At one point they planned to stick the player in a Small World style Disney theme park ride full of Aperture propaganda, but dropped that in favour of sprinkling lore more evenly throughout the game. It's neat to hear about the ideas that got cut from Portal 2, too. Wolpaw also thinks part of the reason Portal 3 hasn't happened yet is just poor timing, seen as its bad form at Valve to start a new project while many of the developers are hunkered down during the less exciting phases of other work. By the time they've done that with a sequel, they've already fulfilled their creative vision.įrom a writing perspective, at least, Wolpaw and Pinkerton are still keen ( as is Glados). He argues that when devs finish the first game in a new IP, they can look back and see everything they want to fix. Interestingly, Wolpaw reckons one of the big reasons Valve haven't made a game with a three in it is because developers tend to be more interested in making sequels than threequels. It's always kind of a, you know, grassroots campaign I guess." It's not unknown, but there's no formal pitch process at Valve either. "But again, us having that idea versus actually committing to making a game is a way different thing. Someone's gotta think up some new portal puzzles! But we do have an actual idea, yes." So you know, it's good we have this idea but there's a lot left to do. "We don't have a script or any details worked out, but we have sort of a starting point that we like a ton. It's worth quoting his caveats in full, mind: In Wolpaw's exact words, "Jay and I have an idea that we think is pretty awesome for what would happen, generally speaking". The news comes from Wolpaw's recent interview with YouTuber DidYouKnowGaming, which is also worth a watch to learn about all the ideas Valve didn't wind up using in Portal 2. It's totes on the cards, is what it sounds like. Erik Wolpaw say he and fellow Portal 2 penner Jay Pinkerton have even floated that idea around Valve, to a positive response. That isn't about to change anytime soon, but one of the main writers behind both Portal games has revealed that they've got a "pretty awesome" idea for Portal 3. Unlike buses, Valve games do not come in threes.
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