Its brains are formed by a Wemos D1 which drives the various LEDs and servos, while an MP3 player board holds a library of sound bites and plays them through a speaker hidden inside the Turret’s shell.Īfter posting his creation on YouTube got many requests for the 3D files, so he made them available and wrote a comprehensive build guide. It will then open its wings and fire its guns while playing the corresponding sounds from the game. The internals are even more impressive with servos, microswitches, and a whole array of 3D-printed gears, cams, and levers.Ī motion sensor activates the Turret whenever a human moves nearby.
The outer shell is a beautiful shiny white, an effect achieved through patient sanding, priming, and spraying with high-gloss paint. We’re making a note here, “huge success”. The result, as you can see in the video embedded below, was a triumph. decided to use his 3D printer to create a Turret that can move and speak exactly as it does in the game.
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Inside the Turret it’s full of moving parts. One beautiful example is ’s physical rendition of a Portal Turret. Even today, more than a decade later, we regularly see hackers applying their skills in recreating some of the game’s elements. Characters became cultural icons, quotes became memes and the game became a classic along with its 2011 sequel.
Thanks to its innovative gameplay and quirky humor, Portal became an instant hit when it was released in 2007.
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