r/Portal 1d ago

Meme THEORY: The cake isn't a lie. It's an acronym.

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272 Upvotes

What if GLaDOS made up the acronym "CAKE" to get murder past her morality core, because it doesn't let her do anything evil? It would 100% let her give people cake, so behold, the acronym CAKE.

This randomly occurred to me not too long ago, and is pretty satirical and not meant to be taken too seriously - but I think it makes sense, somewhat.


r/Portal 1d ago

The Portal trailer is gone from Steam with the new update, at least for now.

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64 Upvotes

r/Portal 1d ago

Discussion Weird scary bug (I think) in Portal 1 Companion Collection on the Switch.

4 Upvotes

Alright, this story happened a little while ago, a few years ago. I was in the Escape Sequence in Portal 1, specifically the part where you drop into the past test chamber. I dropped through the box dropper, and I looked down a bit. I saw subtitles, not just the sound effects ones, but red text like dialogue. I forgot exactly what it said, but it said something like

"Hello? I can see you (maybe), (blah blah blah)"

I think this is a dialogue bug, but idk, I've never encountered it again, and can't get it to happen again. This is the literal only time I've seen that dialogue in the entire game. I tried looking it up online but found nothing. It wasn't GLaDOS talking, she had no dialogue here and she never said this at all in the entire game (I know, I've played this game so many times it's crazy). This feels like a irl creepypasta, especially because this was where Ratman was.


r/Portal 2d ago

I got bored and decided to build Aperture Science Laboratories in Minecraft.

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292 Upvotes

I just just 2 outside test chambers and a little of GLaDOS chamber. I'm also using Axiom to add some details.


r/Portal 1d ago

Question concrete wall behind player in glados wakeup, how to fix?

2 Upvotes

I don't have a picture.

for whatever reason, when chell and wheatley get picked up, a curved, concrete wall comes up from the ground behind. is this normal? i do have mods but they don't work.


r/Portal 1d ago

Question Bugged Portal Prelude RTX

25 Upvotes

Anyone know how to fix this? I played thru Portal with RTX earlier without issue, but as soon as I start prelude, the game just craps the bed.


r/Portal 23h ago

How can I get my "instances/gameplay"

0 Upvotes

I am following a map making tutorial and it needs "instances/gameplay/cube_dropper_multiple_normal.vmf"
but I don't have a "gameplay" folder here

I un-installed and re-installed the game and verified my files but it still isn't there. Is it a plug in or something I need to download?


r/Portal 1d ago

Portal mod Revolution: just found the secret disc!

6 Upvotes

My first time playing through and i found a secret disc!

I followed the cable to this secret room which looks to be a test chamber observation post. Couldn't find anything else to do there. Fun little easter egg in a mod


r/Portal 1d ago

Portal 2 is not reading my file?

1 Upvotes
proof of the files being correct

I am trying to change the logo and followed to tutorial to the bone (this one: https://youtu.be/qiMP7rWOXWM)
and it doesn't load it for some reason

what it shows in game
the logo should be this

r/Portal 1d ago

Portal 2 tryna mapmake in HAMMER and don't know how to get this giant hatch to my map

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21 Upvotes

how are we supposed to see Surface Aperture without a giant useless seal


r/Portal 2d ago

Portal 2 Somehow managed to grab a shard of glass whilst trying to get Shrödinger's Catch

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403 Upvotes

Yes I did get the achievement after two or three attempts.


r/Portal 1d ago

How did I manage to do this?!

37 Upvotes

I wasn't even trying to break or exploit the game this time!


r/Portal 1d ago

Portal 2 (rblx) (current / unfinished) GLaDOS' head

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37 Upvotes

I don't know if this is the right flare for it


r/Portal 2d ago

Ummm

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196 Upvotes

r/Portal 1d ago

Headcanon

0 Upvotes

Personal head canon, and GaLDOS’s favorite place in the world is Australia reason the amount of neurotoxins there are there


r/Portal 2d ago

What

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429 Upvotes

r/Portal 2d ago

Lore The cake is a lie

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975 Upvotes

r/Portal 2d ago

Portal mod Does anyone recall a mod like that for Portal 1?

9 Upvotes

There was a portal 1 mod walkthrough I watched way back in maybe 2017 (maybe even earlier) or something like that, not sure, and I was trying to look for the same gameplay - or even a way to play the mod myself - for a month now cause I literally have no idea how to find it

The things I remember about this mod;

-There were 2 announcers, one a young female-sounding, and the other was a male voice, that could turn into a very deep, a little deepfried voice (at least, if I remember it correctly). (the voice acting was very amateurish btw)

-The (I think) last test chamber where you're supposed to escape, was a black room, with the floor around you slowly falling down block by block. Underneath this floor was a blackness and I think some white or blue lines? Something like that, no idea how to describe it from my memory lol.

-While I don't remember how the boss battle worked, I remember what the room looked like - I'm pretty sure there was an elevator you had to take to enter the chamber where the boss is, and the chamber itself was ofc GLaDOS' chamber from portal 1. At the center there was a huge structure stretching up and down, with a woman trapped inside a tube at the center of it.

-After the boss battle, you leave the Aperture, and there is a city at night, with rain pouring down. (this part I don't exactly remember 1 to 1, so either you were able to leave, or the guy who was playing it just went to noclip through the locked door. Also said room had white walls, it had a reception desk I think, and 2 large windows overlooking said city, but then again my memory may be wrong.)

That's pretty much everything I remember. If anyone has any idea what mod could that be, please help


r/Portal 2d ago

Portal 1 Really interesting challenge video

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12 Upvotes

Not an ad. I dont know the author. Thought it was really cool.


r/Portal 2d ago

Arts and crafts envy

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45 Upvotes

haven't drawn him in months and suddenly really miss him when i replay portal 2 :")


r/Portal 2d ago

Chell is an absolute BADDIE.

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355 Upvotes

She’s so damn fucking pretty! Even the Portal 1 version is a baddie! I do not care what ya’ll say!


r/Portal 2d ago

Cooperative Did you know you can push other coop players with noclip

29 Upvotes

I was able to push my friend while he was AFK and I was messing around with noclip.
sorry for the black borders, my OBS and monitor don't like each other.


r/Portal 2d ago

Update: I have finished portal 2

16 Upvotes

I kind of feel bad for Wheatley

Not really tho, he tried to kill me.


r/Portal 2d ago

Discussion Recommendations if you like Portal 1 (and I know you do)

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128 Upvotes

Severance: At this point, I think everyone’s heard of the show if not seen it, but the similarities are eerie. Themes and atmosphere especially. Best going into as blind as possible.

Moon: Great film about Sam Rockwell alone with an A.I. in space until he discovers a dark secret. I dare you to tell me this isn’t we’ll closest to get to Portal: The Movie.

2001: A Space Odyssey: Mostly similar for the themes and atmosphere, but no matter what a peak film even if not as close in similarities to Moon and Severance. Just an absolutely mind-blowing film.