Narbacular Drop > Portal

Low Key · #1 08-13-2007, 06:01 PM

Anyone else very excited about the Half Life 2: Orange Box release that includes Portal? It's here.

If you haven't played the very cool original version behind the idea, it's here , and titled Narbacular Drop.

So some kids at DigiPen worked on a senior project and got into Valve to show it off. 20 minutes later, they were hired to make Portal. After playing ND and seeing all the possibilities, I just can't wait to get my grubby little hands on Portal.

Is this news to anyone else? Or old news?

TheSalche · #2 08-14-2007, 02:56 AM

Old News

footnbaseball · #3 08-14-2007, 11:40 AM

Digipen student projects are an excellent showcase of innovation in game design. They aren't all winners, but the good ones are VERY good. If you haven't already, check out Toblo, Base Invaders, and Squishy the Starfish. Squishy wasn't submitted to any game festivals so it isn't as polished as the other two, but it's still a very interesting design.

Student projects can be found in the gallery on

www.digipen.edu

but yea, Narbacular Drop is cool. Try to get yourself into an infinite loop of falling with a door on the floor and ceiling.

ImsaKidd · #4 08-14-2007, 09:55 PM

Just beat Narbtacular Drop.

[censored] AWESOMEST GAME EVER OMG OMGOMGOGMOGM

ImsaKidd · #5 08-14-2007, 11:09 PM

Toblo from that site is [censored] awesome as well.