About A single player mappack/mod featuring the Daleks from the cult TV show Doctor Who. You are assigned to investigate a situation taking place in a junk yard in Totters Lane, London. It is believed that a small group of militia are held up in this area, possibly protecting some form of transmat device which… Read More
Archive for September 2006
Cthulhufor Half-Life
About Cthulhu is a single-player modification for Half-Life. It contains 65 maps, 21 new monsters and 14 new weapons. Story You are Ranulf Satfford, occult investigator in 1928 Arkham, USA… Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 11 recommendations, average score: 3.64 (out of 5), standard deviation: 2.05 (what's… Read More
Total Downloads: 6849th September 2006
45 Comments
and 11 recommendations, 3 say "Play It Now!"
Breakdown 2: Afterwardsfor Half-Life
Story Taken from the homepage: “That day should be the beginning of great celebrations, because the mankind created machine for transferring a biological material. But the scientists at Black Mesa didn’t count with surfeit of transport nucleus, and the whole transfer can sprain out of control. Something like this has happened during the main test,… Read More
Total Downloads: 1,7929th September 2006
12 Comments
and 6 recommendations, 3 say "Play It Later"
Battle For Lifefor Half-Life
About You are Handy Man in Black Mesa! This is both a Single Player and MultiPlayer mod. If anybody has more details please contact me. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 4 recommendations, average score: 1.5 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.75 (what's that?)
Total Downloads: 1,2939th September 2006
8 Comments
and 4 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it
Linking Levels
Introduction Many readers here are probably aware of playlists, these allow people to control the music they listen to. Many create different types of play lists to suit their mood or even the time of day. Why can’t we do this with levels?
7th September 2006 1 Comment
Nuclear Winterfor Opposing Force
About Nuclear Winter is a single player mission for Half-Life Opposing Force. It comprises 29 new maps plus a ton of new scripted scenes, models, artwork, character voices, sound effects and music. Nuclear Winter was recently re released with Steam support. Opposing Force is no longer required. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play… Read More
Total Downloads: 5,5715th September 2006
40 Comments
and 15 recommendations, 6 say "Play It Later"
Are Levels Really Necessary?
In a post entitled Loading Screens: A Waste Of Time? Leon said; “it’s even nice to have small break between all the action.” I disagreed because I feel that’s the job of the developer but it got me thinking about the flow of levels and the constraints of a game engine. Let me explain.
5th September 2006 4 Comments
Loading Screens – A Waste of Time?
Introduction I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while but keep forgetting! As games get more and more graphic-card demanding the loads times seems to be ever increasing.
4th September 2006 11 Comments
Lost Coast Sequel Ideas
Introduction For some strange reason I started thinking about the old fisherman character in The Lost Coast and I thought that he might make an interesting character to make a mod around. Below you will find a couple of skeleton ideas for some mods.
4th September 2006 6 Comments
eXterminatefor Half-Life 2
About eXterminate is a FPS type mod in pure kill-everything-that-moves style. I’ts very similiar to the classical game Phobia II, with the exact same same point: Kill as many things as possible before you die. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 2 recommendations, average score: 5 (out of… Read More
Total Downloads: 04th September 2006
6 Comments
and 2 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!
Total Downloads: 1,4599th September 2006
19 Comments and 5 recommendations, most say "Play It Now!"