Portal is a 2007 recreation developed by Valve, the place the participant encounters puzzles that have to be solved utilizing the “portal gun”, a tool that may create inter-spatial portals between surfaces.
Portal 64 is an open-source re-write of Portal that may be run on authentic Nintendo 64 {hardware}. The sport was developed by James Lambert and gained huge reward as a technical and inventive achievement. The undertaking was led to 2024 on the request of Valve.
James joins the present to speak concerning the means of creating an N64 video games, the toolchain for constructing Portal 64, its physics engine, the design of the N64 cartridge, and rather more. You’ll want to try James’ YouTube channel to see his work and get updates about his future tasks.
Joe Nash is a developer, educator, and award-winning group builder, who has labored at corporations together with GitHub, Twilio, Unity, and PayPal. Joe obtained his begin in software program growth by creating mods and operating servers for Garry’s Mod, and recreation growth stays his favourite approach to expertise and discover new applied sciences and ideas.
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