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''Update: Some virus-laden PC has been used to visit the MINERVA website, and in the process picked up my email address. My poor iBook is now being assaulted with junk emails containing viruses it can't possibly run. ''
''If your IP address happens to resolve to '''vaise-3-82-225-233-144.fbx.proxad.net''', please disconnect your diseased, pox-blighted pile of Microsoft-powered dung from the internet and invest in a virus checker. Thank you.''


==Introduction==
==Introduction==

Revision as of 15:05, 30 July 2005

Metastasis screenshot - click to enlarge
Metastasis screenshot - click to enlarge
Metastasis screenshot - click to enlarge

Introduction

MINERVA is not a single modification, but will be an ongoing series of single-player Half-Life 2 maps. The first map, Metastasis, is currently under development by Adam Foster, and (as of the beginning of July 2005) is nearing completion - with architecture almost completely done, and entity work and game-play approximately 33% complete. Its development involved the learning of Half-Life 2 mapping techniques, so subsequent releases should occur much more quickly.

The maps will be linked by a common plotline, based in the Half-Life 2 universe but with ... extensions. Significantly influenced by games such as the Marathon and System Shock series, each map will feature enigmatic directions and instructions from an unknown third party, continuous with the well-received Half-Life 1 map Someplace Else.

See Also

  • A small MINERVA teaser site has been available for the past few months, with updated content to follow.