The year is 1998. You enlisted to Aperture’s test subject program a decade prior. As if only just remembered, your application gets accepted for one of Aperture’s standard testing courses. But what may seem like a simple hour or so taken from your day may in fact turn out to be a larger escapade than first thought.
Aperture: Salt Mines is a community-made modification for Portal 2. Set in the same universe as the original games, descend into the heart of Aperture in the year 1998, shortly after the death of Cave Johnson.
Featuring:
- An original story of action, drama and humor
- 4 new characters
- 5 fully fleshed-out chapters
- Multiple new puzzle mechanics
- A fully expanded upon environment never seen in the original campaigns
- A well-constructed and gradual puzzle difficulty curve
- Original soundtrack
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APERTURE: SALT MINES DEVELOPER CHRONICLES #2
DECEMBER 2021
We've done it!
We're rapidly approaching our goal of releasing a closed playtesting preview around the New Year!
All of our playtesters have been selected, and all the codes have been handed out. What could be better for us?
We don't want to spoil or reveal too much, so this'll be a short one compared to the previous one!
Playtesting
Our Discord server remains the best way for us to give info about the mod, and for everyone to receive info.
In October, we published our roadmap including our plans to hold a small playtesting event for the first chapter of the mod.
Applicants were offered a form to fill out in order to apply.
Out of many applications, we ended up selecting around 15 applications! The total playtester count, however, is of around 25 (friends and content creators were offered early access copies)
That being said, we will most likely hold future playtesting events in the future in order to test mechanics, puzzles, and the full mod once it's ready!
If you wish to participate in these future events, make sure to join our Discord server in order to keep up-to-date with any info we may post out over the next year(s)!
Steam Store
After a month or two, we've finally received validation from Valve for our Store Page!
You can check it out here.
We're currently preparing more screenshots, a nice trailer with music and more, so make sure to add the mod to your Steam wishlist!
This is an exciting time for us at gives us better tools for outreaching with a larger audience and really putting our project "out there" for everyone and anyone to see.
This is all we have to say for now, but here's another teaser in-game screenshot!
As always, remember to check us out on our social media!
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ModDB
Remember to join our Discord for the best and earliest info regarding the mod, and answers to any questions you might have!
And as always, 'till next time!
-The Aperture: Salt Mines team
A:SM Developer Chronicles #1 - October 2021
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hey, i'd advise that you change the moddb release date shown at the top of the page because the date stated is only for closed testing.
This Mod Looks Cool I Will Most Definitely Download This When It Releases
Man you're mods progress Ist good, Hope I have Portal 2 before the end of November
Thanks! Do keep in mind that in December 2021 only comes for closed, select community playtesting.
this mod is gonna die before 2024
why do you keep trying to demotivate people?
Wow, thats awesome but the release date is kinda long.. ;(
Hey! We are aware that our release date is very far in the future, alas this is due to our relatively small team and this all being volunteer work (it is a passion project after all!)
We've given ourselves plenty of time, so March 2024 is basically an estimate that could factor in unexpected delays and such (rather than have an early release date and continuously delay the mod)
This means that if we release the mod sooner, it'll be a win-win for everyone!
ok