Portal's Rarest Dialogue | Camera Shy

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Published 2023-08-01
In Portal, there is supposed to be special dialogue when completing the Camera Shy achievement...except this special dialogue almost never plays. Because of this, very few players know about its existence. Let's look into why this dialogue has become one of Portal's most hidden secrets.

🎨 Special thanks to Drea for creating the Chell wiggle animation: twitter.com/andreamerart

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MUSIC:
• Portal - Taste of Blood
• Sonic Mania - Stardust Speedway Zone
• Sonic Mania - Comfort Zone
• Pictionary (NES) - Drawing Game
• Plok - Beach
• Portal - Still Alive (Radio Mix)

REFERENCES:
• npc_security_camera.cpp - github.com/VSES/SourceEngine2007/blob/43a5c90a5ada…
• keyboard coincidence (Kim Swift) - web.archive.org/web/20160629093359/http://www.1up.…

All Comments (21)
  • @Marblr
    I'll still be making Overwatch videos, just wanted to try something new! Let me know what you think :O
  • @snark894
    I never realized it was that rare. On my second playthrough, I decided to destroy all the cameras, but always waited for her to stop speaking before destroying them, because I was worried it would interrupt her and I like the dialogue.
  • @jowern0224
    i’ll watch ANYTHING marblr, your editing and explanations are simply too good
  • @TeakKey7
    I like how you can hear Glados's voice get corrupted by her anger at you destroying the cameras. Another subtle hint she is sentient
  • @brokenstar017
    As an 7 or 8 year old kid I played Portal around 2013-2014, and I remember being really worried that I might accidentally cut GLaDOS off if I did anything, so I would just stand still whenever she talked, but I also destroyed all the cameras because idk funny? so I heard that line my first playthrough. It just makes me love these games so much more that so much effort was put into them.
  • @RedHood22
    where did marblr go i miss his him
  • @warmCabin
    This makes sense. You don't want her to interrupt herself, but you also don't want her to skip any camera lines. So they really needed to check the achievement counter and skip the dialogue counter ahead when it's 33.
  • @vict632
    I think the reason the achievement counter and the voiceline counter are separated by the "is glados talking" check, is to keep track of the achievement while also making sure that the player hears all 4 of the camera detachment voicelines. If both counters went up or if was just a single counter keeping track then everytime glados was already talking and a camera got detached, the corresponding voiceline would be skipped. A simple fix would be to have a check for the achievement counter before selecting a voiceline. Something like If(achieve.count = 33 OR voice.count = 33) { play special voiceline} Though everything seems obvious in hindsight
  • @Valius_
    Miss you, Marblr! Hope you come back soon, even if it's just to post an update. ❤
  • @RadioactiveBowl
    I loved portal and had no idea this voice line existed. Great video, would love to see more stuff like this.
  • @_ikako_
    omg marblr's branching out, i'm so here for it. your editing is unmatched and your style makes any topic you cover unique and interesting and worth watching. you could make videos about lawn mower sim 2020 and i'd watch it
  • @JacobRakowitz
    i love the overwatch content but i also love marblr’s other content. he’s just that interesting.
  • @OssyFlawol
    It's very rare to see extremely quality Portal content on this platform, let alone covering a topic as obscure as this glitched line. Hats off to you for bringing light to this! It'd been something I had known about for a very long while, but hadn't had the chance to ever talk about. You did it way better than I could with the presentation, even despite me being the Portal Lore Master :)