GamePortal

GamePortal, Inc. is an American company based in, that specializes in the  of user-generated video games exclusively on its website, simply branded as GamePortal.

GamePortal was founded by three former employees—Alan Dolph, Michael Layhader, and Chris Laurenson—on June 9, 2012. On June 18, its first game was published, which was a titled GamePortal Presents: Ammo. Within that year, 37 video games were developed exclusively for the website. On December 29, the company moved into its official Houston headquarters.

As of June 10, 2020, GamePortal has 2,006 games and 1,902 active developers.

History
In 2008, Alan Dolph, Michael Layhader, and Chris Laurenson quit their jobs at Apple, seeing as they already had enough money to start their own business. They thought of a website for users to post their own video games, and came up with the name Gamerskool. They later changed it to GamePortal.

GamePortal was founded on June 9, 2012. On June 18, the website'a first game was published, which was GamePortal Presents: Ammo, a first person shooter developed by Dolph. Within that year, 37 video games were developed exclusively for the website. On December 29, the company moved into its official Houston headquarters.

In 2005, a desktop application of GamePortal was created, and was made available for download on the website. During this time, about 445 games were developed for the website

On July 27, 2011, GamePortal added a new account restriction to prevent the creation of unnecessary or offensice games, which GamePortal called " games". With this restriction, the developer of the has to have an account on the website for a full week before being able to develop games. The review process was also added, which is where website moderators must review games before they are published.

On September 2, 2011, GamePortal's theme changed to the one it has today, which is a -esque black and blue theme.

Policies and ratings
On June 3, 2012, GamePortal added ratings. The ratings were In March 2013, GamePortal made it a requirement to have content warnings at the beginnings of games for adults.
 * E (Everyone): Games for all ages.
 * O (Older): Games for older children.
 * T (Teen): Games for teenagers.
 * M (Mature): Games for older teens and adults.
 * A (Adult): Games strictly for adults.