It’s extremely unlikely that we’ll see a brand new Portal recreation anytime quickly from sequence creators Valve. However now you possibly can create your individual Portal 3 in a spot I didn’t anticipate: Minecraft. Or you possibly can play by means of 50 pre-made Portal 2 puzzles by way of a newly launched Minecraft mod.
On August 22, a bunch of 20+ modders and fan devs launched Portal: Java Version, a free remake of Valve’s 2011 first-person puzzler constructed solely in vanilla Minecraft utilizing useful resource and knowledge packs. That technically means the undertaking, which is free to obtain now on PC, doesn’t use any “mods,” although the creators do embrace additional third-party mods that assist with optimization. And also you’ll doubtless need to set up these in case you plan to play. This rebuilt model of Portal 2 in Minecraft is pushing the Java model of the favored crafting recreation laborious, and it might chug on even beefy PCs with out the additional mods.
In keeping with the group behind it, Portal: Java Version began improvement in 2020 and has taken roughly 5 years to finish. The mod contains all of the mechanics and options from Portal 2, together with portals (after all), lasers, mild bridges, and mobility gels. The undertaking is transport with 50 ranges unfold throughout eight map packs. And in case you burn by means of all of these, effectively, don’t fear, you can also make some extra, due to the included degree editor. The extent editor must be fairly straightforward to make use of for Minecraft vets, because it appears to operate identical to constructing the rest in Mojang’s crafting recreation, simply with extra huge purple buttons and companion cubes.
To play Portal: Java Version, you’ll must personal Minecraft: Java Version on PC after which obtain the undertaking’s recordsdata from GitHub. I needed to obtain an older model of Minecraft to get Portal working within the recreation, however that’s not too laborious and is totally supported by the official Minecraft launcher. As soon as extra individuals are enjoying this and constructing ranges in it, I anticipate to replay Doom’s E1M1 and the primary degree of Tremendous Mario Bros. within the close to future.
