Adhesion Gel

Good day! Today, we want to show you our small map that we recreated from a video. This gel was cut from the game. We plan to release the map with VMF.

[@turd2937]

"So the lab boys told me to give you a bit of a heads up before you start walking on the ceiling; Your head is NOT EQUIPPED with proper landing gear like your legs so make sure you don't land face first until we build a safety helmet for that."

[@cadoo]

I can already hear Cave Johnson talking about how he accidentally dropped his lemons on the adhesion gel and can't pick them up to get mad that life gave him lemons...

[@ronanclark2129]

Chell has amazing abs and core body strength

[@mt180extras]

i read the title and completely forgot about the removed portal feature and just thought "isn't that just called glue"

[@tbotalpha8133]

Aperture Science would absolutely sink millions into developing "adhesion gel" and completely forget that glue already exists.

[@DrJoker1623]

The walls are just a suggestion. They all, eventually, will become the floor.

[@haikei888]

Chell's spinal structure is unbreakable

[@TheDevelopmentHive]

Not really.. She has a really unfortunate spinal structure. I saw it laminated in aperture science's main lobby.

[@PsychorGames]

I want to know what workout Chel is doing which gives her such insane ankle and calf strength. And don't say it's the anti-fall boots. Those are just shock absorbers. Chel is standing perpendicular to the wall and her posture is still perfect.

[@TheSilly6403]

She's just built different

[@breafoga]

My girl got that steel core.

[@calluxdoaron1903]

Just remember how much bullets Chell absorbs from random sentries in the test chambers. Our girl is mostly a lead statue now.

[@PsychorGames]

​@@calluxdoaron1903 She's made of something else, I'll tell you that much.

[@intothemindofaidan]

Just imagine the shit Valve would cook up with this

[@lynrayy]

Valve rejected this. Check "developer commentaries" in the game

[@Turgineer]

If this had been in the original Portal 2, the puzzles would have confused me twice as much.

[@CathodeRayKobold]

Portal 2 was perfect, but this would make for a great level pack.

[@MisterChief711]

portal 2 was kindaaa easy

[@IvysChannel-kb9sn]

Portal 1 assets jumpscare at the end

[@aubymori]

i can absolutely see how this would be disorienting such a shame though, this seems like a really cool mechanic with a lot of potential

[@PJBgamer]

On one hand, the puzzle potential for something like this is pretty nuts, and I'm sure some level creators can get decent mileage out of it. On the other hand, while I didn't get motion sick watching this, it gets really hard to tell which way is up or down once your viewpoint turns like that. Teaching this would be a nightmare, and I know lots of people would have hated this. I think Valve made the right choice cutting it from the main game.

[@TheMikirog]

Agreed. Tag, which was a game where the gels come from, had the sticky paint and even with the HUD with an arrow pointing towards ground and a stickman to indicate if you're walking on walls, ceilings and floors, it takes a tiny bit of time to orient yourself in the space. I can only imagine how tedious and frustrating it would be if I also had to survey the puzzle from such a place and figure stuff out. Works much better for a non-speedrun platformer like Tag and not a puzzle game like Portal.

[@wizardsuth]

You should try playing _Descent_ sometime. All directions are relative. There is no up or down because you are flying and not affected by gravity.

[@Monody512]

First time I've seen it green. Adhesion gel is usually depicted as purple in mods.

[@omegahaxors3306]

It's purple in the original game the gels were pulled from

[@TGT30]

@@omegahaxors3306 It’s actually blue in Tag the power of paint.

[@tanybrachid]

Finally an implementation of this that isn't janky AF

[@Dave01Rhodes]

This feels like something Valve would have at least play tested. Nice work.

[@diegozuniga4201]

Actually this was something they were considering for Portal 2 but decided against it because they believed it was too disorienting

[@SunsetBear]

this is an actual testchamber they made, recreated

[@logdoor3546]

Oh my god, is that tone_alley? My favourite soundscape!

[@QberBear]

I could see why the testers complained about this gel, it's very disorienting and messes with my brain lol Regardless a very nice recreation of it

[@mysteryboyee]

i don't, i think the play testers were all a bunch of fucking weak stomached wimps

[@SUPER-RIFT]

I think this could be less disorienting if an arrow were added on the UI pointing toward where the ground is

[@nikoleg_mitrofan]

​@@SUPER-RIFTthen it would have to be a 3d arrow

[@n646n]

@@SUPER-RIFT Just like in Tag.

[@arekrekas213]

yeah, no i do see how somebody could get sick with how the camera can turn on this you can even see the player intentionally looking somewhere else to make the change less puke-worthy

[@HardFighter9933]

the raven holm ambience makes it even more cursed

[@DankPit]

Players experienced disorientation and motion sickness when this feature was being tested. I’m thankful I can handle this surprisingly well. I really wish I could play a portal game with this (and a free camera for when you’re emerging from portals)

[@Cheesemonk3h]

i've never gotten motion sick from playing quake or portal or any sort of hyper fast perspective changing first person shooter. i grew up playing garrys mod ffs. but what makes me instantly motion sick is when first person games take control of the camera and then twist the camera along the view axis. doom 2016 and atomic heart are probably the only two games to ever make me motion sick and its only during cutscenes

[@Issung123]

More people need to play Tag: The Power of Paint

[@Citrussam513]

All will return to Splatoon

[@therealbritlad2537]

This is portal 2 gel physics bitch, you aind finding no squid ink here lil homie

[@somerandomguyintheinternet]

The power of paint is strong in this one

[@conductorjr374]

we need a mod of this PLEASE

[@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196]

@@conductorjr374 p2:ce

[@aj487_real]

Yo that’s so cool! To be honest, I think that Adhesion Gel shouldn’t have been scrapped from Portal 2. It’s literally a cool mechanic that seems to be well worth to mess with.

[@_joey_4744]

I think the problem is that too many of adhesion gel's use cases (such as running up a wall) are overshadowed by propulsion gel.

[@THEGOOD360]

I wish this made the final cut.

[@SonOfMeme]

Now you're thinking with...walls?

[@SoldiesBC]

Portal 3 beta looks great

[@Mintor94]

It's nice to see Portal 1 style elevator at the end. I always liked them more

[@xd3athclawx554]

So I assume you fall once you stop walking on the adhesion gel otherwise you could just walk along the ceiling. I think that it is good this is scrapped from the main game. It would be a nightmare to teach people how it works without a very obvious tutorial (in valve fashion) and would've definitely caused some play testers motion sickness. It is cool and could definitely have some awesome uses in custom levels, but in the main game it was definitely better to be left out.

[@Take22952]

Honestly, I think the adhesion gel should have worked like a ladder or a climbable gate. I would have functioned the same, but the player wouldn’t have the camera rotate.

[@RepugnantWorm]

Extremely creative concept, I love it!

[@timmycelle]

Thats looks very interesting, sadly this gel was cut from the Game. Maybe i could use it for my Maps, who knows 🤷

[@W.2026]

You'd be surprised to see how many great ideas valve scrapped because they didn't please playtesters

[@J8keysObsessions]

Even watching a video of it is disorienting

[@yahiryellow1]

This just made the game all that confusing I luv it

[@Clowner123]

ok so this is Portal 3 Leaks good job good job

[@GimmilFactory]

This has original Prey written all over it.

[@ikagura]

This map looks like P1 but it's P2.

[@wizardsuth]

Um, no. Portal 1 has neither flat black panels nor gels. Non-portalable walls are usually brown and contoured.

[@ikagura]

​@@wizardsuth No, I mean the ambience and presentation of the map compared to Portal 2. It's clear that the beta used many elements of the first (like the elevator at the end).

[@stelscarrot]

Now we need the guy that would do this exact chamber without touching this gel.

[@B0xF0xplays]

where's the immersion gel?

[@SU76M]

Ravenholm ambient sounds😨

[@waffpng5673]

portal 1 elevator

[@Goldenbukkit-ep1vi]

I'd like to suggest adding some visual aid to show which direction is groundwards. Doesn't really work for portal's style but something like a little bit hair covering the camera that is always falling downwards

[@ottootteist]

this looked so good i caught myself on a false memory of playing this and thinking "yeah portal 2 was awesome i loved this chamber" then i saw comments and realised this is a mod, it's so well made :D oh i read some more and apparently it was cut from the game already but still, very nice looking implementation :)

[@timmycelle]

Wasn't the adhesion Gel purple at first?

[@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196]

yes

[@Thad4002]

​@@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196then why did you make it green

[@andre20026]

@@Thad4002 because he wanted to :o

[@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196]

@@Thad4002 this is P2:CE

[@n646n]

@@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196 But it hasn't released yet...

[@therealbritlad2537]

Visually this chamber reminds me of one i made, layout-wise

[@BlackLion-nb8fm]

I'm like that glasses dude saying "Hey, that's pretty good" while watching this video. Cool idea.

[@aaronkelly1912]

Cave John: So you know the laws of physics and gravity and all that baloney? aperture scientist: Well of course. Cave John: We’re going to break them just to get on gods nerves, Scientist: That’s just impossible, how’d you expect we even begin? Cave John: We made a gun that shoots portals onto moon rocks, we can give that mr Neuton fella the biggest and also greatest middle finger he’s ever seen Scientist: This can’t possibly get any worse than it is now Cave John: Also make it out of some spare green paint Dr Rattman:Are you trying to actually drive me insane!

[@burnsy96]

They should have removed the portals too, they get just as disorientating sometimes too

[@WeaselOnaStick]

No way. Create mod super glue

[@chickenfarmer321]

Portal 1 elevator? And why isn't it purple?

[@DigitalBroomstick]

Uhm sex!

[@emanwonkon2205]

I love it so much!!

[@ethosaur]

Portal 2

[@judydodd3673]

Very strong glue

[@epj0211]

So much contempt towards playtesters in this comment section.

[@omegahaxors3306]

I don't blame them for getting confused, they didn't bother to make any kind of indicators on which way was up. Not even a shadow.

[@epj0211]

@@omegahaxors3306From other comments it sounds like motion sickness was the issue, not the lack of spatial awareness.

[@omegahaxors3306]

@@epj0211 where do you think motion sickness comes from?

[@epj0211]

@@omegahaxors3306 🤷

[@texanfoxy3687]

If it's possible, I want the coop test chamber based on that gel

[@denifnaf5874]

Why no purple?

[@deftcoleman0552]

Niiice!

[@GligysterOfficial]

Cool concept

[@nneykobar_hali]

we all wondered... long enough

[@greenberrygk]

Only thing is I believe it was supposed to be purple

[@Woogoo336]

The transitions are very fast. The same logic and animation for orienting the player after going through a portal would improve it.

[@steinkoloss7320]

Isn't that exactly the same transisiton?

[@TheVoiceOfChaos]

Yes

[@yougnomed630]

impossible chamber

[@blueskuII58]

I thought it was supposed to be purple?

[@Rock4896]

This is sweet, have you released the vmf yet?

[@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196]

@@Rock4896 No, this is Portal Community Edition

[@Rock4896]

​@@portal2-abandonedcellsyout196 You wrote you were planning on releasing it in the description :p

[@MrJuliusHibert]

holy shit... I want this ... NOW!!!

[@FishyBoi1337]

That is so cool, I hate that playtesters are such cowards

[@darkryker19]

Can't believe valve didnt add this because normies got motion sick.

[@Gmodmapmaker]

Pսssуs

[@Yesletsgo144]

We could of had this in game but the devs were baby’s and they would get motion sickness somehow

[@_cfmca]

If they cut it, it probably meant a significant amount of the playtesters got motion sick over the devs, and they have a lot of playtesters. Also this very easily causes motion sickness moreso than alot of the stuff in the game as it is so i think they made the right call.

[@Yesletsgo144]

@@_cfmca yes but my point still stands there baby’s from getting motion sickness from your camera turning 90 degrees why didint they get motion sickness in the first game with the portal momentum and somehow they got tramatatized or scared from one of Glados coolest lines

[@DD-rn4gi]

​@@Yesletsgo144calling other people babies while failing to use proper grammar and acting like a selfish baby yourself

[@Yesletsgo144]

@@DD-rn4gi the devs couldn’t handle walking on walls and cellings

[@ponponpatapon9670]

@@Yesletsgo144 other guy: "You are a hypocrite who is acting like a selfish entitled brat, and you can't even use proper grammar" you: "Ermm.... the devs get motion sickness? they're babies, not me? cope and seethe?" average American education L

[@Premium86Slenderman]

That's cool and all, but this Gel removed because of dizziness of playtesters

[@AndyPhu]

so?

[@Take22952]

@@AndyPhuIf you were making a game, would you want your players to put the game down from motion sickness?

[@AndyPhu]

@@Take22952 it was a comment to op for why he posted that.

[@FeralDayASMR]

i got motion sick of this XD

[@Blorckits]

make it white instead

[@Florescentia02]

but thats just conversion gel

[@diegozuniga4201]

WE STILL ARE MADE OF GREED

[@mRhea]

walking lacks dynamism i dont think that this concept can be dynamic and fluid

[@Damon_Blue]

Ok, so this is very cool, but I'm afraid watching this made me a bit motion sick. Sorry 'bout that, my body just isn't good at handling stuff like this.

[@riffmond]

and that is why it was cut from the game