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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The Battle of Philadelphia is a single player Half-Life 2 modification set in the Half-Life universe. The story chronicles the city of Philadelphia, USA in the weeks following the events of city 17. This project will be distributed for free and released incrementally in | The Battle of Philadelphia is a single player Half-Life 2 modification set in the Half-Life universe. The story chronicles the city of Philadelphia, USA in the weeks following the events of city 17. This project will be distributed for free and released incrementally in chapters. Only owners of Half-Life 2 will be able to play it. "The Battle of Philadelphpia" places an emphasis on characters and their extroardinarily difficult situation, and as such will involve story advancement through npc dialogue and their conveying of emotion. This will be familiar to players of Half-Life 2. | ||
==Features== | ==Features== | ||
* new characters | * new characters | ||
* variations on Half-Life 2 | * variations on Half-Life 2 game play | ||
* new NPCs | |||
* some new weapons | * some new weapons | ||
* & some | * & others | ||
==Requirements== | |||
As far as we know, this game will require An installed copy of Half - Life 2, as well as the SDK Base - Orangebox. There is some confusion however. It may be the case that any Source game would suffice (in place of Half - Life 2), but at this time the development team is unsure. we do know that it works with HL2. | |||
==Media== | ==Media== | ||
Media is (usually) available from the mods official website. | Media is (usually) available from the mods [http://phillymod.type3studios.com/ official website]. | ||
Oct 2008 update: the official site will be completely rebuilt soon. when it is, new media will be available here. | |||
until then, enjoy these shots from the first map: | |||
[[Image:http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly1_small.jpg]] | |||
[[Image:http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly2_small.jpg]] | |||
[[Image:http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly7_small.jpg]] | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
"The Battle of Philadelphia" has been in development | "The Battle of Philadelphia" has been in development since 2005. At it's inception, the developers of this mod were in college, and as such, very busy. The two founding developers are now done with college, allowing more time for development work. | ||
==Team== | ==Team== | ||
The Battle of Philadelphia is being developed by [http://www.type3studios.com/ | The Battle of Philadelphia is being developed by [http://www.type3studios.com/ Type 3 Studios]. | ||
The team currently includes: | The team currently includes: | ||
* czarr - writer, director, choreographer | * czarr - writer, director, choreographer | ||
* [[User:Vecima|vecima]] - programmer, | * [[User:Vecima|vecima]] - programmer, level designer, modeller, texture artist, scripter | ||
* Nicadeamas - level designer | |||
* Nesretep - community relations | |||
==Other info== | ==Other info== | ||
* [http://phillymod.type3studios.com Official Website] | * [http://phillymod.type3studios.com Official Website] | ||
* [http:// | * [http://type3studios.com/forum2/viewforum.php?f=17 Type 3 Mod Forums] | ||
* [http://www.type3studios.com/ | * [http://www.type3studios.com/ Type 3 Studios] | ||
[[Category:HL2 Third Party Mods]] | [[Category:HL2 Third Party Mods]] | ||
[[Category:Single Player Mods]] | [[Category:Single Player Mods]] | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 2 October 2008
Overview
The Battle of Philadelphia is a single player Half-Life 2 modification set in the Half-Life universe. The story chronicles the city of Philadelphia, USA in the weeks following the events of city 17. This project will be distributed for free and released incrementally in chapters. Only owners of Half-Life 2 will be able to play it. "The Battle of Philadelphpia" places an emphasis on characters and their extroardinarily difficult situation, and as such will involve story advancement through npc dialogue and their conveying of emotion. This will be familiar to players of Half-Life 2.
Features
- new characters
- variations on Half-Life 2 game play
- new NPCs
- some new weapons
- & others
Requirements
As far as we know, this game will require An installed copy of Half - Life 2, as well as the SDK Base - Orangebox. There is some confusion however. It may be the case that any Source game would suffice (in place of Half - Life 2), but at this time the development team is unsure. we do know that it works with HL2.
Media
Media is (usually) available from the mods official website. Oct 2008 update: the official site will be completely rebuilt soon. when it is, new media will be available here. until then, enjoy these shots from the first map: File:Http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly1 small.jpg File:Http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly2 small.jpg File:Http://phillymod.type3studios.com/pics/screens/philly7 small.jpg
History
"The Battle of Philadelphia" has been in development since 2005. At it's inception, the developers of this mod were in college, and as such, very busy. The two founding developers are now done with college, allowing more time for development work.
Team
The Battle of Philadelphia is being developed by Type 3 Studios.
The team currently includes:
- czarr - writer, director, choreographer
- vecima - programmer, level designer, modeller, texture artist, scripter
- Nicadeamas - level designer
- Nesretep - community relations