Portal 2 is a Valve-developed game, which is a futuristic puzzle. The game was created in 2011 and has its versions for Windows, macOS, and Linux, as well as for consoles, such as PlayStation and Xbox.
Meaning and history
Portal 2 is the second part of the cult first-person puzzle game created by Valve. The game continues the experiments with portals, but the events here unfold many years after the events of the first part.
The main character Chell, familiar to us from Portal, wakes up after a long sleep and discovers that the Aperture Science complex is now in a destroyed state, and GLaDOS, the artificial intelligence that previously controlled the laboratory, is active again. The heroine will have to learn a lot about the company’s past, meet brand-new characters, and even help an old adversary in her difficult mission.
In addition to the story mode, Portal 2 has a mode where two players can solve complex puzzles together. Here the main characters are robots Atlas and P-Body, who perform various tasks for GLaDOS. These tasks have a separate storyline, which does not overlap with the main one.
Over the years, Portal 2 has become much more than just another computer game. For example, in the pages of the New York Times, it was fashionable to see an article about how a physics teacher was able to use Portal 2 as a visual aid in his lessons. After this article, Valve was literally flooded with emails from teachers who had successfully done the same thing. This prompted the studio to create a special map editor.
2011
The Portal 2 visual identity is composed of a strict wordmark with a playful graphical element, which makes the logo recognizable and shows the game’s individuality.
The Portal 2 wordmark in all capital letters is executed in a bold straight sans-serif typeface. The number “2” has its lines thickened, emphasizing on the new game chapter.
The Portal 2 emblem features a vertical line, placed after the wordmark, and half of the human figure, coming out of it, like the man coming out of the portal.
The Extended version of the Portal 2 visual identity also has a left part, placed before the first “P” of the nameplate. The left hand and running legs of the person are drawn on it.
The gray-white and blue color palette of the Portal 2 logo is simple and minimalist, yet evokes a sense of professionalism and authority and makes people want to check what the game is about.
The Portal 2 logo is funny and playful despite the strict wordmark set up. It is per-fectly balanced and looks good on any placement.