Portal's Weird Beta Maps

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  • čas přidán 31. 05. 2024
  • Portal has a lot of maps made throughout development, about 70 to be precise. In this video, we'll be looking at a handful of beta levels, ones that most people would consider weird.
    0:00 - Intro
    1:20 - testroom_point_camera
    1:48 - testroom_point_camera_teleport
    2:25 - zoo_combine
    4:29 - zoo_lab
    6:10 - zoo_testarea
    8:00 - testroom_trigger_portal
    9:08 - lab_lvl1
    10:19 - ragdoll_test
    10:51 - bonus_longjump
    11:37 - liquidportal_test
    12:28 - bts_styleguide
    13:55 - devtest_01
    15:13 - test_fling
    15:54 - portal_bts_styleguide
    17:15 - Outro
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Komentáře • 294

  • @OssyFlawol
    @OssyFlawol  Před rokem +286

    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
      @CptDoot Před rokem

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

    • @CubeAtlantic
      @CubeAtlantic Před rokem

      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
      @funnycat306 Před rokem

      good

    • @staryoshi06
      @staryoshi06 Před rokem

      Hope you'll recover ok :(

    • @funnycat306
      @funnycat306 Před rokem +2

      I hope you dont recover :)

  • @hy3cinth
    @hy3cinth Před rokem +433

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

    • @whydoyouexist
      @whydoyouexist Před rokem +28

      pain.mp4

    • @JuniorMC710
      @JuniorMC710 Před rokem +4

      Same

    • @GeneraliskYT
      @GeneraliskYT Před rokem +2

      Good thing I was on my phone.

    • @nextbot_478c2
      @nextbot_478c2 Před rokem +1

      did it too

    • @StormBurnX
      @StormBurnX Před rokem +11

      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
    @DaRealBruner Před rokem +572

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

    • @mugston
      @mugston Před rokem +25

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

    • @DaRealBruner
      @DaRealBruner Před rokem +13

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

    • @PurpleColonel
      @PurpleColonel Před rokem +10

      That's hardly even a sky box tbh

    • @WohaoG
      @WohaoG Před 11 měsíci

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

    • @MisterJohnDoe
      @MisterJohnDoe Před 7 měsíci +2

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

  • @kapsacek
    @kapsacek Před rokem +54

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

    • @CanularRadio
      @CanularRadio Před rokem +8

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

    • @DaRealBruner
      @DaRealBruner Před rokem +10

      *YOU'RE WINNER !*

  • @wolfcl0ck
    @wolfcl0ck Před rokem +545

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

    • @farawaygaming_
      @farawaygaming_ Před rokem +49

      Sigma maps

    • @Enderia2
      @Enderia2 Před rokem +12

      @@farawaygaming_ *delta

    • @KRUSH-R
      @KRUSH-R Před rokem +6

      @@Enderia2 Alpha*

    • @KRUSH-R
      @KRUSH-R Před rokem +2

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

    • @wolfcl0ck
      @wolfcl0ck Před rokem +6

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

  • @Neonhorn
    @Neonhorn Před rokem +115

    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
      @MisterJohnDoe Před 7 měsíci +3

      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.

  • @Erikatharsis
    @Erikatharsis Před rokem +39

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

  • @Oden-gp8xu
    @Oden-gp8xu Před rokem +40

    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

  • @computer_dude
    @computer_dude Před rokem +72

    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
      @AngryTrafficCone Před rokem +7

      I agree lol

    • @TheRideGaming
      @TheRideGaming Před rokem +5

      Hell nah BTS made Portal?? 🤢🤮🗑🚮

    • @cat_of_spades6774
      @cat_of_spades6774 Před rokem +6

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

    • @zai-tm
      @zai-tm Před rokem +1

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

  • @f40ph88
    @f40ph88 Před rokem +115

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

    • @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn
      @qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn Před rokem +2

      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
      @axolotlonzo2683 Před rokem

      ​@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 2 days where is hl3

    • @Fortniteballsfunny
      @Fortniteballsfunny Před rokem

      @@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 2 months where is hl3

    • @Con-np9yx
      @Con-np9yx Před 10 měsíci

      @@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthn its been 6 months WHERE IS IT BROWO

    • @stevusbrevus4362
      @stevusbrevus4362 Před 8 měsíci

      ​@@qwertyiuwg4uwtwthnit has been 8 months where is hl3

  • @ChubsGlobby
    @ChubsGlobby Před rokem +44

    1:05 discord sound.

    • @LB_
      @LB_ Před rokem +9

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

  • @SiriusCygnus
    @SiriusCygnus Před rokem +16

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

  • @canalbadansaziosoli
    @canalbadansaziosoli Před rokem +28

    1:04 this thing really got me

  • @aomregcik
    @aomregcik Před rokem +16

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

  • @bettercallsolman
    @bettercallsolman Před rokem +11

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

  • @MasterSwordRemix
    @MasterSwordRemix Před rokem +10

    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?

  • @ScottieTheFox
    @ScottieTheFox Před rokem +10

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

  • @NeonKrystals
    @NeonKrystals Před rokem +24

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

  • @thatwardrobeguy
    @thatwardrobeguy Před 8 měsíci +3

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

  • @Pacca64
    @Pacca64 Před 7 měsíci +6

    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
      @n646n Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @Pacca64
      @Pacca64 Před 3 měsíci +1

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

  • @Blap7
    @Blap7 Před rokem +9

    1:04 discord jumpscare

  • @Frying1Pans
    @Frying1Pans Před rokem +8

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

  • @Padgriffin
    @Padgriffin Před rokem +8

    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.

  • @WonderlandWarGaming
    @WonderlandWarGaming Před rokem +9

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

  • @chairdog
    @chairdog Před rokem +9

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

  • @SillyBobAnimations
    @SillyBobAnimations Před rokem +3

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

  • @lololghi7909
    @lololghi7909 Před rokem +5

    1:05 discord ping lol. Nice video though!

  • @user-xg4wn5qv8e
    @user-xg4wn5qv8e Před rokem +7

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

  • @missingtexturez
    @missingtexturez Před rokem +4

    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
      @Technicolor_geek Před rokem +1

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

  • @suroguner
    @suroguner Před rokem +166

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

    • @IAmUnderscore
      @IAmUnderscore Před rokem +15

      chill

    • @suroguner
      @suroguner Před rokem +20

      @@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_
      @SiIIy_ Před rokem

      My fucking god calm down

    • @EvilNeuro
      @EvilNeuro Před 6 měsíci +35

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

    • @suroguner
      @suroguner Před 6 měsíci +4

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

  • @BonnibelVA
    @BonnibelVA Před rokem

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

  • @Quesbe
    @Quesbe Před rokem

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

  • @kazumazoomer3548
    @kazumazoomer3548 Před rokem +3

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

  • @officialMXH
    @officialMXH Před rokem +4

    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
      @ProGamer-lk9qw Před rokem +1

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

  • @FantasmaNaranja
    @FantasmaNaranja Před rokem +13

    1:05 that's just evil

  • @ZaccoOfficial
    @ZaccoOfficial Před rokem +5

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

  • @bendusolos9699
    @bendusolos9699 Před rokem +2

    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

  • @ScottTracyScotistheHedgehog

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

  • @_comment
    @_comment Před rokem +1

    1:05 thanks for the discord beep.

  • @TinyDeskEngineer
    @TinyDeskEngineer Před rokem +4

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

  • @Calvin_McMurray
    @Calvin_McMurray Před rokem +2

    this channel is underrated

  • @TheKnewGreg
    @TheKnewGreg Před 2 měsíci

    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

  • @ashisharky
    @ashisharky Před rokem +2

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

  • @remyrichardson8614
    @remyrichardson8614 Před rokem +2

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

  • @BobTheMartin
    @BobTheMartin Před rokem +1

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

  • @ILikeCornYouKnow
    @ILikeCornYouKnow Před 4 měsíci +1

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

  • @Slferon
    @Slferon Před rokem +1

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

  • @yt_user1772
    @yt_user1772 Před rokem

    Great video! :D

  • @bush2137
    @bush2137 Před rokem +1

    Would love to see this same concept but with p2

  • @Fatih_M177
    @Fatih_M177 Před rokem +2

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

  • @riskybicky8335
    @riskybicky8335 Před 7 měsíci

    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.

  • @AlexanderTheOrdinary
    @AlexanderTheOrdinary Před rokem +4

    Discord ping at 1:05

  • @arielchandia2
    @arielchandia2 Před rokem +4

    show this video for the people complaining about the leaked gta 6 videos

  • @axmoylotl
    @axmoylotl Před rokem +3

    imagine you wake up and your stuck in portal beta rooms

  • @calebbowen6406
    @calebbowen6406 Před rokem +2

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

  • @CultKermit2310
    @CultKermit2310 Před 8 měsíci +1

    Portal is a game, shockingly

  • @CubeAtlantic
    @CubeAtlantic Před rokem +2

    these are so high-quality, & clear! ✅

  • @Archiver_Nova
    @Archiver_Nova Před rokem +2

    liquidportal_test = portal backrooms

  • @TS_Mind_Swept
    @TS_Mind_Swept Před rokem

    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

  • @Coburn64
    @Coburn64 Před rokem +1

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

    • @JG24Billy
      @JG24Billy Před rokem +3

      Pretty sure it’s music from portal

  • @martinlumsdon6946
    @martinlumsdon6946 Před 5 dny

    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

  • @MisterJohnDoe
    @MisterJohnDoe Před 7 měsíci +1

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

  • @D4rkNFS
    @D4rkNFS Před 6 měsíci

    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.

  • @tsrenis
    @tsrenis Před rokem +1

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

  • @MisterJohnDoe
    @MisterJohnDoe Před 7 měsíci

    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.

  • @KillerPopChilly
    @KillerPopChilly Před rokem

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

  • @KennyMccormick945
    @KennyMccormick945 Před rokem +1

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

  • @Wyte_Knight
    @Wyte_Knight Před rokem +2

    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.

  • @GenericUsernames
    @GenericUsernames Před rokem

    Just a question, I'm making a source map in this style, and the zoo_lab map would help. Yet I can't find it in any beta I search (2005 - 2006) Thanks.

  • @rockpie
    @rockpie Před měsícem

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

  • @DeltaDoesGarbaj
    @DeltaDoesGarbaj Před rokem

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

  • @lambdacore4127
    @lambdacore4127 Před rokem +1

    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

  • @soup9242
    @soup9242 Před rokem +1

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

  • @HaxxorElite
    @HaxxorElite Před rokem +2

    Its the portal draggy!

  • @gershuneve
    @gershuneve Před rokem +5

    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
      @hunlepto2239 Před rokem

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

    • @marlonb1852
      @marlonb1852 Před 11 měsíci

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

  • @I_Am_Transcendentem
    @I_Am_Transcendentem Před rokem +5

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

    • @SiIIy_
      @SiIIy_ Před rokem +2

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

    • @I_Am_Transcendentem
      @I_Am_Transcendentem Před rokem +1

      ​@@SiIIy_ I said..
      I like to IMAGINE

  • @natsuki1327
    @natsuki1327 Před měsícem

    0:01 this is your daily dose of internet

  • @felicitygray7811
    @felicitygray7811 Před rokem

    get well soon!

  • @Your_Average_Stickman_WasTaken

    When talking about weird portal beta maps you gotta include Exit_test

  • @GnatWasJulian
    @GnatWasJulian Před rokem +2

    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.

  • @somthingarage
    @somthingarage Před rokem +1

    whats the reasons for the pistons just randomly in the facilitY?

  • @0DRONZER
    @0DRONZER Před rokem

    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

  • @MatiEP09
    @MatiEP09 Před rokem +4

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

    • @OssyFlawol
      @OssyFlawol  Před rokem +4

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

    • @MatiEP09
      @MatiEP09 Před rokem +3

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

  • @Danblak08
    @Danblak08 Před rokem

    Maybe I missed it when watching the video, but where can I find and/or download these maps

  • @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)

  • @defectivenull
    @defectivenull Před rokem +1

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

  • @picture_panic
    @picture_panic Před rokem

    hell yeah

  • @chocolate_maned_wolf
    @chocolate_maned_wolf Před rokem

    cool vid :3

  • @btarg1
    @btarg1 Před rokem +9

    Interesting video, but you talk very quickly and slur words so its hard to hear what you're saying quite often. Maybe some added text in editing could help me understand what you're saying

  • @hl2betafan
    @hl2betafan Před rokem

    0:02 correct!

  • @MetalBaconYT
    @MetalBaconYT Před rokem

    1:05 the ping bro lol

  • @DrPeeper
    @DrPeeper Před rokem +2

    Where he gets all of those?

  • @matthewkeen6281
    @matthewkeen6281 Před 4 dny

    nice

  • @ODEF.
    @ODEF. Před měsícem

    i really need to play other games because i KNEW that was chamber 9s ending lolllll

  • @Technicolor_geek
    @Technicolor_geek Před rokem

    is it me or does test_fling similar to the chamber in the long fall boot trailer for portal 2?

  • @glorgy.
    @glorgy. Před rokem +1

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

    • @jelmerterburg3588
      @jelmerterburg3588 Před měsícem

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

  • @BuilderBroWasTaken
    @BuilderBroWasTaken Před 8 měsíci

    How do you access these maps?

  • @ukkovalta3946
    @ukkovalta3946 Před měsícem

    0:03 dear god..

  • @Lemodanee
    @Lemodanee Před rokem

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

  • @redaipo
    @redaipo Před rokem

    Hi Ossy Flawol, get well soon