMA on Reddit!
If you have any questions about the game and its development, feel free to ask it over at Reddit!
Click here to ask us anything!

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About This Game

Portal Stories: Mel is a community made, free modification for Portal 2 based in the Portal universe.
It tells the story of Mel, who meets a new personality core and faces an undiscovered threat to the Aperture facility.

1952, in the early years of Aperture: Science Innovators, Cave Johnson’s scientists experimented with whatever they wanted. Not everything worked as it should have though, but that wasn't going to get in the way of the progress of Science! Mel unfortunately took part in a faulty test called the Aperture: Science Innovators Short-Term Relaxation Vault, falling asleep for years. When she finally wakes, there is a fake Cave Johnson telling her she needs to escape the facility and a new device called the Aperture Handheld Portal Device, her mind races with questions. “Who is this imposter Cave Johnson?” “What happened to the facility and its staff?”

"What happened to me?"

Main Features

22 levels, with an estimated gameplay time of ~6-10 hours
Custom Story with 350 separate in-game voicelines
Over an hour of custom music with the Free soundtrack included
Huge amount of custom assets
27 steam achievements
Standalone mod (You do not need Portal 2 installed to play)
Free to Play (You must own Portal 2)
Logic based puzzles, not execution based puzzles

FAQ:

How do I play this game?
Go to the steam store page http://store.steampowered.com/app/317400/ and click the "Play Game" button.

Why is this game not available in ?
The translation for our mod has been done by volunteers only. For some of the languages we couldn't find people, or translations weren't ready for release.

I wanna help out with translating this mod into ?
Sent us an e-mail at support [at] portalstories [dot] com

What do I need to install Portal Stories: Mel?
You need to OWN a copy of Portal 2 on your Steam account in order to be able to play the mod.
You DO NOT need to have Portal 2 installed.

Are there plans for another Portal Stories?
No current plans, we just finished working on Mel!

This test is too hard! Help please!
Here's a youtube Playlist of the entire mod, it should help you solve your puzzle!
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLBKwAJ6r70uMuE8229BgwEcgAuryYQW9Q

Where can I download the soundtrack?
The mod will be shipping with the soundtrack!
It's in Steam/steamapps/common/Portal Stories Mel/Soundtrack
We will be making it available on iTunes soon as well!

I wanna donate some money!
Due to licensing we cannot accept payments.
Instead, consider donating to a charity!
Extra Life: http://www.extra-life.org/
Child's play: http://childsplaycharity.org/

Can I use your music whilst doing a video on Portal Stories?
Yeah! Our music will be released under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0.
So, you can keep the music on whilst playing!

Get ready for an incredible adventure taking place in the gap between Portal 1 and Portal 2 with Portal Stories: Mel.

System Requirements

Windows

Mac OS X

SteamOS + Linux

Minimum:

OS: Windows 8.1/Windows 7 / Vista / XP
Processor: 3.0 GHz P4, Dual Core 2.0 (or higher) or AMD64X2 (or higher)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher
DirectX: Version 9.0c
Storage: 11 GB available space
Sound Card: DirectX 9.0c compatible

Minimum:

OS: MAC OS X 10.6.7 or higher
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: ATI Radeon 2400 or higher / NVIDIA 8600M or higher / Intel HD Graphics 3000 or higher
Storage: 11 GB available space

Minimum:

OS: Ubuntu 12.04
Processor: Dual core from Intel or AMD at 2.8 GHz
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Graphics: nVidia GeForce 8600/9600GT, ATI/AMD Radeon HD2600/3600 (Graphic Drivers: nVidia 310, AMD 12.11), OpenGL 2.1
Storage: 11 GB available space
Sound Card: OpenAL Compatible Sound Card

Portal Stories: Mel is a modification for Portal 2 created by a team of fans of Portal 2.
We are not related to Valve Software. Valve did not develop this game, and as such is not an official game by Valve nor endorsed by them. The game takes place in a world initially created by Valve and as such, we do not claim to own any of the IP, including, but not limiting to Personality Core, Aperture Science, Gels, Portal, and other game content initially featured in previous Valve games, including but not limited to Portal 2, Portal, Half Life 2, Left 4 Dead 2 etc.

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Posted: 9 August

This mod is much more puzzling then Portal and Portal 2 combined and includes new characters.

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Posted: 8 August

Super high-quality mod. The story was unique and inventive, the characters were pretty well done, and the tie-in to the main game was likewise creative and well done. Some of the puzzles were difficult, but the pace ran just right, and I was able to solve them all without getting too stuck. The only complaint I have about this mod is that they relied a few too many times on the "find the portal-able surface to get to the next place" routine, without making it obvious enough every time where the next portal-able surface was. I spent too much time wondering "where am I supposed to put a portal?" It's a relatively small complaint, as these parts didn't hold me up for long, either..

And the thing is free. They could've charged a few bucks for this and I'd have considered it worth it. It's about as close as you can come to playing Portal 2 without playing Portal 2, but it has its own unique story, characters, and even some custom models. Definitely get this if you already have Portal 2. If it's not installed, I'd say this is worth the reinstall. It was pretty good.

For the curious: I have 5.1 hours on record after finishing this (And I did leave it open for at least a few minutes a couple times). You may take longer, or finish faster than I did, but it's at least a ballpark estimate of how long this takes to finish. That said, I haven't looked at "Advanced Mode" yet. No idea what that is.

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Posted: 8 August

Far and away one of the best mods you can get for Portal 2. Great voice acting, genius level design, if you are thinking about getting it, think no more. It's free.

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Posted: 7 August

Pros: Very well made puzzles
Lots of gameplay
Good voice acting
Pleasant story.

Cons: None that I can think of.

Overall I really enjoyed the game. If you are a fan of the Portal series, you basically can't not like this game. Free as it is, it is definitely a game worth playing.

8.5/10

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Posted: 7 August

Best unofficial DLC.
Portal 1.5

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Posted: 7 August

Portal 2.
New Game+ Edition.
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So this is a mod for Portal 2, except it's so big that it couldn't fit in the Workshop, no, they put it in the store.
It's free, and if you liked Portal 2, it has several brand new puzzles and a pretty good story that supposedly accidentally starts the story of Portal 2. If you liked Portal 1, buy Portal 2 and this and play both.

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Posted: 7 August

10/10 wuld die by water again

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Posted: 6 August

Better than Portal 2.

MUCH better. Rooms are harder, story is well written, there is love in game making. I'm amazed.

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Posted: 6 August

♥♥♥♥

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Posted: 6 August

It is amazing. I played a lot of it on my old computer. This is a great challenge for people who have beat the game multipul times.

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Most Helpful Reviews In the past 30 days

Sir-Smoke-A-Lot

656 products in account

11 reviews

Posted: 16 July

More challenging than Portal 1 and 2 combined, and it should cost something, because it's about as good as them too.

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MakapoH

472 products in account

6 reviews

Posted: 20 July

Great game!(too good to be just a mod)

Btw soundtrack should have a price, cuz i really want to support your work.

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shlam

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15 reviews

Posted: 18 July

Deserves all the praise it is getting. Fantasitc game. My only gripe is that it is basically the same puzzle type for the entirety of the game. Get to the end > then find a way to bring your companion cube with you. Portal is a bit more diverse than this, but even still that is not really a drawback. This is basically Portal 3 and it is far harder than the original titles (this is a good thing).

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Jötunn

133 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 31 July

Probably one of the best unofficial DLC stories I have ever played. 20/10 will be recommending to other friends. Kicking myself that I never even knew this existed until today.

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Grinsekotze

6 products in account

1 review

Posted: 27 July

This mod is absolutely wonderful if you are ready to face some frustration when you can't solve a puzzle.

The bossfight is probably the worst in gaming history, though. You are not battling the game, you are battling the phsics engine, which keeps ♥♥♥♥ing up your game. That is only the final boss, the rest of the game is superb.

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Squidys noows

15 products in account

3 reviews

Posted: 17 July

This is easily one of the best games I have ever played. Both portal 1 and 2 has had a huge impact on me and my favorite games and I can say that I count this as a valve made portal game. Not gonna lie. It is very confusing. That made me have to watch harry101uk's play through a couple of times to advance in the story. But after you beat the game, some aspects in test chambers are made easier. like instead of 7 steps to complete one chamber it is reduced to 5 in some chambers. I have had to play it again, and i am now going to play portal over again. (SPOILER ALERT) it changes everything if you count it as a portal game.

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Lehelovics Lóri

150 products in account

13 reviews

Posted: 21 July

It is so good, I thought Valve created it.

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Milkman

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6 reviews

Posted: 18 July

Very good. Some of the levels are really hard, but I enjoy hard games :D

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kWING01

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1 review

Posted: 1 August

Portal Stories Mel Take's Place Befor Portal 2.
PSM 'Short For Portal Stories Mel' Is a Puzzle game that you really puts your mind to the test
so if you are in to solving hard tests then you my friend are in for a fun time
it took some time to develop but we did it
will Mel and Virgil deactivate Aegis and get to the outside world to safety or will mel be stuck in aperture science facility
that all lies in your hands have fun and remember.
The Cake Is Aways A Lie

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JoeHub

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40 reviews

Posted: 12 July

This is the Cadillac of Mods.

Portal Stories: Mel clocks in at 8ish hours, making it a full campaign. The puzzles are devilishly hard, the story engaging. Provided you own Portal 2, it's free. Even if you don't, the price of Portal 2 is worth it to play this excellent mod.

It isn't without fault - signposting is a little lacking, the humour hit-and-miss - but these are incredibly minor flaws considering you're getting the whole package for the princely sum of zero £/$/whatever.

You have no excuse not to give this one a go.

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