Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D., a single-player modification for Half-Life by Future Games Select and former Valve designer Cayle George, is now available on Steam. George worked on games like Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 at Valve. C.A.G.E.D. is a reimagining of his old map from Project: Quantum Leap, a community project which features 20 maps created by 15 authors. The project was released in June of 2002.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/679990

Linux and Mac versions are coming soon.

Features

• Full single-player campaign.
• Unlockable bonus content.
• Music from artist Lazerhawk.
• Developer commentary mode.

Trailer

In today's article, we're going to talk about the G-Man's possible cut appearance in Half-Life.

In the chapter "We've Got Hostiles", there is a locked security booth at the beginning. Here, a panicked scientist pounds on the window of the booth and screams at the security guard inside to have him open the door to the silo complex, allowing them to escape. Before the guard can react, he's grabbed and killed by a zombie that emerged from an air duct behind him. Shocked, the scientist runs into a nearby laser mine and dies in the explosion. The player must find another way to get inside the booth and open the door.

In this scene, there is an entity manager named "beatglass" to trigger the scripted lines spoken by the scientist. This manager also triggers an entity named "gmanlook", which is not present in the map. The same entity name is used for a scripted sequence performed by the G-Man in another map. It is possible that the G-Man was intended to appear in the booth instead of a security guard. The name might also refer to "glassman", which is the internal entity name given to the scientist but the evidence suggests otherwise. Assuming our speculation is correct, the G-Man would ignore the scientist's request and not open the door, leading to the same fate.

Files

c1a3.bsp

classname: multi_manager
targetname: beatglass
c1a3_sci_silo1a: 0.1
gmanlook: 4
c1a3_sci_silo2a: 5.5

c0a0d.bsp

classname: scripted_sequence
targetname: gmanlook
m_iszEntity: gman
m_iszPlay: idlebrush

The original scene (video)



The same scene with the G-Man (video)



Credits

Hayri "Barnz" Yurdakul
Rikki "Marphy Black" D'Angelo

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. is an upcoming single-player modification for Half-Life by Future Games Select and Cayle George Games. It is coming to Steam for free on September 21, 2017.

Cayle George is a designer who worked on games like Team Fortress 2 and Portal 2 at Valve. C.A.G.E.D is a reimagining of his old map from Project: Quantum Leap, a community project which features 20 maps created by 15 authors. The project was released in June of 2002.

Press release

Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. is locked and loaded to release for free on Steam coming September 21st 2017! This Single-Player modification for Half-Life comes from developer Cayle George. Featuring explosive prison-escape action and a soundtrack from outrun music legend Lazerhawk. Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D. is a return to the golden age of First Person Shooters.

Featuring:

• Full single player campaign.
• Unlockable bonus content.
• Music from artist Lazerhawk.
• Developer commentary mode.

...And more!

Break from captivity, conquer the facility and discover the secrets of Half-Life: C.A.G.E.D.!

Trailer


Screenshots

We recently discovered a series of entities that reveal a cut appearance of Dr. Rosenberg, a scientist character who appears in the Half-Life expansions Blue Shift and Decay, both developed by Gearbox Software.

According to our findings, Rosenberg was to appear along with his friend Harold during Blue Shift's introduction. Harold is another scientist character who reveals to Barney Calhoun the plan he had formed with his colleagues to escape from Black Mesa before dying. He is also briefly mentioned by Rosenberg in Decay.

During the tram ride, the player can see two scientists in a cafeteria alongside the transit system's track. The internal entity names for these characters are "Rosenburg" and "Harold". When the player passes by, Harold walks to Rosenberg's table and initiates a short conversation.

Rosenberg uses a different character model and is completely unrecognizable. In addition, they use generic scientist lines by Harry S. Robins from the original game instead of newly recorded lines, both being voiced by Jon St. John in the expansion.

It should be noted that Robins provided the placeholder dialog for Rosenberg. It is possible that this scene is a leftover from that era. Here is a transcript of their conversation.

Harold (SC_HELLO6)
Missing sentence.

Rosenberg (SC_HELLO8)
Missing sentence.

Harold (SC_PQUEST7)
Any ideas on the origin of that new sample?

Rosenberg (SC_ANSWER0)
I am not at all sure.


Credits

Hayri "Barnz" Yurdakul
Rikki "Marphy Black" D'Angelo

The former writer of the Half-Life series, Marc Laidlaw, shared his ideas for Half-Life 2: Episode Three on his personal Twitter account. Laidlaw also revealed the plot for the game on his personal blog this week.

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:29 PM

Epistolary (Episode) Afterthoughts: The map is not the territory. A sketch is only a starting point. Everything changes as you try to make it real...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:29 PM

Everyone who works on it will have ideas, and new opportunities will appear and change everything...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:30 PM

But even on a story level, you will find as you get closer that some things just won't work. Would Alex (Alyx) really shoot and kill Jerry Maas (Judith Mossman)?...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:30 PM

Is that too harsh? What if Alex (Alyx) pushed Jerry (Judith) into a timeloop or portal bubble instead, leaving his (her) fate open?...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:31 PM

Is there a role in all this for the former security guard Bernadette (Barney)? What about cAT (Dog)?...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:31 PM

What if the final explosion powers a huge timeloop singularity that puts Gertrude (Gordon) back on the Green Valley Science Factory (Black Mesa Research Facility) Inbound Train...

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:32 PM

...and it all never happened? ...or is about to happen again?

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:34 PM

Also, how do you tell it? Do you start on the Hyperborea (Borealis) and have physical timeloops that function as flashbacks? How would that work?

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:36 PM

Do you start with glimpses of a Dispar (Combine) interrogation cell? Do you hint the entire experience is provoked fantasy as a means of getting info?

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:37 PM

Or is a straightforward linear experience the most satisfying? It takes a team to work this stuff out. Vignettes are easy.

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 08:39 PM

And then what do you do if the brilliant actress (actor) who plays Wanda Bree (Wallace Breen)...dies?

Alexander Yakovlev - August 26, 2017 - 09:15 PM

Actually, the last problem is not a problem. The character does not communicate in human language and voice anymore.

Marc Laidlaw - August 26, 2017 - 09:40 PM

Oh but how much more fun to have that genius actor working up speech!