This Cake is Not a Lie: Portal on iPhone is Real
Last week a mysterious video surfaced of what appeared to be Portal, Valve’s popular puzzle game, running on the iPhone. Many commenters on YouTube, Reddit and other social sites called it a fake. And who could really blame them. The game shown in the video looked nearly identical to the PC version, how could a mobile device run a desktop class game? True, Portal is by no means a power hog like Crysis, but it’s not exactly mobile friendly either.
After reading through various comment threads I started to seriously doubt the validity of the video myself. So I contacted the creator of video to gather more information. He was kind enough to send me a copy of the game. I loaded it up on my iPhone 3GS and off I went. Even after launching the game and getting some hands on time with it apart of me still had trouble believing. I was simply amazed that Portal could actually run on the iPhone.
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may i ask who the original creator was. i’m curious if he ever plans on any time of release or any other progress made on the game or if he has any other projects.
i need a good puzzle and a fps for iphone, and portal is perfect for this. but seeing his work with portal, i’m fascinated in any other works.
It’s not entirely Portal, it’s called Teleport it’s a VNC client. You need to have a server installed on your machine and connect via WiFi.
No VNC is necessary, the game runs on the iPhone itself, not through a server.
Please do not post links to files in the comments. I’m sure you have good intentions, but there’s always the possibility someone could be linking to files that contain computer viruses.
Well The IPA File I Linked Had The IPA File, That IPA File Was A Custom Version Of VNC That Links To A Server, So Your Saying That The Version That You Have Is A Single IPA File That Contains All Of The Portal Settings And At Least A Level. How Big Is The IPA File You Have, I Still Don’t Believe It To Be Standalone. Would Love To See Some More Proof.
When developers share their app with you, it’s done through ad hoc, each copy has an expiration date, after that date the app no longer works until you have an updated provision file. There are ways around this, but I’m not a hacker and I had no further interest in testing Portal on the iPhone, I’ve already recorded a video to share with readers, which was the only purpose I had for obtaining a copy.
After my copy expired I deleted the file to make sure it never spreads, I feel that it’s up to the original creator of the application if they wish to distribute that app, it’s their call, not mine.
i must say that is amazing, and the controls look like they would provide beautiful gameplay. such a shame valve doesn’t have anyone in iphone development, or to allow others to release their games for the iphone.
glad to see there are so many amazing possibilities for the iphone and ipod touch.