Introduction As with most of my mod stories I will start with the story told in fiction form and then explain the reasoning behind it and also give more details about the gameplay and twists/spoilers. A Rude Awakening All is dark and warm and quite and peaceful. Then suddenly: Noise, heat, light and movement……PAIN……nightmares!

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I’m a little older than the average gamer, not the oldest I know but still at an age where my contemporaries consider my hobby as childish. A typical Monday morning conversation could be:

THEM: “So, what did you do this weekend?”
ME: “I worked on my website”.
THEM: “Oh, I didn’t know you had a website, what’s it about?”
ME: “FPS Computer Games”.
THEM: “You still play games at your age, I would have thought you would have grown out of that by now”.

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Introduction One of the areas that I feel has been neglected in Single Player modding is Usable Items. I want modders to create new and interesting items to use specifically within Single Player games. It sounds great in theory but unfortunately it is a lot harder to do in practice. The main problem lies in… Read More

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I wrote this story in response to a mod called Black Mesa: Source that was looking for ideas. Here’s what they have decided to do: Black Mesa: Source is a Half-Life 2 modification determined to recreate Half-Life 1 on the Source Engine from the ground up, keeping the original as much intact as it possibly… Read More

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Here’s another mod story idea, this one was first conceived for Half Life, but it could be used for another game with the right theme. As with my other mod story ideas I will start by setting the scene with my crappy 50’s-style writing and then explain the basic story outline after that. The opening… Read More

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Here is a mod story idea. The characters, setting and details can be changed to anything whilst still leaving the story the same. I’ve started by writing a short story to help set the scene. A man sits at a corner table in a quite bar on the edge of Fortune City. He’s waiting. He’s… Read More

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Introduction There is no doubt that the mod making community has some incredibly talented individuals. I think we would also agree that making a mod is generally a large commitment. I was thinking about this as I was voting in a poll at a now forgotten mapping website. So here’s the idea….

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