Portal and Portal 2

Deconstructing Computer GamesRuaridh Mansbridge

Visual style of the game• Set in Aperture Laboratories• You play as the silent protagonist, Chell, an Aperture Science

employee• Other characters (NPCs) include Genetic Lifeform and Disk Operating

System (GLaDOS), Wheatley, Atlas and P-Body (the latter two are playable in Co-op mode) (images of characters dotted around the slide)• Portal and it’s sequel use a first-person perspective

How do you play the game?

• Portal and it’s sequel are both playable on home consoles and PC• The goal is to complete all the test chambers using your Portal gun and

several objects within the chambers (e.g. Companion Cube, springs, white Portalable surfaces etc.) (images dotted around slide)• the only weapon you have is the Portal Gun (image below). you must

get through each test chamber alive• The difficulty level cannot be changed

What genre of game is it

• First-person puzzle game

What type of person do you think plays this game?

• Both Hardcore and Casual gamers of any age or gender