half-life 2D screens (in development)

[senocular]

In a previous discussion about half-life and half-life 2, I mentioned half-life 2D, a Flash based 2D version of half-life (and probably more of half-life 2 as the levels are based off information and movies released on half-life 2).

Recently, http://www.city17.de came in and snaged a couple of screen shots of the game in progress - and this is not the game game but screens of the game being worked on in Flash, photoshop and ultraEdit (for coding) which gives some revealing info about its structure, how it was programmed and techniques in development, something some of you might find interesting. You can find the screens here:

http://www.city17.de/fullnews.php?newsid=7012

You can also find screen shots of the game itself at the main website's gallery.

http://www.halflife2d.com/

[morse]

I can't wait to get halflife 2... This flat business is interesting.

[mdipi]

yeah i am going to reserve hl2 man its gonna be so sweet. and then you got cs2 holla! this looks really cool too.

[senocular]

This is kinda being pushed as the fix for the wait until HL2... then again according to the most recent poll it looks like this (2D) is going to be delayed :sigh:

[morse]

humph. I'm still waiting for Blizzard to make a sequel to my baby, StarCraft. :-\

[senocular]

yeah, a long over-due wait for that one =)

[morse]

Indeed. StarCraft was total money. Still is.

[mdipi]

star craft rocks, but i dont have the first disc :( sucks i only have the expansion, lousy no goods, last time i loan them a game.. grr...sry

anyway check out WC3 so sweet!

[eilsoe]

yeah I found my old starcraft box last week when I cleaned out the garage! =)

I just dunno where the cd is :(

[morse]

:trout:

[Black_Lightning]

there is a starcraft sequel in the making. Starcraft ghost, kindoff a different approach to the starcraft universe. As it's a first person sneak game (cfr splintercell).

Looks very cool though :)

[senocular]

but its not starcraft ;) Its just a game using the starcraft name :(

Their current excuse is all about technology limitations :-\ Id be happier than a puppy with two peters if they simply made a new race for the current version, maybe upping the graphics a little with a higher res as an added bonus, though a new race along (xel naga?) would just make my day... and days to come.

[Black_Lightning]

euhm, it's definatly starcraft. i've played c&c renegade and a shooter in a universe you know well can be quite a nice game.

though it will not be as much fun as a real starcraft. The technology limitations could be really good news...this probly means they are working on it, maybe only in an early design phase but still :D.

most likely starcraft 2 will be after starcarft ghost (and expansion? ) and world of warcraft are finnished, which is a little while i'm affraid :(

[senocular]

its not starcraft :sure:

[kirupa]

The game reminds of an arcade game I played a while ago - it's a side scroller and the graphics look similar to this; the gameplay is very similar to Contra. I think it is one of those NeoGeo games.

Metal Slug? - not sure, but the game looks very similar to that :)

EDIT: Yep: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=M&game_id=8675

[Black_Lightning]

* t'is
- t'is not
* t'is
- t'is not
* t'is
- t'is not
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- t'is not
etc....

best we avoid this right ;).... let's just agree to dissagree

still is starcraft... nah =)

[senocular]

StarCraft.truth = _root["its not"] * Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;

:P

[Black_Lightning]

hehe

you're lucky i'm to lazy to get my c++ book. ;)... ah maybe tomorrow

[senocular]

Originally posted by kirupa
The game reminds of an arcade game I played a while ago - it's a side scroller and the graphics look similar to this; the gameplay is very similar to Contra. I think it is one of those NeoGeo games.

Metal Slug? - not sure, but the game looks very similar to that :)

EDIT: Yep: http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=M&game_id=8675

ooo you're right kirupa. I thought of contra when I first saw the screens (though I guess thats my initial reaction to any side scrolling shooter) but it looks to be very much in the style of metal slug.


... ya gotta love a camel thats packin' ;)
http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/M/yMetal_Slug_2.png

[Mik3]

look, a cool mod for HL2

http://mods.moddb.com/1739/

look! all these mods/news for Half-Life 2!!!!
http://help.moddb.com/modpick/?sub_amw=t&mod_id=1739

:O
http://mods.moddb.com/gallery/1669/


http://chaos.waveartists.com/

^ OMG

[Mik3]

lol, half-life 2 review from amazon:


is it really half life 2?, August 2, 2003
Reviewer: A gamer from England
Ok everybody, I've heard rumours that this isnt actually Half Life 2, it is actually half life 1, under a different name, and it has a few new enemies named 'biozeminades' which can make themselves look good, and you have to kill them with spray paint. Apparently, the half life 2 e3 video and trailer were made with frame by frame animation (so it is not the game) by Yago Zebadiah, who is from France. However, this half life 2(1) is still looking good, and i hope that the biozeminades are as good as people say they are

this guy is wack

[Invis]

HL2 Source engine = orgasm

I just can't wait for this game, I mean the physics (sp?) are astounding, from the E3 vid and steam shorts.
\

[Black_Lightning]

haven't seen video's really but i read what the physics engine is capable off....

though physics won't be the best thing to the game.... they are going to step off scripted events and leave almost everything to the AI. and what an AI it is.

the article i read said something bout freeman being hunted down by small aliens (cfr zerglings and the aliens from starship troopers). the aliens keep stalking you throughout the lvl, you can't just run out of the room and expect to be safe like in (some) other games.

all of a sudden the aliens run away from freeman and go and hide. The player thinks he's safe until he figures that they are scared of a bigger alien. He starts running towards the neerest house thinking it will stop the alien in it's path. The alien storms through the wall continuing the chase until it's distracted a little further by an apc with marines on patrol....

don't know about you guys, but i can't wait :thumb:

[senocular]

you can control the aliens too ;) theres this pheromone stuff you can throw which attracts the aliens and lets you control where they run.. effectively being able to tell them to go over where the bad guys (humans) are and take them out =)

The video is really amazing. Try to get a hold of it if you can.

[andr.in]

man... every half-lifge game that ends with something with "2" in it is great! :P I can't wait!

[¥€££Ø §ÑÕW©øÑ€]

I must say that i am more devoted to halflife 2 than any of u! It beats starcraft by a mile. I have every single hl2 demo there is and I am going to buy a $600 video card JUST to play it! None of u are that devoted 2 it i bet?:)

[kh3mical]

starcraft is a mad game. its pretty old, but its like the best game of that period. half life is around then but i like sc better.

[¥€££Ø §ÑÕW©øÑ€]

sc is a completely different game, but it is great. Altho hl and hl2 are better :D

[andr.in]

ehmm nice nickname, ..€££U... whatever!

[kh3mical]

lol, yello snowcone. funny

[senocular]

You cant really compare starcraft and HL. They're two completely different genres. You're better off comparing to Quake or Unreal (or actually other FPS since Q and UR seem more multiplayer-centric).

[kh3mical]

yea, but we all agree that starcraft is the king of all strategy games!!!;):)

[senocular]

I dont know about that :-\ as much as I want to think it is. Mass attacks can still do it (though with the expansion and patches that has become less the case). A game with two crafty people, though, is where that (strat) becomes very much the case =)

[Black_Lightning]

Originally posted by senocular
I dont know about that :-\ as much as I want to think it is. Mass attacks can still do it (though with the expansion and patches that has become less the case). A game with two crafty people, though, is where that (strat) becomes very much the case =)

only drawback of starcraft, and warcraft.... prone to rushes. but there hasn't been a Rts yet that doesn't have this problem.

Senocular i should indeed get hold of the movie, probly will to when i find the time :)