Portal: System Failure

Project Overview

NOTE: Please note that we require everyone auditioning/volunteering for the mod to have a Discord account. You will be asked for your Discord information after your audition.


Portal: System Failure is a story-focused mod for Portal 2 made on the Source Engine. It takes place roughly 15 years after the events of Portal 2 and is intended on expanding the world building of the Aperture Science Enrichment Center. You play as an unknown test subject who suddenly wakes up to find themself in one of the many testing tracks built around the facility. As you run through the course, a rogue AI suddenly hacks into the facility and takes control of the track. Now, you and your new personality core companion are tasked with stopping this new threat before they tear apart the facility.


The project takes inspiration from other Portal mods such as Portal Stories: Mel and is currently planned to be told cinematically - almost as if it were an interactive movie made in the Source Engine.


NOTE: For now at least, this project is hobby/volunteer only, as it is only meant to be made for fun. You are allowed to work at your own pace, however. We won't enforce any deadlines and you are free to leave the project at any time.


Everyone who applies for the project must have a Discord account in order for us to coordinate and communicate over the course of the project's development.

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Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Bell
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: ikirutsu

NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


Subject-3872, otherwise known as Bell, is the player character. She acts somewhat of an insert for the player, purposefully having somewhat generic traits. However, she is known to be smart - though easily manipulable - determined, but also a bit disoriented - having woken up in the Aperture Science Enrichment Center after an unknown amount of time.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • female young adult
  • female teen
Other info:
  • shure sm7b
  • [Preferably, submit some dialogue that you think would fit.]

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Scarlett
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: Wravine Cavern

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


Please include your Discord username when auditioning, thank you.


NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


SC-29, otherwise known as Scarlett, is one of the many personality cores in the enrichment center. Her role in the facility is as a general manager over the maintenance staff/workers of the facility. She is, to put it bluntly, a bit of an asshole... she's rude and demeaning to her workers and the player alike, mostly as a result from stress due to overworking herself. She does, however, have a more soft side that comes out once getting to know her a bit better.

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • adult
  • calm
  • Authoritive
  • Collected
Other info:
  • shure sm7b
  • [Talking to a worker] A little more... little more... okay, stop! Stop stop stop! Hey! I said stop! You're terrible at this, let me do it! (Mumbling) Why do I always have to do EVERYTHING around here?? (Sighs) Idiot.

Artist
Artist
3D Environment Artists
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled in creating 3D models from scratch and optimizing them for use in the Source Engine in software such as Blender, feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • 3d world modeling
  • blender
  • modeling 3d
  • 3d modeling
  • 3d artist
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Artist
Artist
3D Hardsurface Character Artists
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled in creating 3D models of robot characters from scratch using software such as Blender, feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Other info:
  • blender
  • 3d artist
  • 3d animation
  • 3d modeling
  • blender3d
  • modeling 3d
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Artist
Artist
Map Designers
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled at creating maps in Hammer, feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • map design
  • map making
  • level design
  • hammer
  • Source Engine
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Vixie
open
Unpaid

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


VX-87, otherwise known as Vixie, is the main supporting protagonist of Portal: System Failure. They are a personality construct (core) who acts as the player's main companion throughout the mod. They are an engineer working for the Aperture Science Laboratories tasked with designing puzzles for test subjects to run through.


Vixie is also an openly LGBT character - being non-binary and using They/Them pronouns. As they are one of the main characters of the mod, we are preferably looking for someone with a lot of range that can pull off a wide variety of emotions.


Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • female adult
  • calm
  • Eccentric
  • intellectual
  • nonbinary
  • Feminine
  • female young adult
  • nervous
  • timid
  • Emotional
  • Complex
Other info:
  • shure sm7b
  • emotional voice acting
  • comedic voice acting
  • voice acting
  • screaming
  • screaming into a mic
  • whisper
  • Whispering
  • crying
  • [Introduction Dialogue] "Alright, sorry for the wait, subject… 3…8…7…2? Jeez, that’s a mouthful. My name is VX-87, but you can call me Vixie. I will be your testing associate for today. Now, obviously I can’t hear you. But I can see everything that you are doing through the cameras mounted on the walls. So, don’t worry, I will stay here watching the entire time to ensure a smooth testing experience. When you are ready, please step out of the room and into the hallway."

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Rory
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: RockiMtnOystr

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


RY-47, also known as Rory, is the main antagonist of Portal: System Failure. They are a personality construct (core) who was formally working as a maintenance worker when they were unceremoniously fired and subsequentially ordered to be decommissioned. Rory managed to avoid being decommissioned and now seeks to take over the facility for themself in order to prevent other cores from being decommissioned.


Rory talks in a calm manner with a slight eeriness to their voice. Most of the time, they are quiet, calm, and collected. However, they can have outbursts where they shout in anger - in complete contrast to their earlier calm persona.


The biggest inspiration when writing Rory's dialogue was Vanny from Five Nights at Freddy's: Security Breach. For those unaware, Vanny is the female voice in this trailer:

https://youtu.be/DXiTt_6RbxQ?si=rkCM_h0U5HE67wcW

Language:
  • english
Voice description:
  • video game
  • female adult
  • Rough
  • Cold
  • threatening
  • calm
  • Calculated
  • Menacing
  • eerie
  • creepy
  • Angry
Other info:
  • shure sm7b
  • voice acting
  • emotional
  • emotional acting
  • whisper
  • Shouting
  • aggresive yelling
  • yelling
  • screaming
  • screaming into a mic
  • emotional voice acting
  • [Preferably, submit some dialogue that you think would fit.]

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Flynn
closed
Unpaid
Role assigned to: bradbynum

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


FL-02, otherwise known as 'Flynn', is one of the many maintenance cores seen throughout the facility. His design is inspired by a Steampunk Aesthetic, with copper plating and brown paint.

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • [Preferably, submit some dialogue that you think would fit.]

Voice Actor
Voice Actor
Additional Voices
closed
Unpaid

DO NOT SUBMIT ANY AUDITIONS - WE ARE NO LONGER ACCEPTING AUDITIONS AT THIS TIME.


NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


Note: We are accepting multiple people for this position.


If there are any additional characters or lines that need to be recorded that don't fit any of the other roles, anyone that applies here will be contacted to take over. This role will mainly be used for additional lines that don't need to be tied to one specific character, such as the following:

- Announcer

- Turrets

- Generic Maintenance Workers

- Pre-recorded Human Messages

Voice description:
  • male adult
  • female adult
Other info:
  • shure sm7b
  • [You can either make up some dialogue that you think would fit (such as the Announcer, a Turret, etc), or you can submit your demo reel.]

Writer
Writer
Dialogue Writers
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.


If we are ever struggling to write the dialogue to a specific scene, you will be contacted to help.

  • *Say something you think would fit*

Writer
Writer
Story Consultant
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

If you like to provide ideas and suggestions on how to take the story, but you don't necessarily want - or have the skills - to do any writing yourself, feel free to apply to this role. You will also be contacted to provide critiques to the story.

Language:
  • english
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Writer
Writer
Additional Writers
closed
Unpaid
cast offsite

NOTE: Unlike previous Portal games/mods, this project has a slightly higher maturity rating. You must be okay with using occasional profanity.

  • *Say something you think would fit*

Artist
Artist
Texture Artists
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled at retexturing models or creating new textures from scratch for use in the Source Engine using software such as Substance Designer and Substance Painter, feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • substance painter
  • substance designer
  • texture art
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Animator
Animator
Character Animator
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled at creating custom animations using software like Blender and SFM - either for the use of cutscenes or in-game scenes - then feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • blender
  • Source Filmmaker
  • SFM
  • blender
  • 3d animation
  • sfm animator
  • game animator
  • animation 3d
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Artist
Artist
3D Character Artists
open
Unpaid

If you are skilled at creating 3D humanoid models for use in Source Engine using software like Blender and ZBrush, feel free to apply for this role.


Note: This role isn't required for the project, but the more help we can get, the better. So, don't be afraid to volunteer if you feel like helping the project out!

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • 3d artist
  • 3d modeling
  • modeling 3d
  • blender
  • ZBrush
  • 3d
  • 3d animation
  • animation 3d
  • blender3d
  • character designer
  • character design
  • *Say something you think would fit*

Artist
Artist
Concept Artists
open
Unpaid

Anyone who is talented at making any kind of concept art (environment, character, prop, etc) can feel free to apply here.

Language:
  • english
Other info:
  • adobe photoshop
  • concept art
  • concept design
  • *Say something you think would fit*

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