BEHIND THE CURTAIN
Preface
"Half-Life 2: Riot Act" took a lot of time and effort to make.
Here you will find images and shots taken through the process.
The creative activity has been amazing and rewarding: being a small group we tried to focus on our strongest abilities to make the most out of them.
A lot of ideas have been implemented, some didn't make it, but our best choice has been to go for quality against quantity, which eventually permitted us to finish it.
Second thoughts were on the order of the day, but we managed them in a constructive manner.
A lot of text here is in Italian, sorry, but we think to leave it as we originally create it.
Thanks to every one who played it or is simply interested in our work.
Passion is eveything.
Warning
Since images intrinsically spoil, you might want to come back here right after you have played the game from start to finish...
Images
) Preliminary sketch for the first level. It ended up not too far from this concept. |
) Detailed paper for the second level. This project has been completely replaced, but the last section ended in the third level |
) High level concept for the second map. A lot of ideas eventually made their way to the final version. |
) A preliminary plan from the top view in Hammer for the first level. It has been heavily modified since then. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the first level. |
) The first level with textures and lights. |
) Another shot from the first level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) One of the first orange version of the second level. |
) A section of the second level without light. |
) The same section with final lights, but no hdr. |
) Another section from the second level. |
) Credits hidden into a texture... go find it! |
) The original suit has been replaced with a combine vest for the sake of believability. Here it's the wireframe version. |
) Again the vest, here fully skinned. |
) First try in-game didn't get too much luck:) |
) A female hand photo reference for our brave Jamil. |
) A work in progress of the hand model, skin unfinished. |
) A nice touch: the mod logo became a tattoo. |
) Precompiled reflections testing. |
) Reference photo for the bridge of the last level. |
) A closer look. |
) Photoshopped game design reference. |
) A first attempt to create the bridge directly in Hammer. |
) One of the props the bridge is comprised of, seen from XSI. |
) The prop tiled into Hammer. |
) One of the UV maps used to skin the bridge... |
) ...and the final skin, with rust, bolts and everything! |
) The Hammer bridge model replaced with the XSI props. Looks so much better! |
) The model for the cable car. |
) A first try in Hammer to get the right proportions. |
) This metal texture has been created to skin the cable car. |
