Articles - F-Stop: Backstory [DIED] mod for Portal 2

Many people wanted to play F-STOP with the original camera mechanics, and I, the author of "Backstory", give you this opportunity! From now on, in addition to the "Backstory", I will develop another map-pack that transfers the F-Stop mechanics to portal 2.

The map is already in the workshop, so anyone can play in it (MAP)

- map-pack which will send you to the 65s so that you test out the new Aperture device - camera, from the canceled F-STOP game

Yes, we've decided to renaming. But why such a change? Well, it's time to talk about our modification in more detail...

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On April 10, 2021, the modification to restore the story and mechanics of the cancelled game F-stop -

"" died, but our team almost immediately had the idea to make one big map from all the ready maps - a museum, where Cave would tell us the story of the game F-Stop or the story of the mod "". After a couple of months of experimentation, we realized what direction the mod would take. The mod superficially retells the plot of that very F-Stop and the history of its development, and reads all this information[ERROR OF ACCESS].
There is also a branching off of the original plot of the unreleased F-Stop in the game, but that's another story... ▶

F-stop: Backstory is a story modification with elements of destructibility, cutscenes and portals. In the mod a certain narrator will tell us the story of the cancelled game with the codename "F-stop", but at a certain point something goes wrong.... The mod will consist of 5 maps: the first three are story, 4 - the boss battle, 5 - the credits. Very soon we will please you with new content ^-^

P. S. We are looking for a composer who can write 2-4 tracks in the style of Portal 2! We are desperately short of a composer for our team. Are you interested? Write in the comments! We will definitely contact you!

1. Nothing's remaining from the old storyline now, so you should understand that it's not the modification you were waiting for before, it's completely different. It has new storyline and has not the camera.
2. According to the storyline, somebody who can break the fourth wall controls the main character. Interesting, who is that..?
3. The main character will get another device invented by Aperture Science instead of the camera.
4. This mod is going to have a boss battle.

5. There's gonna be... enough destruction in the mod.

And now, to the development process.
• MAPS. All maps which are going to appear in the mod are under development right now. Some maps are being remade from scratch.

• STORYLINE. It's almost complete. All we have to do is to think about how the main character is going to fight C[DELETED].
• MECHANICS. Just new displays on the Island and one new mechanic which is secret for now.

Alright, you've got some questions? Then ask them!

-CropFactor Team

We've gotta tell you something important about the mod, because, believe us, a lot of things changed in it...

Firstly, the concept of the mod is different. Now it's NOT a recreation of That F-Stop . From now, we are making a map pack that can be passed for about 35 mins. There won't be the camera and its mechanics. Then what's the essence of the mod? Not gonna tip our hands completely, we'll just say you'll learn much about the history of F-Stop.

Secondly, the current F-Stop's story happens before That F-Stop's story, so some locations may look different.

Thirdly, some maps will look differently than they looked before. Why? Just read the first item again. :)

January Report:

The entire month we have been polishing levels and redoing the mechanics. All the mechanics were made from scratch and now we are ready to tell you about them!

Demonstration of new mechanics - Mod DB

• MouseTrap - we have implemented a normal flight with this element, also added portability. MouseT. can also be captured by a test subject's F-Stop camera. We also added a little damage from it, as it hits a test subject upon his/her butt. :)

• Portable Button is a button that a test subject can take with him/herself. It becomes active when it's placed on a special stand with a copper coil.

• Proto High Energy Pellet - very early version of the High Energy Pellet from Portal 1, that was originally invented to transport a huge amount of energy wirelessly. Because it was quite unstable and dangerous, it was only used in test chambers,

P. S. The new particle isn't ready yet, so it's WIP.

• Titanium Carbon Cube for Nuclear Energy Transfer (WB-1708) is a slightly more stable way to transfer a proto-energy ball, though energy can only be stabilized for about thirty seconds. Following destabilization leads to a powerful explosion. Sometimes the cube produces an energy burst that annihilates machinery, lamps, androids, buttons, and so on.

The WB-1708 Cube's Receiver absorbs energy from a fully charged WB-1708 and redistributes it in order to power different Aperture's devices including testing elements.

• Unstable Clearing Field. At some point of the storyline, Clearing Fields desynchronize and become deadly for living beings.Also, the mechanics of the interfering android has been implemented. now he can not only help you, but also interfere in different ways.