The fact that Portal is running so well on console hardware designed in 1994 is mind blowing - incredible project, skill, talent and vision. The Nintendo 64 has a lot of hidden power under it's hood and it is exciting to see a new generation of programmers such as yourself, Kaze, Sauraen, Fazana and many more are really finding out what this system was truly capable off.
or instead of making games for hardware like that, we could be optimizing modern games and not expect everyone to have the latest hardware in order to play
@@arjix8738 Optimizing for modern hardware is much different than optimizing for this -- modern hardware has found ways to make some stuff really really fast, but not others.
This was such a cool project and I was so excited to see the rest of it. But hey, at least you proved portals can be made on an N64! And I look forward to any other projects you have in mind!
As a coder i have respect for it but why would you do it :D ? I get modding and improving games on the N64 for nostalgia but I honestly don't understand why you need to put a perfectly good game on another platform with more constrains and challenges. Interesting idea for sure but for what :D ?
I really hope Valve acknowledges the effort you put into this and supports you to make these into real cartridges, cause I would so buy that! Edit: Of course it's unrealistic, just let a guy daydream for a bit. Why is everyone so bitter about this Edit 2: Well this aged like milk.
@@Hex-Mas I'd agree with you for most corporations but valve's structure isn't really like most of them (at least in regards to game development). they give a lot of agency to their devs to work on basically whatever they want (since they have basically infinite money from steam), so idt working there in particular would "drain all his drive and motive".
1 year it took for you to make this and a day to have it all ripped away. Please don't get discouraged by such an event, I do hope you'd still create other projects in the upcoming time, I love the dedication to even have a customized console, you are talented and I wish you the best of luck.
@@shadowwolf9823 why in hell's name would they? Valve, realistically, has a < 20% chance of winning the lawsuit. And even then, it's just some guy making some game, why should the company throw thousands of dollars for that. This is not my opinion even, just basic money management and risk taking
Kaze should at least look at the code and maybe provide some of his optimized routines. Not sure how Open Source he is though. I mean he does make vids but still.
I'm guessing reworking it so that it doesn't use Nintendo code would be too much work, or making a game that "works within the limits of the N64 hardware" instead of actually running on it.
It wasn't taken down by Valve. They talked to him if he can remake the game by using the public N64 library and not Nintendo's proprietary library so Valve won't get in conflict with Nintendo and he said that he can't so he closed the project by his own decision. It wasn't a DMCA.
@@Dan00tz Ohhhh. That's a way better explanation than I've heard yet. Someone oughta pin your comment, 'cause that explains things a LOT better than any else of us understand.
Congratulations! I don't usually comment on CZcams videos, but I have been following this for a while and wanted say your work is amazing! Thank you for uploading your progress through this project.
sad that this project has been taken down... i loved these devlog series the most on youtube, also huge success overall porting this game to much older hardware. ggs
man i am so heartbroken for you, your work is incredible and having this happen right after you finish the first half of the game must be so demotivating. i really do hope your able to continue this project but its totally understandable if its just not possible or too difficult. really sorry to hear about this it sucks
Damn, sorry to hear about the takedown, James. This has been some incredible work that I've enjoyed following immensely, and I hope that you continue to work on this project even without the possibility of release just for your own personal gratification. real bummer, but great job on the project!
How far this project has come! The polish you've put in it over time really is paying off. It really just legit looks faithfully like the original game on the N64.
You and that one engineer Ian Davis* who makes his own prosthetic hand are real inspirations to me at applying yourself to a project. Dozens of people like you out there I think are awesome keep up the good work.
@@spacecatsinc5494 yes in concept, in practice however it is a lot of effort, libdragon is amazing but don't believe for a minute it will be easy to switch, but I hope the community can come together and make it happen
Finally tried this out on an emulator, and WOW! It is so close to the original Portal. Feels like what Portal would have been if Valve themselves developed it for the N64. Maybe even better! Great job!
For any confused: James used Nintendo's N64 development libraries in his project. While Valve doesn't have a problem with him using the Portal IP, they do have a problem with him using Nintendo's libraries, so they took the project down (Nintendo themselves couldn't care less, plenty of homebrew N64 games have used these libraries without issue. This is 100% Valve.) This is not a DMCA and he can continue development if he finds a way to make the game without these libraries. The patcher has also been taken down.
nintendo haven't pursued it not that they don't care, but because it would cost them more to do so, people have asked nintendo for a license to use it and they say no everytime, so its clear its not ok to use, if you actively start eating into their earnings they will go after you. its mainly because the rights aren't clear and it would cost a lot of time and materials to untangle.
Valve is pretty fucking stupid to think that there would be any issue considering literally thousands of games have run on those libraries without issues, including many which are very popular. Here comes enshittification of the only thing I thought was still good. Fuck Valve, I'm putting my pirate hat back on.
@@potatosordfighter666 yeah cool, I take it by your confident assertion that you'll cover valve's liability then if nintendo comes a knocking. its generally "ok" for individuals to skirt around the law here, companies whose primary business isn't making retro games for a 30 year old game console are another matter entirely. there is a gentleman's agreement amongst software developers that you don't encourage unlicensed use of software, and you expect others to do the same.
I just heard the news and must say that it broke my heart. You put so much effort into this wonderful project and I really hope that you will get over this frustrating defeat. Your work is outstanding and I wish you the strength to find new ways to channel your motivation and creativity!
Congratulations @james lambert on this milestone. In addition to people’s enthusiasm for your project another motivator for you is that you are inspiring more people to get involved in homebrew development! I love watching your tech demos that push the limits of the N64!
This is like the coolest project ever! Its so cool to follow the progress, and that custom N64 is absolutely gorgeous as well🥳 Keep it up, and good luck🎉 And happy new years!🎉🎉
Incredible work! Even though Valve is not allowing this to go forward because of use of Nintendo's "proprietary libraries" for developing this for the N64 (they are smart and want to stay out of court), you have inspired us with what we didn't know was possible on such old hardware, and have learned so much in the process. Perhaps you will make an IP and game of your own? Best wishes moving forward, and thanks again.
Every time I see an update to this project I think to myself "wow, there's no way this could get even cooler!", and then you go and work some more wizard f*ckery and blow my mind all over again. Excellent work, so excited for the next video!
You're doing an awesome job and the box art is so cool! (I kinda secretly preferred the lower-poly portals though I thought they were a really iconic deliberate aesthetic decision 👉👈)
That's what I was gonna say! The 8 point portal feels like an N64 thing. The rounded one feels like regular portal on potato graphic settings, which means it's more accurate tho.
Projects like this is why I hate it when developers say it's "impossible" to make a game on a different/older piece of hardware. More difficult? Sure. Questionably worthwhile? Yeah. Full of compromises? Of course, but still possible.
The N64 is old but anything should work as long as the game is optimized enough haha When devs say it's "impossible" they prob mean it'd obviously require to make the game all over again for older hardware, it's possible but they either don't want to do it or they'd need a (non existent) budget for it
@@WeegeepieYT It's more that I take certain phrasings perhaps too seriously, as I know that generally when they say it they actually mean that it'd be too difficult to be worth it, or that the compromises would be too great to deliver on the experience they want to deliver, it just greatly annoys me because the phrasing feels like lying to me.
@@alan_7390 I'm not familiar with the 3DO's capabilities, but I know that port could have been far better if the single developer had been given more than a week to make it.
@@monkeywithocd The programmer herself (one of the best) told the guy who hired her that he was asking the impossible and that she was going to do what she could but it was going to turn out badly. So, not everything is achievable with good results.
No, Ty. The project is amazing. I’m so excited for the future of it. I’ve played the “first slice” I have so many times. It’s such a tease because it cuts off right after you get your 2nd portal. Lol. So much fun though and it runs fantastic on a 3ds surprisingly. Those are some awesome gifts too. Both look great. Happy holidays!
Good stuff! Congratulations! I also thought that it could be beneficial to first render a portal gun into Z-Buffer only, so any geometry under the gun (which is actually a big portion of the screen) will be rejected by early-z.
I guess switching to a different, open-source library would be very hard and unlikely to happen But Portal 64 was a great project, and though seeing it complete would have been incredible, it's still great to see that the N64 is capable of such a thing, and that you had the knowledge, time and dedication to carry it out
Just finished the demo and I am extremely impressed. Thank you and best of luck to you in finishing this project. I did notice the speed and momentum of Chell don't match the original so some lighter skips don't work as well as some aesthetic choices in regards to doors making some others impossible. Either way this is the most exciting project around and I'll be anxiously awaiting the next updates.
Wow, Congrats 🥳🎉. It's been crazy seeing this whole thing come together, from the very first tech demo video, all the way to today with first slice's completion. Can't wait to see the future of this!
Kaze Emanuar only does SM64... It would be cool though. His optimizations could make the game run so fast and would probably save so many clock cycles, but nooone would be able to read the code. 😂
This is incredible dude. As a massive enjoyer of Portal and Portal 2, I look forward to playing this with my emulator! Props to you for the amazing work!
Problem is that he only does sm64 and the optimized code is hardly understandable for an open source project. I'd like to see a fork called Kaze's portal64 or something, then he can do what he wants with no regard for readability..
absolutely astounding work James! Ive been following sice the early days and its so exciting to see how far its come. also, love the "lamberto" logo in the back, I have to fet one of those 😅
Congrats on the release! I only subscribed a few months ago, but this has been such an amazing thing to watch (and also super informative)! You've done some great work so far, excited to see where this takes you next!
Been following since the beginning. Great work. So sorry to hear about the C&D. Would gladly donate to help fund a port to open source SDK if one exists.
im obsessed with the idea of converting new games into older consoles no matter how much less the quality of the end product will look, just the fact that this exist make me a beliver! So i applaud you!
I think when you get it done ask valve if you could get something going with this for like a shared deal. They could sell the physical copy on the steam store and maybe work out a deal or something?
Now that would be cool. N64 28th birthday is coming up, not really a very pretty age to commemorate but a brand new, licensed N64 game for that birthday would be very popular I think.
You mean Nintendo? Valve only can bless things covering "Portal" universe. N64 and/or similar stuff, specially proprietary things like SDK: libraries, API, Code, documentation etc., owned by N.
The existence of a first slice implies the existence of a whole cake...
GUYS, THE CAKE IS REAL!!!
Say you never beat Portal 1 without saying you've never beat Portal 1
Now have your real slice of cake and eat it too.
It's a reference to Portal: First Slice, a Portal demo comprising test chambers 00-10 (11 chambers total).
@@archiemisc I've completed Portal on my laptop and my phone
I WAS GONNA WRITE THIS OMG
Man, I am going to lose my mind the day that we get to see the Glados fight.
Edit: Valve shut down the project. RIP.
Yes
not gonna happen tho
@@user-yk1cw8im4h Cool story bro.
Me too
@@user-yk1cw8im4huh why
I'm sorry about the Valve drama, I hope this doesn't stop you from doing amazing work!!
This feels like the sort of incredible dedication that would get you hired at Valve back in the day.
Back in the day? I think they kinda hire folks like this now. Maybe not.
@@raineyjayythey dont even make games anymore tf you mean dopey the dwarf?
@@rossco7214 I mean.. Half Life Alyx , Counter-Strike 2?
@@raineyjayy a reskin of csgo and a VR demo? not really new games. they dont make games, they make updates.
@@rossco7214 I would very much not can Half Life Alyx a demo.
The fact that Portal is running so well on console hardware designed in 1994 is mind blowing - incredible project, skill, talent and vision. The Nintendo 64 has a lot of hidden power under it's hood and it is exciting to see a new generation of programmers such as yourself, Kaze, Sauraen, Fazana and many more are really finding out what this system was truly capable off.
im pretty sure the hardware is mostly from 1995
or instead of making games for hardware like that, we could be optimizing modern games and not expect everyone to have the latest hardware in order to play
@@arjix8738This is a fan project. Go complain to the actual developers, not some fans. Or don’t be a dick.
@@arjix8738 Optimizing for modern hardware is much different than optimizing for this -- modern hardware has found ways to make some stuff really really fast, but not others.
but the quotas!@@arjix8738
This was such a cool project and I was so excited to see the rest of it.
But hey, at least you proved portals can be made on an N64!
And I look forward to any other projects you have in mind!
As a coder i have respect for it but why would you do it :D ?
I get modding and improving games on the N64 for nostalgia but I honestly don't understand why you need to put a perfectly good game on another platform with more constrains and challenges. Interesting idea for sure but for what :D ?
@@DailyShit. because it's fun to make
@@DailyShit.Well he got this kickass channel now with subscribers and patreons so that's worth it alone
@@DailyShit.There's no way you're a coder if you're asking that.
I really hope Valve acknowledges the effort you put into this and supports you to make these into real cartridges, cause I would so buy that!
Edit: Of course it's unrealistic, just let a guy daydream for a bit. Why is everyone so bitter about this
Edit 2: Well this aged like milk.
Probably not because they used AI voices
i would think so. they seem chill.
this would also need nintendo's approval
At least they are not like nintendo.....if it was something with mario or link it would be a lawsuit
@@unknowngobelinyou're sure? There's nothing to allow releases of homebrew content on repurposed cartridges?
been watching since the first prototype video, it's amazing to see how far you have gotten and im proud to watch your progress :)
Submit a PR and get your name as a contributor ;)
Now these points of data
make a beautiful line.
And we're out of beta.
We're releasing on time.
Now he's out of beta, he's releasing on time. And those points of data make a beautiful line
About that beer I owed ya!
@@shadowwolf9823 I don't know about releasing on time...
@TheRenegade... Yeah... Thanks a lot Valve (And Nintendo). Aso, Valves gonna keep us waiting till 20XX for Half Life 3
I am so sorry about the DMCA you did amazing work i wish you the best
Valve should hire you man. Your work is amazing.
Why should he wh0r3 his skills to a corporation where they will just drain all his drive and motive? lol
Imagine if there could be more valve games for retro hardware.
@@rocketboysmcthats cool but what would valve gain from that
@@Hex-Mas I was gonna say same
@@Hex-Mas I'd agree with you for most corporations but valve's structure isn't really like most of them (at least in regards to game development). they give a lot of agency to their devs to work on basically whatever they want (since they have basically infinite money from steam), so idt working there in particular would "drain all his drive and motive".
I continue to be blown away by your dedication, attention to detail, and N64 homebrew community contributions. Simply outstanding work!
I’m so sorry to hear about the project, especially after this milestone. Thank you for your work
1 year it took for you to make this and a day to have it all ripped away. Please don't get discouraged by such an event, I do hope you'd still create other projects in the upcoming time, I love the dedication to even have a customized console, you are talented and I wish you the best of luck.
Now you're out of beta, you're releasing on time. And those points of data make a beautiful line
And the science gets done and you get DMCA'd
@LinkRammer It sucks how greedy Nintendo is. Valve is too scared to stand up to them and say "He worked hard on this! Go bother someone else"
Pretty sure valve actually dmcaed this as they done the same to another mod having nothing to do with nintendo@@shadowwolf9823
@@shadowwolf9823 why in hell's name would they? Valve, realistically, has a < 20% chance of winning the lawsuit. And even then, it's just some guy making some game, why should the company throw thousands of dollars for that. This is not my opinion even, just basic money management and risk taking
@@shadowwolf9823 The N64 library he used was never publicly released. Neither Valve nor James would stand a chance in court.
Excellent work, man! Would love to see a collab with @KazeN64, as your N64 development powers combined would make for a killer combo!
Kaze should at least look at the code and maybe provide some of his optimized routines. Not sure how Open Source he is though. I mean he does make vids but still.
Kaze actually is working on this project!
@@AlexCreeper he is??
@@AlexCreeperwhat did he do
What's his username?
It's a shame to hear this project got taken down by Valve. I'm glad at least the First Slice got released.
I'm guessing reworking it so that it doesn't use Nintendo code would be too much work, or making a game that "works within the limits of the N64 hardware" instead of actually running on it.
It wasn't taken down by Valve. They talked to him if he can remake the game by using the public N64 library and not Nintendo's proprietary library so Valve won't get in conflict with Nintendo and he said that he can't so he closed the project by his own decision. It wasn't a DMCA.
@@Dan00tz Ohhhh. That's a way better explanation than I've heard yet. Someone oughta pin your comment, 'cause that explains things a LOT better than any else of us understand.
Congratulations! I don't usually comment on CZcams videos, but I have been following this for a while and wanted say your work is amazing! Thank you for uploading your progress through this project.
We should all like share and sub.
RIP. one of the coolest projects I've followed. Looking forward to seeing whats next!!!
Truly a disgusting. I can't believe they did this.
Incredible acheivement, James. It's been great to watch along as you've been making it.
Don't forget WestonCoder and hackergrid.
sad that this project has been taken down... i loved these devlog series the most on youtube, also huge success overall porting this game to much older hardware. ggs
my heart goes out to you James, thanks for all the portal64 videos
RIP to one of the coolest projects I've ever seen. I can't believe that this is the outcome...
Here after the news, I will definetely be following whatever you will be doing next.
This is a triumph! I'm making a note here: huge success 👍
man i am so heartbroken for you, your work is incredible and having this happen right after you finish the first half of the game must be so demotivating. i really do hope your able to continue this project but its totally understandable if its just not possible or too difficult. really sorry to hear about this it sucks
Damn, sorry to hear about the takedown, James. This has been some incredible work that I've enjoyed following immensely, and I hope that you continue to work on this project even without the possibility of release just for your own personal gratification.
real bummer, but great job on the project!
It doesn't get old seeing this. It's just as insane as the first time.
Great job.
How far this project has come! The polish you've put in it over time really is paying off. It really just legit looks faithfully like the original game on the N64.
Hopefully like a GC game in the end.
rest in peace portal 64
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Great work, James. You've inspired and entertained a lot of people with your work and will continue to do so!
Hey James, sorry to hear about the Valve/Nintendo thing, really hope you keep making content and games, your work is incredible
I really appreciate you going through the effort of requiring a valid vanilla Portal to download the rom.
You and that one engineer Ian Davis* who makes his own prosthetic hand are real inspirations to me at applying yourself to a project. Dozens of people like you out there I think are awesome keep up the good work.
Ian Davis?
@@bazookasniper5167 Yes! forgot his name! But that's the one.
Why did i find out about this project AFTER it got closed down.
Portal 64: First Slice, *was* out of beta
Quite a shame to see this happen. I hope we can see a resolution.
Guys it’s more of Nintendo’s fault. Valve advised James to take down the project because it was using an unlicensed Nintendo sdk
A pretty simple fix actually
@@spacecatsinc5494 yes in concept, in practice however it is a lot of effort, libdragon is amazing but don't believe for a minute it will be easy to switch, but I hope the community can come together and make it happen
I wonder if Valve would allow it if he switched to using libdragon. It's an open source n64 sdk so that shouldnt be a problem.
YO! That's one hell of an idea! We need to get this to James's attention, _stat!_
@@Mordecai02 He's already aware of it lol, there's other concerns he has though so it doesn't really change anything
Finally tried this out on an emulator, and WOW! It is so close to the original Portal. Feels like what Portal would have been if Valve themselves developed it for the N64. Maybe even better! Great job!
For any confused:
James used Nintendo's N64 development libraries in his project. While Valve doesn't have a problem with him using the Portal IP, they do have a problem with him using Nintendo's libraries, so they took the project down (Nintendo themselves couldn't care less, plenty of homebrew N64 games have used these libraries without issue. This is 100% Valve.) This is not a DMCA and he can continue development if he finds a way to make the game without these libraries. The patcher has also been taken down.
nintendo haven't pursued it not that they don't care, but because it would cost them more to do so, people have asked nintendo for a license to use it and they say no everytime, so its clear its not ok to use, if you actively start eating into their earnings they will go after you.
its mainly because the rights aren't clear and it would cost a lot of time and materials to untangle.
Valve is pretty fucking stupid to think that there would be any issue considering literally thousands of games have run on those libraries without issues, including many which are very popular. Here comes enshittification of the only thing I thought was still good. Fuck Valve, I'm putting my pirate hat back on.
@@potatosordfighter666 yeah cool, I take it by your confident assertion that you'll cover valve's liability then if nintendo comes a knocking.
its generally "ok" for individuals to skirt around the law here, companies whose primary business isn't making retro games for a 30 year old game console are another matter entirely. there is a gentleman's agreement amongst software developers that you don't encourage unlicensed use of software, and you expect others to do the same.
@@shemlesh Shut your face, neck beard. You don't work for Valve.
Not quite. Bitmap Bureau actually used libdragon for their N64 port of Xeno Crisis.
So sorry James, you were doing amazing work :(
I just heard the news and must say that it broke my heart. You put so much effort into this wonderful project and I really hope that you will get over this frustrating defeat. Your work is outstanding and I wish you the strength to find new ways to channel your motivation and creativity!
Demakes genuinely impress me more than engine tech demos ❤ AMAZING WORK!
Rip to this amazing project
woah that new portal gun model and animations are amazing
Congratulations @james lambert on this milestone. In addition to people’s enthusiasm for your project another motivator for you is that you are inspiring more people to get involved in homebrew development! I love watching your tech demos that push the limits of the N64!
Your progress is truly a marvel to behold. I really hope you get all the support you need, because it's been a wonderful journey so far. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
I feel that.
This is like the coolest project ever! Its so cool to follow the progress, and that custom N64 is absolutely gorgeous as well🥳 Keep it up, and good luck🎉 And happy new years!🎉🎉
Incredible work! Even though Valve is not allowing this to go forward because of use of Nintendo's "proprietary libraries" for developing this for the N64 (they are smart and want to stay out of court), you have inspired us with what we didn't know was possible on such old hardware, and have learned so much in the process. Perhaps you will make an IP and game of your own? Best wishes moving forward, and thanks again.
really love this project because this puts portal on more than just the 64, like the 3ds, or anything else that can emulate 64 games
Every time I see an update to this project I think to myself "wow, there's no way this could get even cooler!", and then you go and work some more wizard f*ckery and blow my mind all over again. Excellent work, so excited for the next video!
Sooooo....... About that..........
The best part of this is the fact that it can easily run on new3DS and i cant wait for it to get ported there
You're doing an awesome job and the box art is so cool! (I kinda secretly preferred the lower-poly portals though I thought they were a really iconic deliberate aesthetic decision 👉👈)
That's what I was gonna say! The 8 point portal feels like an N64 thing. The rounded one feels like regular portal on potato graphic settings, which means it's more accurate tho.
Good point
Fork it. ;)
Projects like this is why I hate it when developers say it's "impossible" to make a game on a different/older piece of hardware. More difficult? Sure. Questionably worthwhile? Yeah. Full of compromises? Of course, but still possible.
The N64 is old but anything should work as long as the game is optimized enough haha
When devs say it's "impossible" they prob mean it'd obviously require to make the game all over again for older hardware, it's possible but they either don't want to do it or they'd need a (non existent) budget for it
Doom for the 3DO ☠️☠️☠️☠️
@@WeegeepieYT It's more that I take certain phrasings perhaps too seriously, as I know that generally when they say it they actually mean that it'd be too difficult to be worth it, or that the compromises would be too great to deliver on the experience they want to deliver, it just greatly annoys me because the phrasing feels like lying to me.
@@alan_7390 I'm not familiar with the 3DO's capabilities, but I know that port could have been far better if the single developer had been given more than a week to make it.
@@monkeywithocd The programmer herself (one of the best) told the guy who hired her that he was asking the impossible and that she was going to do what she could but it was going to turn out badly. So, not everything is achievable with good results.
This got taken down so fast 😭 This looked like it was gonna be so good!
not really it took like a year
Love the intro, best of luck on the project, it's a blast following it.
the rom patcher is still up right now. MAKE YOUR BACKUPS NOW PEOPLE, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
Everything about this was amazing. Including box art, and that custom 64 and controller.
"Only 13 of the test chambers"
My boy there's only 19 to begin with, keep pushing man you're almost there. Can't wait to play this 💜
He can't anymore :(
Very cool to have kept up with this as youve gone on. Keep it up and congrats on the milestone
This almost feels like it shouldn't be possible, yet it is! A lot of hardware squeezing and clever programming there! Great work! 🎉
No, Ty. The project is amazing. I’m so excited for the future of it. I’ve played the “first slice” I have so many times. It’s such a tease because it cuts off right after you get your 2nd portal. Lol. So much fun though and it runs fantastic on a 3ds surprisingly.
Those are some awesome gifts too. Both look great. Happy holidays!
There are cheats, have fun.
Good stuff! Congratulations! I also thought that it could be beneficial to first render a portal gun into Z-Buffer only, so any geometry under the gun (which is actually a big portion of the screen) will be rejected by early-z.
Playing this on my Everdrive rn, really good work and I'm glad there's so many options to change sensitivity and controls. Good work man!
The controls feel so right after awhile. Everdrive is the way to go.
Every time a new update video pops onto my feed I'm so enthused by the fantastic progress being made :)
PS: That Portal-themed N64 is so cool!
I feel the same way.
This is amazing. The N64 has a special place in my heart, and you are making it perform in ways that I never thought possible. Thank you!
I guess switching to a different, open-source library would be very hard and unlikely to happen
But Portal 64 was a great project, and though seeing it complete would have been incredible, it's still great to see that the N64 is capable of such a thing, and that you had the knowledge, time and dedication to carry it out
Just finished the demo and I am extremely impressed. Thank you and best of luck to you in finishing this project.
I did notice the speed and momentum of Chell don't match the original so some lighter skips don't work as well as some aesthetic choices in regards to doors making some others impossible.
Either way this is the most exciting project around and I'll be anxiously awaiting the next updates.
Maybe submit an issue?
Congratulations on the progress! Your work is really inspirational.
Wow, Congrats 🥳🎉. It's been crazy seeing this whole thing come together, from the very first tech demo video, all the way to today with first slice's completion. Can't wait to see the future of this!
Join in the fun. Help with the development.
Congrats on your amazing work, and sad it's been put to a halt. What does the future hold in store for your N64 work now or other projects?
4:16 what they did in the original half life is actually distort the weapon models where they scaled wider further from the camera view
I have been following for quite some time now and the whole project is so fascinating to me. Happy for you, you're hitting another milestone!
You and Kaze should definitely collab
Dude this project has to be the coolest demake of any game ive ever seen, keep up the astounding work!!
this is nuts, but also inspiring as to what can be done on hardware with good software
I'm not going to play it until its finished, I really want to wait for the full experience :D
Does anyone have the most recent ROM? I never expected it to be taken down so I never downloaded :(
I just want to say, I love what you have made! I wish I could do what you do.
Others helped.
PLEASE collaborate with Kaze Emanuar, that would be a dream for n64 nerds
Kaze Emanuar only does SM64... It would be cool though. His optimizations could make the game run so fast and would probably save so many clock cycles, but nooone would be able to read the code. 😂
This is incredible dude. As a massive enjoyer of Portal and Portal 2, I look forward to playing this with my emulator! Props to you for the amazing work!
Have you ever talked to Kaze Emanuar? He‘s a really talented Mario 64 Modder and has basically reprogrammed it‘s entire engine.
Boosting this. He is the optimization king
Problem is that he only does sm64 and the optimized code is hardly understandable for an open source project. I'd like to see a fork called Kaze's portal64 or something, then he can do what he wants with no regard for readability..
absolutely astounding work James! Ive been following sice the early days and its so exciting to see how far its come.
also, love the "lamberto" logo in the back, I have to fet one of those 😅
It was really cool to see this evolve over the year, maybe more? I cant wait for your other projects.
Congrats on the release! I only subscribed a few months ago, but this has been such an amazing thing to watch (and also super informative)! You've done some great work so far, excited to see where this takes you next!
Been following since the beginning. Great work. So sorry to hear about the C&D. Would gladly donate to help fund a port to open source SDK if one exists.
You've done such a great job so far and I can't wait to see the rest. Bravo.
Imagine if this came out on the n64 in the 90s
I was thinking about that too. How MUCH of a genius would it have taken to actually make this game when the N64 was out.
Someone a lot smarter that me thats for sure
imagine what our current hardware can do , if used to its fullest potential
im obsessed with the idea of converting new games into older consoles no matter how much less the quality of the end product will look, just the fact that this exist make me a beliver! So i applaud you!
I think when you get it done ask valve if you could get something going with this for like a shared deal. They could sell the physical copy on the steam store and maybe work out a deal or something?
Now that would be cool.
N64 28th birthday is coming up, not really a very pretty age to commemorate but a brand new, licensed N64 game for that birthday would be very popular I think.
That would be so cool. As of rn the game is MIT license. That a loose license so I think anyone could sell the carts with the ROM loaded on it.
Learning from your development adventure on optimization and tweaks has been finomional!! Absolutely great! You're an imaging engineer, James
Thank you. Even through it got struck down. Thank you all the same.
This just gets better and better every update, testing the beta right now!
Valve has changed, there's no reason to take out a fan project like this!
they did it because they were scared of nintendo actually
Not valves fault, nintenods
Who took it down?@@miitoe9352
@@buster5661james took it down himself
@@flob1234567890 tell that the the ceast and desist request
Holy sh*t ! I follow you since few months and, damn ! The progress is impressive, amazing work !
Valve need to bless this as an official port of the game
You mean Nintendo? Valve only can bless things covering "Portal" universe. N64 and/or similar stuff, specially proprietary things like SDK: libraries, API, Code, documentation etc., owned by N.
Now these points of data make a beautiful line.
And we’re out of beta, we’re releasing on time.
IT'S GONE
VALVE TOOK IT FROM US
AND TFS2
They had to.
Nintendo* hopefully he can move off the sdk for portal64 but tfs2 makes sense to be removed literally just tf2 implanted into another engine.
@@something4922 TF2 implanted on another engine that Valve owns in a game exclusively distributed on Steam
@@hedwig7s not authorized by valve and being distributed outside of steam, did you actually read the DMCA notice on github at all?
Imagine if this game was released on N64 back in the 90's it would have blown peoples minds.
You're a LEGEND!!!! An official part of Portal and N64 history. 🥳