The team that worked on this sequel expanded to around thirty to forty people compared to the odd ten or so who worked on the first. įour years later on Apr 19, 2011, Portal 2 was released as Portal's sequel.
Portal went on to become 'acclaimed as one of the most original games of 2007.' According to Wikipedia, over four million copies have been sold since release, excluding Steam sales. to lead the player through the tests, and eventually the A.I. The team quickly ended up creating an A.I. Originally the game had no narrative, but play tester feedback encouraged the team to then add a story. Only about ten people worked on Portal, and it took two years to finish. The team went on to turn the project into Portal.
Gabe Newell, the president of Valve, subsequently hired the students of this game. Its sequel, Portal 2, was released in 2011.īefore Portal there was Narbacular Drop, a free game created by students of the DigiPen Institute of Technology. Portal is a first-person puzzle-platform video game released in 2007 by Valve Corporation to near-universal acclaim.
