Quote Originally Posted by AmazeO XD View Post
The funny thing is, Portal wasn't a mainstream game title untill Valve discovered it.

Portal was actually a Senior student project for some gaming design class (or something to that tune) and some higher-up at Valve saw it while at the college and hired them on the spot.
That was not Portal, that was Narbacular Drop, and I am certainly aware of how Valve acquired the idea and their team. Before Portal was released, I tried out Narbacular Drop, and it's a cool game. Buggy and very limited, but they had some good ideas going.

By the way, Narbacular Drop was made into freeware, after the Nuclear Monkey team split up. You can pick it up here.