• gdc08

    Portal Devs Reveal The GLaDOS That Never Was, Inspiration Behind Weighted Companion Cube

    Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw, two of the key developers on Portal, gave GDC attendees a behind the scenes look at The Orange Box hit, focusing on the process of integrating narrative and design. The two also showed early and, by their own admission, failed, version's of the game's final boss fight with GLaDOS, the talkative, ever present artificial intelligence. They highlighted three attempts at making a successful boss battle, driving home the fact that ample playtesting brought them to the incinerator battle they ultimately settled on. More »

    12:00 AM on Sat Feb 23 2008
    By Michael McWhertor
    32,380 views, 70 comments

    Latest by obeyjohnny: The line for this panel was soooo long. I was surprised I got in. But then again, it was held more »

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