That's interesting... I see all these big corporations apparently supporting the O3D Engine, but most projects that I see being developed using a FOSS game engine are actually using Godot.

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I'm glad that Erik Wolpaw is excited to write for Portal again, but there's a lot of considerations that most people aren't thinking about, like: does he actually have a pitch for a new story? Does Valve have new mechanics to explore in a new game (a new story and levels aren't enough to sustain a new title)? Portal 2 ended very neatly Chell story arch; where can we go with the story now? Portal 2 shares the same world with Half-Life, so additions to its lore could have deep implications to their other franchise, so they have to be somewhat mindful when expanding its universe and not even Erik Wolpaw knows how Portal's timeline fits with the outside world.

Portal is a beloved franchise and it would carry some heavy expectations with a new main title, so everyone needs to be convinced that they have at least a new and engaging mechanic to expand upon to be later complemented with and equally engaging story. If they don't have new ideas to explore, the excitement alone of a single individual won't make a difference, since Valve doesn't have the pressure to constantly ship new games to make money, which can be a good and a bad thing at the same time (few games, but higher quality ones).

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