Aperture: Salt Mines is a large story-driven and puzzle-based modification for the award-winning game Portal 2. Descend into the heart of Aperture Science Innovators and get ready to complete your testing track! With no humans around, what could go wrong?

Report RSS A:SM Developer Chronicles #4 - August 2023

It's been a minute! Let's catch up with what we've been up to.

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APERTURE: SALT MINES DEVELOPER CHRONICLES #4

AUGUST 2023


Hey everyone! Thanks for sticking with us.
We'll cut to the chase - what's been going on?

📖 Act 2 📖


Happy to say some good work has been made on Act 2 (those being chapters 4 & 5). Unfortunately, work has been slow due to a lot of team members being busy (more on that later!)

For those who might not know, here's some info on the mod's second act!

Betie 2

Meet BETIE (or Binary Emotions Template and Intelligence Emulator for those of us who like acronyms), the second personality construct for you to meet! We think you'll quickly grow to love her with her bumbling personality and occasional vindictive outbursts. Take comfort in the knowledge that you'll be safe in her 'hands' as you navigate Aperture's perilous facility.

What's beyond this door? Why is it burst open? WHY MUST I KEEP OUT? In time, the answers will come... in act 2 that is!
Prepare for some hasty movements with ONEKO, things may have backfired!

Aperture didn't want us to show you too much of these areas, but we managed to sneak this one through. It seems you may have to take a detour through some backways no one's cared to maintain in years... What kind of mess has BETIE gotten you into now?

:p2ce_hammer: Portal 2: Community Edition :p2ce_hammer:


We're very excited to announce our move to the Portal 2: Community Edition branch! This allows us to have better and finer control over our mod and amazing engine customisation for improved visuals and gameplay. We look forward to making the most of it!

🔧 We're Hiring! 🔧


As you can see, we've got some exciting content on the rise! However, we still need help to get all of this done... Our nanobots haven't proven to be effective in helping the team, and definitely need a hand.
If you've got the skills and experience and think you'd want to work on this project, please do join our Discord (link down below) and send us a message! We look forward to hearing from you.

Remember to check us out on our social media!

Twitter
Steam
ModDB

Remember to join our Discord for the best and earliest info regarding the mod, and answers to any questions you might have!
Don't forget to add the mod to your Steam wishlist if you haven't already!

And as always, 'till next time!
-The Aperture: Salt Mines team

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21Nikt21
21Nikt21 - - 13 comments

Nice!

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OrinjiNeko Author
OrinjiNeko - - 28 comments

Thanks!
Make sure to join our Discord to keep up to date with all future content! Discord.gg

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Guest
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Is the game gonna get delayed?

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OrinjiNeko Author
OrinjiNeko - - 28 comments

Hey there! Things are a bit too "in the air" for us to make a definite statement about this, but it is possible that the game will release closer to Q3/Q4 of 2024.
Do make sure to join our Discord server to keep up-to-date with all information concerning the release date! Discord.gg

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