What if Portals could be Placed in the Air?

I made a mod that lets you place portals mid-air. This is one of the simplest yet most fun projects I've ever worked on.
This mod is available on Spplice: p2r3.com/spplice
Thanks to dustyhobo for the amazing music, and thank you for watching.
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Tracks used in order:
- / shortontimesav
- / stars
- / half
- / flip-to-side-b
- / depths
- / from-you
- / moon
- / dhma-v2

[@PortalRunner]

Yes, you can play this yourself. Here you go: www.p2r3.com/spplice If you like what you see, I'd appreciate if you subscribed. I'll let you know when more cool stuff is out.

[@Alloy_Dreemurr]

balls

[@dustyhob0]

OMG Thank You so much for this Runner person you are so cool and handsome and amazing :D

[@angelinamckeown9909]

I’m gonna have a lot of fun with this!

[@cameronmatty9192]

yo when i try and start the mod it says it isn't working. if you don't mind could you try to help?

[@PortalRunner]

@@cameronmatty9192 I’ll need more info, feel free to join the Discord server linked in the description and ask there.

[@Krzyhau]

Obviously, the mod itself is insane, and so is polishing gameplay concepts around it. But the gameplay here is stupidly creative, too. I love how it's not just trying to finish levels, and gameplay mechanic is even used in innovative ways at some points.

[@user-z5jg3ce1j]

guys, something is wrong with my portal gun

[@grubasekpl9254]

We got triple laser on the n64, now we need it in portal 1

[@aperturegamingrobot273]

quadruple laser

[@mertdemirhan544]

i swear we gotta get a video of this

[@Chloedasher]

Remember that mid wherr you can pickup the portals Please please

[@dustyhob0]

Portal Placement ACTUALLY Never Fail

[@SomeRandomPerson_IDK]

Pov: neverfail actually makes the portal never fail

[@ginqus]

Well, except surfaces

[@gingerphoenix10]

Portal placement only fail on wall

[@gingerphoenix10]

(Best cvar btw)

[@thisbox]

If there was an entire custom campaign for this concept - I would be up for playing it.

[@stanleybochenek1862]

Me too

[@sacrificiallamb4568]

I think it would have to be a bit like a Skate game.

[@Roxor128]

If something like the portal gun were real, this might be closer to what it would be like than the normal game. An actual portal gun might very well produce spherical portals, and being able to put those anywhere might be what actually happens.

[@bluescience9022]

yeah it would be awsome but i think istead of shooting you have to put the location into the device and reality will bend to that location it would be interesting

[@jfWm_Py.-41-dVsVTISy6g5x.W3--U]

spherical portals would distort everything that comes though them because of the difference between the «input» surface and the «output» one

[@Roxor128]

@@jfWm_Py.-41-dVsVTISy6g5x.W3--U Indeed! Would probably be much cooler-looking than flat ones.

[@mithril5869]

They are not spherical, they are holes, a 3d hole appears spherical because it is a circle when perceived from any angle

[@zawarudo497]

I really wanna see a TAS of this now

[@xxGreenRoblox]

we need that

[@Con-np9yx]

actually, there already are a few. they're all from exclusive vip members who got it early, though

[@arftrooper2057]

I’d kill for a mod that cleans up and adds collisions to the open areas in portal 2, then gives you this thing with the added ability of scroll wheel controlling the portal placement distance. Just to have a sandbox that you could play with this in would be so much fun

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

17:23 You can do this in the regular game with good placement of portals, it won't softlock you but it can be inconsistent when jumping out

[@redstonewolfx]

I can barely remember which portal to place next when I’m chaining portals, this level of coordination is wild

[@Kattail_]

This would genuinely be a really sick platformer concept, I adore the idea of a speed game where you have to figure out how to move your portals around to fling across entire rooms

[@Frognungun]

the scroll wheel should control how far the portal is from you, clicking it should swap between modes

[@microsoftpowerpoint4731]

One of the cool things to see was all the weird angles you could see stuff from

[@Kikabopom]

if you had some way to control how far away the portal was from you when you place it i think that could help, maybe scrollwheel can control distance, and maybe a toggle button just so the end of the game is possible

[@outer_spacedgames5048]

14:20 The glass box is like: Aw heeellllll naaaah maan

[@stacksmasherninja7266]

This is great! This is probably how a real life portal gun would work as well. Haven't watched it fully, but I wonder what you'll do for the last shot. Ah the moon shot is a bit anti climatic but really great video man!

[@klaus.sfc01official30]

I love how this community just comes up with so many weird (and dumb lol) ideas which are insanely creative and change the foundations of the whole game

[@CombustableLemon]

I know that this is meant to be air portals, but with some of the really cool flinging, I kinda want to recreate the levels to remove the intended route, and instead make you have to fling

[@Vorchitect]

youre so sick. the way you redirect your momentum in midair multiple times feels like something from a movie

[@thepieisalieofficial]

This is one of the most creative mods I’ve seen on your channel. I enjoyed this video very much!

[@PortalRunner]

thank you :)

[@wolfcl0ck]

As always, love watching you play through these insane and wild concepts you come up with.

[@PortalRunner]

glad you liked it :)

[@sarahsayocnacar7376]

i've reached a point where i get this uephoria whenever i see these portal videos

[@PortalRunner]

haha that’s awesome

[@m4rt_]

Makes me think of Avengers Infinity war where Dr. Strange was opening portals for Spider-Man so he could fly around and attack Thanos.

[@bronze1557]

I was thinking of a superhero movie too, this reminds me more of Across The Spider-verse's The Spot, specially that one scene on India

[@akazeppymusic]

this is the most AWESOME mod you've ever made

[@PancakeTAS]

zep zep

[@akazeppymusic]

@@PancakeTAS haiiii :3

[@olegmoki]

pancake

[@anonmk2546]

This is cool as hell. You did an amazing job with the editing too. Keep it up brother.

[@PortalRunner]

thank you!

[@oklol681]

i really love how you put all of your mods on spplice so we can all enjoy them and have fun with them!

[@PortalRunner]

glad you enjoy that :)

[@FoxyAnimater]

Intriguingly, you've made the portal gun slightly more scientifically accurate. Portals in real life do not need surfaces to manifest, however I bet if you combined this mod with the SpaceTime Mass mod it would be the most accurate Portal game you can play.

[@xxGreenRoblox]

well that other mod is for wormholes, not portals

[@HellFireNeko]

Now we need a TAS of this one, bring it to the limits of speedrunning lol

[@hikariwuff]

Portal: (shields against turrets) Cube: The day I lost my identity...

[@NKorru]

I was on the stream! Glad you released this mod on Spplice!

[@diamondyoshi6649]

Alternative title: Portal becomes a movement shooter

[@bunnybreaker]

'Titan Team Portal Fortress 4 Dead 3' when? Valve plz

[@Palozon]

Some custom levels would be cool. Some challenges are trivialized, but more movement-based puzzles could be neat

[@Donobodude]

I launched the mod through Spplice and the game was just like, "WTF IS HAPPENING"

[@dandyspacedandy]

you added more schmovement to portal 2, i love you

[@nelyon]

2:00 love the bunny portal fling thing

[@NeroDefogger]

this was extremely satisfying! I was literally giggling, it made portal 2 as fun as the first time again, I missed the feeling

[@squiddler7731]

As someone who's worked on my own freestanding portal mechanic before, I appreciate that you made sure to have them be double-sided. I feel like that aspect of portals often gets ignored in media depicting them, lol

[@cinfdef]

"says they'll do it glitchless besides bunny hopping" *"Immediately clips portals into walls"*

[@PancakeTAS]

i mean *technically* if you consider the portal has a height of 0 units, you *can* place inside of a wall even if it's blocked :P

[@cinfdef]

@@PancakeTASig so, more of a technicality lol

[@robuxyyyyyyyyyy4708]

Drinking challenge: Take a drink every time he saves from 11:50 to 12:56

[@adamscarsandstuff4969]

Hsgsczsbvdbhswelllitryedits anddd yope@ I lskzz Ana bananas 💀💀💀🪦🪦🪦😵

[@vizzysfizzys]

GetDrunkAny%

[@Alloy_Dreemurr]

HE IS BACK AND HE IS COOKIN

[@DarkblooM_IO]

I have a feeling you've been inspired by the Spot from Spiderman for this one

[@commentsonly2142]

exactly what i was thinking

[@m4rt_]

Valve needs to add a mechanic for mid air portals if they ever make a Portal 3

[@Splinter-ge9pf]

I was thinking about it, and Portal 1 is very 2D, with only slight changes in elevation to spice up some puzzles, Portal 2 adds a lot of omnidirectional features like gravity lifts, a gel that propell you up, lasers that come from different directions. So Portal 3 will be made when we discover the 4th dimension

[@WadDeIz]

Yess another video. His upload schedule is finaly fixed

[@PortalRunner]

i’m back 😎

[@airtoumfake]

This looks incredibly fun

[@gamezboi_]

when you fly with the portals like that it reminds me of someone telly bridging

[@potatoenugget]

pretty funny how when someone in the chat said "if glitchless, then stop bhopping", he explained after 2s that he is going to make a glitchless run excluding bhopping

[@Cri_Jackal]

Bunny hopping isn't even really a glitch. It was a glitch in Quake, which Half Life's engine was built off of, and despite retooling and modifying the engine, bhopping was still there. Even when Valve made Source, it still kept bunny hopping. It started as a glitch, but Source very clearly intentionally includes it, since the modification needed to disable it is really easy to implement, as proven by several mods, and even other games based on the Quake engine outside of Valve's titles.

[@hackerbot8568]

This is the best mod I have ever seen

[@TehRealWeegee]

I love seeing the creative plays that this mod can do. I wonder if there will be maps designed around this mod at some point.

[@SwitchyWitch_]

honestly a smooth tas of this would look so sick

[@lunarsouls4952]

NOW WE'RE THINKING WITH PORTALS

[@lordpuff]

Guess there was too much moon dust in the air from the moon portals in previous playthroughs

[@gravyarts]

Wow I think this is my new favorite portal concept next to the magnetic portals. Wow!

[@azericthetraveller6355]

I can only imagine how insane a low portal speedrun would be with this mod. Normal speedruns would probably just resort to the midair portal chaining the whole run, but low portal would need to get creative.

[@kiwitf2]

truly the mod of all time

[@munchkin_mania]

thats such a cool and unique idea for a mod, im definetly gonna try it myself

[@PortalRunner]

hope you enjoy your time with it!

[@munchkin_mania]

@@PortalRunner i am!

[@dylanzlol7293]

Imagine portal reloaded with this

[@MailMainbutnot]

my head hurts

[@DerpedCrusader]

you could make a whole legitimate game out of this concept

[@SW7K]

HOLY SHIT IM SO EXITED TO PLAY THIS

[@MaxwellVrooman]

If we were to use portal logic, this could happen, but you would need a steady stream of radioactive air pumping out

[@CroxonneldExilis-gv6lu]

Like this challenge. Makes it much more strategic than the normal game.

[@cheeseburgerinvr]

id love to see a full mod that takes full advantage of mid air portals, making it so you have to use them

[@spybgon4597]

It's good to have you back

[@PortalRunner]

thank you

[@GlitchyOfficial]

its a good day if portalrunner uploads :)

[@jessywinters9666]

11:40 "oh hi. Wait, am i a potato? How am i a potato? I never got turned into a potato... you did things out of order didnt you?" What i think potatos would say

[@6lbs._onion]

Now we are thinking with Porta(b̸)l(e̶-̸a̷e̷r̸i̷a̷l̷-̷f̵a̷i̴t̶h̷-̷p̶l̵a̵t̴e̷)

[@MetroAndroid]

It would've been cool to see you use the backs of single-sided portals to walk on (if that's possible).

[@markatonc]

the whole "I am going to make it glitchless" went out the window really fast. "D

[@thecatomg]

i always thought about this when i played portal for the first time

[@sackyoutube]

I think you should do a mod where if the portalgun gets through a portal, the portalgun fizzles and you are able to drop the portalgun

[@theneoreformationist]

4:59 A portal-less chamber solved using portals. Nice.

[@8is]

That's such a fun mechanic :D.

[@Supossedtobeapbst]

AAAAAA (throws up)

[@somerandomguy844]

The ridiculous momentum chain’s you use are nuts, wow.

[@GelawByscar]

Welcome to the krosmoz, Eliotrope.

[@Im_A_Potato_guy]

I saw someone in your chat say "Play this in Mel" and I think that could be a cool thing where you have a menu to choose which portal 2 type you play it in, Portal 2 or Stories Mel.

[@johnnygotzenberger8794]

Finally a new video 🎉

[@QuoteVG]

This is a REALLY GREAT MOD if you're good at the game

[@tanasedanescu7739]

That's so interesting! 👍 It should be a play mode in Portal 3.

[@purpleman_again]

Great vids man Make the scroll wheel change the distance a portal is placed at

[@thepersonwhoasked4604]

9:16 One must imagine turret happy

[@ItzWolfgaming]

This may be the most creative portal 2 mod maybe ever!!!

[@lampishboi]

imho pretty cool mod in my opinion

[@FabulousKhaled]

Your commentary has gotten a lot better

[@bunnybreaker]

Since Valve can't count to 3, this counts as an official sequel IMO.

[@okiedokie2341]

this might be the best fuckin portal mod, holy shit I love it

[@liammyt]

thank god your back :)

[@Zanophane_Gaming]

I’ve completed portal 2 around 4 times now. This mod would be so god damn fun to play with!

[@komos63]

He uploaded the mod in the description

[@Zanophane_Gaming]

@@komos63 YOOOOOOO

[@Atsorko]

i just finished the game....my mind is blown by everyone i see playing this game well

[@No-uc6fg]

He's truly thinking with portals...

[@Orange_Tree_]

No matter how much time passes, defrag will continue to be re-invented ever so often

[@EnjoyCocaColaLight]

The portals having two sides is REALLY messing with my mind lmao

[@4nevar]

Tas speedruns would be INSANE

[@frankysupreme]

you’ve been cookin this past year i see

[@thisnameisbad3609]

YOOO HE REALLY IS BACK

[@nanapoohsmom4927]

Him: “portal here” Me, in my head: “portal there, throw a turret in the air” (Iykyk)

[@PanoptesDreams]

A hybrid between close and vanilla behavior would be amazing. Maybe a button to toggle how the portal that is being shot wants to behave.

[@FlexxibleFree]

What a brain bender, i love it

[@cking4869]

You know what, this is what that one portal based shooter should have been

[@znefas]

Surprised that no one mentioned how much this looks like the Wakfu cartoon as a game!

[@pixelmade42]

Suggestion: use Co-Op secondary portal colors for the back of the portals to make it more clear

[@Alloy_Dreemurr]

he didnt make the triple laser joke. banish him