Portal's Weird Beta Maps

[@OssyFlawol]

Covid's been kicking my ass as of the past few days, but I managed to get this video done for y'all to enjoy - enjoy a nearly 20 minute long video on some funky Portal beta maps :) Also, doing a sequel to this video of weird Portal 2 beta maps is impossible, since I already covered all the beta maps we do have when some of them leaked a few months ago.

[@CptDoot]

gl man, i remember in 2020 or something my brother had to quarantine for like 2 months in his room.

[@CubeAtlantic]

stay rested broski i didn't even you had COVID tbqh on the optimistic side you can enjoy clips, & bizzare recreations of Portal online :D

[@funnycat306]

good

[@staryoshi06]

Hope you'll recover ok :(

[@funnycat306]

I hope you dont recover :)

[@hy3cinth]

1:04 how dare you, this sound triggers my muscle memory to open discord

[@whydoyouexist]

pain.mp4

[@JuniorMC710]

Same

[@GeneraliskYT]

Good thing I was on my phone.

[@nextbot_478c2]

did it too

[@StormBurnX]

There's a couple other things like this (1:51 for example) I have no idea how they managed to mix up system sound and mic feed in the recording but the fact that they either didn't catch it or didn't care during editing is... disappointing lol

[@DaRealBruner]

Seeing skyboxes in Portal is super weird. Yes, i know, the ending.

[@mugston]

No wonder you never go outside in the final game (except the ending)

[@DaRealBruner]

@GoTi4No Well that's the exception I guess. But I mean still.

[@PurpleColonel]

That's hardly even a sky box tbh

[@WohaoG]

@@DaRealBruner you can't place portals in the ending

[@MisterJohnDoe]

If I remember correctly, it wasn't even a real skybox. Just a giant room with a sky texture on the walls and ceiling.

[@Equalisys]

1:09 Fun fact this "elevator" level is actually used in the game, not as a real level but as a part of the level. In the Hammer Editor (map editor for portal, portal 2, gmod, half-life, etc..) you can use what are called instances: these instances are basically just maps that you integrate in other maps and this map was probably used as an instance

[@kapsacek]

That "YOU WIN" text is funny. It really reminds me of the infamous win screen from BIG RIGS: Over The Road Racing :D

[@CanularRadio]

yessss I forgot from where I knew it. Wanted to download it a few days ago XD

[@DaRealBruner]

*YOU'RE WINNER !*

[@gudmansal3468]

YOU'RE WINNER !

[@Ryuu-senpai]

or the winner is you!

[@wolfcl0ck]

You might have the Beta maps but just you wait until the GAMMA maps come out

[@farawaygaming_]

Sigma maps

[@Enderia2]

@@farawaygaming_ *delta

[@KRUSH-R]

@@Enderia2 Alpha*

[@KRUSH-R]

You're not the only one that can get around.

[@wolfcl0ck]

@@KRUSH-R You've so much to learn

[@Cukooj]

I’m just trying to imagine a version where after beating Glados you just teleport to a room that says “you win.” Seems very rewarding.

[@thatwardrobeguy]

i love how the combine in beta portal have localized teleportation via the portal gun, yet still choose not to kill off humanity

[@Oden-gp8xu]

2:23 I’m honestly a bit surprised to see they would have tested something like this so extensively, since it’s such a small and seemingly easy to miss detail in HL2

[@Neonhorn]

The Combine APC was once meant to be drivable in HL2, so there's probably just still some broken logic attached to it. I've also noticed some styleguides and zoos before have been just simply cut/cordoned off from full maps before leaving things in the void. Both Portal betas are quite interesting, hell I'm interested in every game that came from the Orange Box and it's sequels. Even knowing this stuff already, it's fun to see it again and get refreshed on it.

[@MisterJohnDoe]

During the first chapter where you see APCs driving outside, you can enter them too if you get down without dying but with the same results.

[@ashlaskash]

7:40 I misheard this as "incredibly early versions of the Cuban buttocks"

[@somuchstonk_archive]

LOL WAIT

[@denryaron6238]

I heard "human buttocks" and had to scroll back a couple of times

[@_GhostMiner]

Lmfao

[@Stonesplashed]

lmao

[@mauretaniafan1133]

Thanks for ruining it!

[@SiriusCygnus]

I like how alot of the beta maps give me the same vibes as underground aperture in portal 2

[@computer_dude]

15:55 The last BTS styleguide map actually looks really good in the lighting sense! I love the orange, retro and dim light bulbs showcasing the industrial metal structure and painted signalling around theses spaces, much like an actual factory. I kinda wish they used this instead of the white lights in the original escape sequence, because this brings in a crushing atmosphere, much like it should be transmiting.

[@AngryTrafficCone]

I agree lol

[@TheRideGaming]

Hell nah BTS made Portal?? 🤢🤮🗑🚮

[@cat_of_spades6774]

@@TheRideGaming BTS stands for Behind The Scenes in this instance.

[@zai-tm]

@@cat_of_spades6774 Do you know what a "sarcasm" is?

[@AlfredoSauce69]

You know a video’s good when the first 2 seconds are “[insert videogame] is a game, shockingly”

[@f40ph88]

The collection of vents in the void may have been a prefab to copy sections of to fit other rooms

[@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn]

No it was gertie freemont My original character approved by valve, Helping chell through the chambers. Hes also doug rattmans bf. This is totally real and legit. Also hl3 will be real in 2 days

[@axolotlonzo2683]

​@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 2 days where is hl3

[@Fortniteballsfunny]

@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 2 months where is hl3

[@contippets]

@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 6 months WHERE IS IT BROWO

[@stevusbrevus4362]

​@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthnit has been 8 months where is hl3

[@bettercallsolman]

"oh there's lots of room here..."

[@ScottieTheFox]

hearing about liquid portals and then seeing it function is the most bizarre thing ive ever seen for this game

[@TheCarson116]

It's an interesting concept for sure, & one that I think would be (also) interesting to see in a mod since Valve never made use of them.

[@canalbadansaziosoli]

1:04 this thing really got me

[@OldRobloxRedux]

same

[@MasterSwordRemix]

These deep dives are fascinating. I'd love to see a video about all the strange retcons from Portal 1 to 2 like how all elevators are different, how the rocket turret totally disappears, the aesthetic of the original Aperture backrooms being abandoned, etc. I know it mostly comes down to new art direction but to me, the two games never quite felt connected, ya know?

[@TheCarson116]

Yeah: to be honest there's something about Portal 1's art style that makes me like it more than Portal 2 (maybe because the game itself came out in the era of "classic" Source games, where textures & the like were still delightfully 2000s, compared to later Source games like Portal where everything got _much_ more clean-looking/detailed/polished & somewhat-uninteresting as a result (especially since a lot more things seem interactable with in Portal than Portal 2 even if they actually aren't for some reason). I believe the sounds heard in Portal 1 are sometimes better than Portal 2's too (especially since some of them come from Half-Life 2, another 2000s-era Source game (& thus another "classic" one).

[@NeonKrystals]

I can watch this all day! 13 year old Krystal would have LOST IT watching this! I used to be a HUGE portal fan

[@CornbreadFish]

I did not expect a music artist to appear here

[@NeonKrystals]

@ 💖💖💖

[@Pacca64]

We actually do have the code for Trigger_Portal, surprisingly! It's dummied out in the officially released Source SDK, alongside all the other dummied out Half Life 2 stuff! It can be pretty easily reenabled and used in mods. It's basically a trigger_teleport, but it also takes into account relative position and momentum. It's a really cool entity for not just faking portals, but also for seamless transitions and smooth feeling teleports as well! I tried to make a mod awhile back with a 'portal gun' that simply relocated those brush entities around the map. Worked surprisingly well, though they're not nearly as advanced as regular portals and will clip the player into geometry if not placed with care. Still really cool that we have that.

[@n646n]

Do you still have the mod? I'd love to try it

[@Pacca64]

@@n646nUnfortunately I lost most of the content for it awhile back when my laptop died, though I still have the source code.

[@Padgriffin]

These are super cool- the “You Win” in devtext_01 is weirdly funny to me, for some reason. Hope you get well soon, Ossy. Keep it up.

[@aomregcik]

Hearing someone explain what a cycler_flex is music to my ears, I like exploring source and beta source sometimes

[@chairdog]

Such a cool and interesting video! So wild to be able to know this much about the background of a games development and creation

[@Sillybob_]

"Portal is a game, shockingly." -Ossy Flawol, 2022

[@WonderlandWarGaming]

13:11 Interestingly enough you can see the gears in the Portal trailer, specifically in the first bts clip.

[@palcsoke]

I feel so understood. Valve games always had this weird vibe to them and dedicating videos to the weird aspects especially is so endlessly intriguing

[@Кикидук]

That was so interesting! As a portal fan, and a hammer maps creator it gave me inspiration to work at my stuff!

[@Quesbe]

The subtitles in this video are really good, that's a nice thing to see :D

[@BonnibelVA]

Awesome video!!! its always sick learning new stuff about my fave games!

[@missingtexturez]

I think test_fling was referenced in one of the portal 2 extras in the long fall boots ad, mainly the lower part but the test subject did happen to do the course in reverse because cave said "just try to fall"

[@Technicolor_geek]

for real the tall room with a ton of platforms is so unique too wish it was a chamber.

[@lololghi7909]

1:05 discord ping lol. Nice video though!

[@ScottTracyScotistheHedgehog]

7:18 Are these the actual Portal x06 particles?!?

[@kazumazoomer3548]

That discord notification in the video scared the crap out of me

[@officialMXH]

IM ABOUT TO GO TO SLEEP BUT ILL WATCH THIS WHEN I WAKE UP!! GOOD TO SEE PORTAL CONTENT IN 2022! ALSO DAMN 1 HOUR AGO

[@ProGamer-lk9qw]

Wake up you've been in a coma for 10 years Portal 3's already out and Obama jr. ran for office

[@2048Megabytes.]

the idea of a combine themed or controlled portal game is actually really cool

[@MellowedGrooves]

1:05 discord sound.

[@LB_]

That got me too, even though I always disable Discord sounds

[@suroguner]

SHUT OFF DISCORD NOTOFICATIONS WHEN RECORDING AUDIO!!!!!!!

[@IAmUnderscore]

chill

[@suroguner]

@@IAmUnderscore Too many youtubers in the past forget about that notification noise and don't seem to do anything about it without a freakout.

[@SiIIy_]

My fucking god calm down

[@EvilNeuro]

@@surogunerkeep the discord sounds in videos. It gets people to rewind which increases watch time + more comments which means KZbin will see it as a more interacted video

[@suroguner]

@@EvilNeuro It's dishonest, and annoying especially when I have discord open in another tab.

[@Rissoe_Really]

1:04 had me thinking my friend who is ignoring me rn finally realized i was trying to get his attention

[@ILikeCornYouKnow]

Point Camera seems to have been used in Portal 2 for Wheatley

[@ashisharky]

"Portal is a game" had "where are your fingers?" Energy I stg

[@racer927]

3:36 Goes back to the days of Quiver/Alpha Half-Life when they were testing and showing off skeletal animations for their game engine. There was a similar room where you could shoot entities to show off different animations.

[@mintydevil7982]

"Portal is a game, shockingly" top quotes of all time

[@bendusolos9699]

Thats Odd and Creepy Seeing Flotating Decayed Corpses in that strange acid or water in portal but due to the artistic and layout choices during 2005 is understandable

[@_comment]

1:05 thanks for the discord beep.

[@ZaccoOfficial]

The more in-development facts about video games (especially source games) that I can get the better.

[@TheCarson116]

Thanks for making this video: been largely confused on Portal's seemingly complex-as-heck development history (including since VNN leaked Portal: Project Beta quite a few years back, which is also right when he made his 2nd video on Portal's development history (everyone also thought that said mod was legit Portal beta stuff directly from Valve too, which didn't help matters), & while I still kinda am & hope that other people do their part in explaining it all (including The Cutting Room Floor not only continuing to update their pages on Portal but also determining if Project Beta's assets are indeed legit Valve ones), I appreciate your efforts in trying to explain at least some of it to someone like me. P.S. You have _got_ to be one of _the_ least-thickest-accented Australians I've _ever_ heard (no offense: I just find that kinda amusing).

[@axmoylotl]

imagine you wake up and your stuck in portal beta rooms

[@_GhostMiner]

*You're

[@axmoylotl]

@@_GhostMiner wrong

[@remyrichardson8614]

"Portal is a game." -Ossy Flawol, 2022

[@FantasmaNaranja]

1:05 that's just evil

[@redstonerelic]

Legit went and checked before I realized lol

[@FrenchFryCheese04]

Fucking cope

[@microcult]

The lighting on the goo in zoo_testarea is remarkable...

[@Frying1Pans]

HOLY FUCK 6:40 OSSY THE BETA OF PORTAL WAS DARK AND GRIDDY!!!

[@fahnkymuncke7439]

griddy heheha

[@fahnkymuncke7439]

@@CreepyboomGamer valve software, you betta be scared

[@Wyte_Knight]

3:10 The ability to "drive" the APC is not that weird, because you actually can in released Half Life 2. All of the APCs who are accessible without glitching or using noclip are "locked" with a function, but some of the inacessible APCs aren't locked and you can get in. It cause the exact same glitch, because the ability to drive the APC is a cut feature.

[@Calvin_McMurray]

this channel is underrated

[@MisterJohnDoe]

I like the idea of Portal being remade with the Combine art style. Of course, those turrets are already identical to each other in terms of function.

[@Blap7]

1:04 discord jumpscare

[@Your_Average_Stickman_WasTaken]

When talking about weird portal beta maps you gotta include Exit_test

[@rehpiC_lliB]

Portal is a game, shockingly

[@realgptv01]

It's not an Ossy Flawol video without "Hey everyone, the name's Ossy Flawol."

[@TinyDeskEngineer]

Wait, the shotgun soldier skins were added in _Episode 2?_

[@akeem2983]

Yep. But when the Orange Box was released, they were retroactively added to the HL2 and EP1 as well, along with ghaphics and physics improvements

[@TS_Mind_Swept]

I wouldn't say the older versions of things are 'wrong' so much as 'part of the process'; neat to see how things developed over time

[@gershuneve]

3:15 the apc is in the final build of Half-Life 2, and is in the 4th level of point insertion. you could still get in it. a

[@hunlepto2239]

Only in some mods. In the normal Half-Life 2, they're locked.

[@marlonb1852]

​@@hunlepto2239 no as far as i know, many inaccessible APCs are like this, because i guess they didn't bother to change them

[@riskybicky8335]

Love the that most replayed bit is when the discord notification sound plays. We all looked at our discord. it was all a negatory, but we still wanted to believe. Stay strong brothers.

[@soup9242]

Man, Old Aperture is a lot weirder than the game showed.

[@TheKnewGreg]

The reason bonus_longjump measures in yards is because hammer units are based on inches, unlike just about every other engine which is based on meters

[@DeltaDoesGarbaj]

"portal is a game, shockingly" *chef's kiss*

[@Fatih_M177]

Zoo_test area honestly reminds me of portal 2 a lot, i wonder if this is what inspired some portal 2 map makers

[@KillerPopChilly]

ok you got me in "portal is a game that is made"

[@D4rkNFS]

2:18 If they are from editorbuild, They are not last edited date, despite valve recompiled hammer regularly and always used latest compiled build of hammer. The day specified in vmf files are only editor build, and what editor build means: Hammer compilation date if I am right. And that editorbuild line in hammer vmf is only in which hammer build map was saved. And editorbuild buildnumber is day, and if you add [EDITORBUILD] days after 24 October 1996, you will get editorbuild date.

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

4:15 I like to imagine this could've meant these were 4 other citadels that the combine had on other worlds

[@SiIIy_]

No it’s just separate citadel models for how close to the citadel you were in half life 2

[@I_Am_Transcendentem]

​@@SiIIy_ I said.. I like to IMAGINE

[@VerseArchiver]

liquidportal_test = portal backrooms

[@BobTheMartin]

This is so cool to see Correct me if I'm wrong, but the enterable useless APC appeared in vanilla HL2 too

[@lambdacore4127]

The drivable apc is from half life 2 you can see that apc in the beggining of the game when you are running away from cops from the roofs and you can see that there is a apc and you press e to it you try to drive it

[@calebbowen6406]

i remember thinking baking ment they threw their pc in the oven and baked the pc to bake the level

[@rockpie.iso.tar.bz2]

" _Portal_ is a game, shockingly" Oh my god i went my whole life somehow not knowing this, i am so dumb.

[@KennyMccormick945]

Fun fact I know:the cubes at the zoo_testarea are ripped from darbacular drop +the buttons

[@GnatWasJulian]

It's been said billions of times before, but the 2005. Portal beta maps feel like a weird blend of Beta Half-Life 2's old gravity gun design paired up with Nova Prospect - like level setting.

[@defectivenull]

yeah you really didn't need to cover the zoo maps

[@ger_weet]

13:55 They didn't spell Laboratories right! They spelled it: "Labratories."

[@jelmerterburg3588]

Lab-rat-ories... maybe it was spelled correctly after all :P

[@tsrenis]

1:04 capturing desktop and mic sound instead of just mic lol

[@CubeAtlantic]

these are so high-quality, & clear! ✅

[@MatiEP09]

why didn't you cover the ending where you escape from aperture after getting the batteries

[@OssyFlawol]

it's not a *weird* beta map, its just a beta map.

[@MatiEP09]

@@OssyFlawol Well, i guess that’s true, fair enough

[@bush2137]

Would love to see this same concept but with p2

[@MisterJohnDoe]

Weren't the cube dropper ragdolls used in the final chapter where you break out one of them?

[@0DRONZER]

idk why but my little sister finds the "ERROR" model clipping through the wall and the you win model from that other level super funny lol

[@martinlumsdon6946]

theory/thought: Portal was originally hl2 dlc until valve had seen potential and put it on the back burner for another game. Maybe why there's so many references to hl in portal

[@randomazzy11]

1:25 song name pls

[@sedgaminggames1930]

"subject name here"

[@randomazzy11]

@@sedgaminggames1930 tysm

[@cheesestick85boiiiiiiiiiiOLD]

man we do really need more early non-read only portal 2 textures, maps, etc including more portal 1 stuff (WE NEED ALL, INCLUDING ALL BETA BUILDS OF BOTH PORTAL GAMES, AND THEY SHOULD BE THE REAL VERSIONS)

[@hl2betafan]

0:02 correct!

[@HaxxorElite]

Its the portal draggy!

[@CodytheDeer]

The thumbnail does that weird wiggling thing when scrolling on the homepage. I wonder if this was intentional

[@AlexanderTheOrdinary]

Discord ping at 1:05

[@natsuki1327]

0:01 this is your daily dose of internet

[@Coburn64]

Great video, although if I may ask, what's the music that you used in this video? It sounds really nice and ambient.

[@JG24Billy]

Pretty sure it’s music from portal

[@Lemodanee]

im so desesperate for messages sthat i tough the notification sound from 1:05 was in my pc..

[@yt_user1772]

Great video! :D

[@elllieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee]

1:09 why would you include the discord notification you monster

[@DrPeeper]

Where he gets all of those?

[@SquidLing]

1:07 discord sound

[@tiggerbiggo]

In future please try to remove social media sounds like the discord ping at around 1:03 .