Still Life
From Valve Developer Community
Still Life - A single player mod for Half-Life 2 currently in pre-alpha stage.
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Current Information
Still Life is a modification of Half-Life which hopes to create a new style of gameplay for both new and old players. Though planned to be an action-based mod, Still Life focuses heavily on story, imagery and interaction with the world.
Creating a mod where action comes as a second thought and simply surviving is the main task at hand.
Highlights
These are just a few of the features which have already be completed or are near completion. Several others have already been conceived that have not been fully tested or completed in game.
- An immense dynamic world which progresses as the story does. From religions to politics to mountains to oceans, even nearby planets, all have or will be created for use within the world. All will be detailed with the information necessary for it to be both a plausible and an interesting factor within the universe that is being conceived.
- A truly interactive world. Most things (within reason and coding limitations) that can be touched, moved, destroyed or broken in real life will have the same effect in game.
- An original soundtrack featuring various different genres of music ranging from down-tempo, orchestral to dark electronica.
- A (hopefully) interesting story set into chapters visiting several decades before and after the start of the main era the story is based in. Spanning over a series of characters each linked to the other, the story questions the boundaries of what is reality and captivates the player urging them to move onward in search of an answer.
Team
Still Life is currently a solo effort, this may change in the near future.
Release
There is no release date planned as of yet.
A small "prelude" map featuring an introduction to the story will be released soon. This will be playable through Half-Life: Episode Two.
Links and Contact
There are currently no webpages relating to the mod, this will change soon. To contact the developer
Email Abraxas
"The sky glowed dark red before that day; like a work of art sadly marred by sangria from an upset wine bottle. It was a fitting omen for what was to follow. A world frozen in place as its very roots were struck, the dissipation of the simple foundations that humanity itself was based on. No one could have foretold the events which were about to happen. A disagreement, an argument, a conflict, a slaughter – this is the series of events that lead to the near-compe annihilation of mankind. Though who am I to speak of such things? A citizen of a city numbered to keep track of the fleeing victims of conflict, trying to revisit a life so distant now it’s troubling to even comprehend. It’s been seven years… Only seven years? We don’t talk about the past, no one wants to, so why should I? Why do I feel compelled to write this now? These nonsensical smatterings on the paper in front of me, why do they make me feel better?"
