Officially revealed earlier today, Portal Pinball is the latest full game kit release for Multimorphic and their P3 platform. This follows their last major release, The Princess Bride, last year, and would be their 9th major game release for the platform.
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The game is based on the Portal video game from Valve, and uses content from both Portal video games, Portal 1 and Portal 2.
The game has been rumored in the community for some time, and was officially confirmed in a teaser image shared to official Multimorphic social channels last week.
The design and development crew for Portal Pinball includes:
Notable names include Brad Albright on art, Scott Danesi on sound/music, and Ian Harrower on code. Portal represents the first major commercial game release for both Brad Albright and Ian Harrower.
Also notable is the inclusion of Ellen McLain, who voiced GLaDOS in the original Portal series.
Portal Pinball will be offered in 2 trim lines; Portal Standard, and Portal Extended.
Portal Standard represents the base game and Portal Extended is the base game plus additional interactive playfield features.
Speaking of interactive playfield features, the big notable change with this release, is the addition of a series of module add-ons that can be purchased separately or as part of the Portal Extended edition game. These add-ons enhance gameplay by adding additional interactive game features to the module like lift ramp, kickback mech, and more.
Production is expected to begin Summer, 2025. Interested buyers can place pre-order deposits at Multimorphic's website today.
Each player starts gameplay in “the Hub” which is thematically similar to the Portal 2 Cooperative Testing Initiative location of the same name. In the Hub you will meet Reggie, the “Teambuilding” Personality Core (voiced by Marc Silk) who will encourage and direct you to complete specific objectives or enter and complete the 7 unique Test Chambers. After completing all the chambers you will have the chance to battle GLaDOS (voiced by Ellen McLain), the AI antagonist who supervises and taunts you throughout the game. If you complete all the test chambers, you can play the final wizard mode: a face-to-face battle with GLaDOS.The Test Chambers include:
When not in a specific Test Chamber, your goal in the Hub is to prove your skills and increase your score by completing each of 8 objectives and 3 stackable Multiball Modes. Each Objective and Multiball focuses on different aspects of the physical playfield.The Hub Objectives are:
The Multiballs available in the Hub are stackable with one another, feature an add-a-ball component, and can be stacked with objectives. They include:
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