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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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.
- english
- female adult
- female young adult
- female teen
- shure sm7b
[Preferably, submit some dialogue that you think would fit.]
![](https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/role/attachment/1178611/default_686565Scarlett.png)
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.
- english
- female adult
- adult
- calm
- Authoritive
- Collected
- 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.
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!
- english
- 3d world modeling
- blender
- modeling 3d
- 3d modeling
- 3d artist
*Say something you think would fit*
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!
- blender
- 3d artist
- 3d animation
- 3d modeling
- blender3d
- modeling 3d
*Say something you think would fit*
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!
- english
- map design
- map making
- level design
- hammer
- Source Engine
*Say something you think would fit*
![](https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/role/attachment/1176965/default_686557Vixie.png)
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.
- english
- female adult
- calm
- Eccentric
- intellectual
- nonbinary
- Feminine
- female young adult
- nervous
- timid
- Emotional
- Complex
- 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."
![](https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/role/attachment/1176972/default_686558Rory.png)
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:
- english
- video game
- female adult
- Rough
- Cold
- threatening
- calm
- Calculated
- Menacing
- eerie
- creepy
- Angry
- 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.]
![](https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/role/attachment/1178608/default_686560Flynn.png)
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.
- male adult
[Preferably, submit some dialogue that you think would fit.]
![](https://d1m9vqlvl3fy94.cloudfront.net/role/attachment/1176976/default_686555Worker.png)
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
- male adult
- female adult
- 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.]
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*
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.
- english
*Say something you think would fit*
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*
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!
- english
- substance painter
- substance designer
- texture art
*Say something you think would fit*
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!
- english
- blender
- Source Filmmaker
- SFM
- blender
- 3d animation
- sfm animator
- game animator
- animation 3d
*Say something you think would fit*
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!
- english
- 3d artist
- 3d modeling
- modeling 3d
- blender
- ZBrush
- 3d
- 3d animation
- animation 3d
- blender3d
- character designer
- character design
*Say something you think would fit*
Anyone who is talented at making any kind of concept art (environment, character, prop, etc) can feel free to apply here.
- english
- adobe photoshop
- concept art
- concept design
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