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Thx, we'll try!

Thx, glad you like them!

Thx, glad you like them. As for the likes counter (dislikes are hidden by YT ), not a fan of it so the counter is disabled on all videos. This likely won't change.

Thx, that's awesome to hear!

I have over 10 years of experience in hard-surface design and more than 5 years in pixelated graphics. So, take it easy on yourself, it takes time, a lot of milage.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc Impressive! Thanks, gonna keep trying lol

Thx. I showed it here to a great extent: ruclips.net/video/JoI_-5N2LgE/видео.html

Thx. Few reasons: existing knowledge of GoldSrc, strong nostalgic appeal of it, curiosity about how far we can push the engine visually, and it's easier to form a team, since the HL1 modding community is still quite active. Using a modern game engine would've likely made it far less appealing, forming a team much harder and development more expensive. Even as things are, it will probably never be finished or would take years, but whatever, it's very enjoyable and fulfilling to work on it.

To me our project visually looks quite similar to Moons of Madness, which also takes place on Mars. Quite a few similarities.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc yes

Glad you do!

Great, glad you like it.

Thx, glad it caught your attention! We hope too.

Thx. GoldSrc is an old engine and so doesn't support normal maps and else. These are all lightly baked textures (just simple edge highlights and such).

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc ohhhhhh! awesome

so so so so soooooo good

Thx, glad you dig the texture work, a lot of effort goes into them.

:-) Cool.

We definitely will, very glad you dig it!

Thx. Yeah, we'll try amber yellow on joints, or the same yellow of those mags attached to it. All in all, we'll try various things and see what works best.

We're glad it caught your attention.

🙂¡Gracias! Nos alegra que te guste.

🙂 Thx.

Glad you like them. We're happy how they turned out, will be nice to see them fully fixed, with polished animations and else, their own sfxs and vfxs.

🙂Thx, impressive isn't it, we ourselves are kind of stunned by what seems possible here, given enough effort.

That's sweet of you to say, means a lot to hear it.

Thx, glad the hard work on it paid off.

Exactly, glad you like it!

Hehe, well, with enough skill and dedication, one can make an old engine impress.

Yup, good old GoldSrc.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc This is insane! Please continue this project!

@@happyfungoodhappy 🙂We'll see, money/budget dictates progress and the budget (which I as project stater provide) in general is small so progress is slow and project completion far away and not that likely. In any case, it's enjoyable to work on it and if we make it to the end, cool, if not, it was an enjoyable attempt.

@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc Well i really hope it goes well! This project looks very promising, and i would love to see the finished product one day. Take your time though, and have fun with it!

@@happyfungoodhappy Thx!

It's not that type of game, though I can see how it might seem like it on the surface. There's actually nothing to extract or escape from. The mission is to reach an alien device (multi-biosphere anihilator) buried beneath the complex and destroy it using a handheld device that would be given to you by an alien being from a species that opposes the one that built the larger device. So, it's about infiltrating the complex and completing the objective rather than surviving or extracting.

Glad you like it.

Thx, happy you dig it.

Thx, glad you like how we did it.

Exactly, well crafted baked textures can produce stunning results.

Yeah, Steam is the ultimate destination and offering an art/dev book and such is a nice idea, we'll see. As others have asked about the whole bot creation process, we'll see to show it in one of the future update videos (if not earlier in a quick one). In short, modeling and texturing is done in SketchUp Make, while rigging and animation are handled in Blender. Blender also has the Source Tools plugin, which allows export of models and animations in the SMD format, compatible with GoldSrc's model compilation tools like Studiomdl. Thx for the kind words, glad our hard work is being recognized.

Yeah, we can color these, either fully or partially (your example or something like it, highlighting a smaller piece that catches attention), in some vivid color. We'll figure something out, try different things, see what works best and doesn't screw the overall look of the bot.

Thx, I'm very glad you like the style and are eager to play the game.

Thx, glad you dig the project. We use GoldSrc, the 26 years old engine powering HL1, so textures are indeed indexed, must be, both for world/brushwork and models. So it's all authentic, within limitations of that time, or GoldSrc at least.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc nice

The idea here is that the bot is directly connected to it (or a part of bot's vision), allowing it to use the scope without needing to physically align its head with it (rear lens isn' there). This means the bot can maintain precision and fire accurately from various poses, as long as the weapon is securely held.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc Dumb

@@yerwrongbud Maybe.

Thx. Quite a few reasons. First and foremost is familiarity or extensive experience with the engine prior to the project's birth. GoldSrc has a nostalgic charm and offers a nice challenge because you're working with older tech and thus many limitations. When you put an effort and create someting quite impressive within these constraints, it's thrilling and very satisfying, and really catches people's attention. Then there's the contributing to the legacy of a game engine that shaped FPS history. It's simply more rewarding and far more interesting for everyone on and around the project when the attempt is to deliver 'AAA' design quality game on a 26 years old engine.

Thx, we hope too.

Thx. All casings are from HL, we have our own models but didn't get to code them. I hear you about the recoils and else. In general, don't take anything as finished or final, even the aim punch fixes shown in the video aren't good enough, just a bit better. The wepons are functional enough, for now and we can focus our attention on the combat play. There's a lot of smaller and bigger fixes to do later on the weapons.

Not sure we can achieve 'Valve-tier quality' given the nature of the project, the team, and its small budget, but rest assured it would be tested extensively and be as good as it can be given the circumstances.

@@EXCAVATION_GoldSrc thanks guys i made the comment to point out that it would be sad if so much effort would be wasted on a game thats not appreciated. I really want the best for the project, good luck to you guys

@@the-guy-beyond-the-socket Much appreciated, thank you.

It's quite interesting to push the visuals of an engine that old.

Hehe, thx, glad the video found its way to you.

Thx!

Yup, good old GoldSrc.

No, you're a complete human. MGS4 has similar arms some told us and indeed there's similarity. Thx, happy to hear you like the visuals.

You won't be playing as this robot, but MTU (Martian Tactical Unit) operative, a human. Bots won't be replenishing lost limbs.

Thanks, very glad this video reached you and you liked what you saw. We're putting the effort.

In essence, the budget was depleted (some members are involved on a paid basis). The continuation may or may not happen, only time will tell. We're not some indie team with a sufficient budget and a set goal to sell the game. We're just a bunch of skilled guys, some payed (some more some less) some doing work free of charge, doing work on this in spare time. As the project starter I'm providing the budget and I'm not able to replenish it atm to the degree needed to complete the combat play, our next major milestone (which btw makes or breaks the game). Given the game would be free (as selling it on Steam may not be feasible because reasons), I'm not that willing anymore nor in position really to spend larger sums of money on it. The hope at the beginning was, if I start doing quality stuff in this outdated engine, start a mod, enough skilled people from the HL modding community would be intrigued enough to jump on board for free, and together, with our combined skills we make someting cool and impressive on this old engine, leave a mark if you will. It did happen, but not entirely so, meaning money had to be spent. So, we'll continue when there's enough money to reach that next milestone and the right people are ready for it. Minor work may be done in the meantime. Whatever happens, I, as I hope others, am very proud of what has been achieved so far.