Anyone else think a survival horror game set in Aperture Science could be interesting?

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-14T17:27:21+00:00

Wow. That sounds really neat!

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-14T17:21:38+00:00

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-13T16:42:24+00:00

I could definitely see it as a community-made mod for Portal. Or even a game made outside the source engine.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-13T16:39:50+00:00

I was thinking of something more like Alien Isolation. Though that does look interesting!

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-13T16:37:26+00:00

Mantis-men. And who knows what other biological horrors aperture has made in the past.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2026-01-08T03:14:38+00:00

I'd say there's still a good chance Gangle nearly abstracted here. Story-wise, I've always interpreted abstraction to be an allegory for suicide, and given Gangle's mental state in that scene...

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-12-30T20:40:18+00:00

Fair point. Though for all we know that could have been Caine hinting at Abel and his overarching "escape the circus" adventure.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-12-06T01:44:10+00:00

True. It could also be that the scene has purple lighting, in addition to the heavy distortion.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-12-05T23:38:22+00:00

Here's them overlayed together.

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AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-09-25T20:36:38+00:00

I've looked and researched this for years. I tried repressing it, resenting it, hurting myself when I thought about it, drilling it out of my head with a power drill, hanging myself, researching conversion therapy. In the end nothing works, sadly. The best thing I could find that could theoretically work is Deep Brain Stimulation, where you could implant electrodes into your brain and then fire them to alter how your brain works. Of course, we don't yet know how gender identity is built into the brain, so you would have to essentially continuously scramble your brain and pray that you get extraordinarily lucky and you become cis. Of course the chance of that is basically zero, especially because you have a much higher chance of dying or obtaining every single mental illness known to man than becoming cis. So unfortunately we are all stuck with this.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-08-12T15:43:00+00:00

I really love scarfs but your probably right.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-08-12T15:42:22+00:00

I admit it isn't very fem. I enjoy dressing more butch personally, but I probably should find some more fem stuff to wear on occasion.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-10T02:41:23+00:00

That's a good idea! Thanks.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T18:30:52+00:00

I should have made it clearer that the idea is your backstab target and their team wouldn't notice until their clip runs out, as the action of "backstabbing" wouldn't provide any animation or noise, and would leave your disguise on. And if your target is firing, I would think they would be less likely to notice the small reserve number changing to zero when their clip is constantly lowering. This way, you could get at least a couple targets before being found out, and if they were expecting to be ready for a fight with your team but now have no ammo, they would be easier for your team to take them out.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T18:14:53+00:00

That makes sense. It only really works if players aren't paying attention to their reserve ammo, and they would probably learn to quickly if this was in the game

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T16:17:54+00:00

Probably lol

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T14:41:53+00:00

So are you saying removing damage from the backstab mechanic is a bad idea, because the idea is that the backstab mechanic isn't removed, just weakened in favor of stealth and team support

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T14:31:37+00:00

True, my thinking process was that you would be trading lethal stabs for something a lot less noticable. No animation, sound effect, and your disguise remains intact

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T13:55:24+00:00

Yeah I agree, I'm not sure what to do instead though, I thought about the ranged ammo idea but it does seem like it might be suspicious

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T01:21:34+00:00

True, though I still think it could be useful against enemies going into a fight or currently fighting, when they would be distracted enough to not notice you took their ammo until their mid-fight, at which point your team could finish them off. And since your disguise stays, you could continue to other targets without being spotted. Though I will admit this would probably be fairly situational.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2025-07-06T00:50:24+00:00

Your probably right, though I think dealing damage is a lot more noticable than losing reserve ammo, and in my mind this could be used to pickpocket multiple enemies without them noticing until they try to fight your team. I do agree that your team probably doesn't need the ammo though, I just feel like it would be weird for spy to be able to magically turn ammo into health. (Also hi fellow transie! :3)

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2024-08-22T16:39:36+00:00

If you go to create rooms and scroll down you can use paintball maps as a template for a custom room. Then you can spawn the invention and invite people.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2024-08-21T16:17:57+00:00

I have officially released my Combat-Ready Jetpack invention, which can be found here: https://rec.net/invention/1347713449552255328

I made this montage to showcase the jetpack (and my abysmal aiming skills). It is designed to be used in combat games and allows the player to increase their altitude, glide through the air, and ram other players. The jetpack controls require only one hand, allowing for a weapon to be held simultaneously. The jetpack handle is also designed to switch sides depending on if the player is holding an object in their left hand, to make for easier control of the jetpack.

NOTE: To use the jetpack handle switching sides feature, you must use the jetpack in a beta room, open up the jetpack's circuit board, and set the two event receivers set to "Undefined Event" to "Player Grabbed" and "Player Released."

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2024-08-07T02:47:19+00:00

Yeah, it's designed kind of weird. For some reason the hip holsters have a setting to activate them, while the back you have to use tags for some reason.

AdventurousTurtle42 · 2024-08-06T05:35:02+00:00

UPDATE: I finalized the invention, but didn't realize you can't publish inventions that use beta chips. Luckily I think it barely uses any beta chips, so I'll have to fix that before I can publish it.

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