Messenger

[Tsixm]

Messenger is a single player Half Life 2 mod that's really short but aimed to be action packed (you get shot at when you step out the lab door). I am working on it alone. Your mission is to deliver the new formula to the other lab, but it's heavily guarded by Civil Protection (because I don't know how to use XSI). Can you make it past the first wave of CP? And can you handle the GMan's surprise?

It's not done yet, and probably won't be for a bit longer... but it's a short game, I have the lab and the outside ground and skyboxes done so it shouldn't be that much longer. I have some screenshots posted on my site: http://aklix.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=8

Thanks for reading this. Your encouragement will help as this is my first full mod (besides the models lol)

 

[Iced_Eagle]

You should make the architecture in the lab more interesting... If you plan on having a short game, don't hold off on the visuals! Make it feel like a lab! Put in lots of props, that also won't get in the way of the player, maybe add a Faceposer scene at the beginning from Kleiner, etc

Be sure to use vertical space too Like put up a rack of boxes or something, don't make maps just one height above your heads, it gets boring.

Otherwise it's looking fine

 

[Tsixm]

Thanks for the tips. I actually decided last night that the GMan will be more of an important character, and I went and learned to use FacePoser. The voices will be different, so I might name the characters something else so that it doesn't seem too n00bish.

I'll hopefully get enough done to post more updates after I finish this stupid school project.