You may not have the talent to make a game like Portal 2, but Valve's not going to stop you from trying. The company released a beta version of their Portal 2 "Authoring Tools" last night, the same software used to produce the very levels you've been playing the last few weeks.

The news was announced on Valve's official Portal 2 blog, where Valve asked its community testers to submit any bugs they come across--the tools are not final. If you'd like to download the Authoring Tools for yourself, click over to the "Tools" tab in Steam.

More details, including some helpful mailing lists to keep tabs on, are available on the blog.

The tools are also, at the moment, Windows only. I've contacted Valve about possible Mac support.

You may not have the talent to make a game like Portal 2, but Valve's not going to stop you from trying. The company released a beta version of their Portal 2 "Authoring Tools" last night, the same software used to produce the very levels you've been playing the last few weeks.

The news was announced on Valve's official Portal 2 blog, where Valve asked its community testers to submit any bugs they come across--the tools are not final. If you'd like to download the Authoring Tools for yourself, click over to the "Tools" tab in Steam.

More details, including some helpful mailing lists to keep tabs on, are available on the blog.

The tools are also, at the moment, Windows only. I've contacted Valve about possible Mac support.

Awesome

So pumped to see what people come up with. I loved some of the stuff folks did with the first game, like the Flash Version maps and Portal Prelude. 

Beard Dirt

I really hope they get around to releasing the Source SDK on OS X soon.

Awesomesauce. Maybe the levels will be challenging unlike Portal 2.

That's nice, I guess, but I'd rather have the DA2 Toolset.

I'm gay.

Go on Valve! You can do it! Now I really oughta jump into those tools some day.
I want to make puzzling mind... puzzles.

@Spaghet: 

Awesomesauce. Maybe the levels will be challenging unlike Portal 2.

Great! I messed with the original game a bit, but I never finished what I started. I think if I did anything with it this time I'd like to make a co-op level.

Problem is, I do the puzzles so I can experience more of the story. If there's no story to reveal, there's not really much incentive for me to play.

" Problem is, I do the puzzles so I can experience more of the story. If there's no story to reveal, there's not really much incentive for me to play. "

" Problem is, I do the puzzles so I can experience more of the story. If there's no story to reveal, there's not really much incentive for me to play. "

Oh its that time of year again... where i pour stupid amounts of time into making things in HAMMER...

Awesome. Not interested in making anything myself, but I'm definitely excited to see what other people can make.

Cool.

Considering there isn't a single SDK in my tools tab available on the Mac (including any of Valve's), I wouldn't hold your breath for Mac support. 

Do I need Portal 2 to use this crap? Or can I just download it and start dicking around with things I don't know about?

Nice to know you can still count on Valve to make a PC game.

" I'm gay. "

Any word on the delivery method for these levels? I kinda just want to be able to hit shuffle and just start testing. 

Valve rock

Something I will never use but it's cool that it's there.

that is cool, some pretty awesome stuff could potentially come from this.

That sounds pretty neat

Wouldn't the SDK be harder to use than Gary's Mod? Just make portal levels in Gary's Mod.

Sweet.  Just one of the many reasons I love PC Gaming!!