"The Life of Jesus" HL2 mod Thread

Hi all.

Whilst Easter brought many chocolates and good family times to all (Christians), it is also a time to remember Jesus' death and resurrection. With the growing popularity of games as a mainstream hobby, why not take the resources available to a prospective modding team to create a mod centred around the life of our savior, Jesus Christ? The mod would be more of an interactive movie depicting the life of Jesus.

Clearly it would be blasphemous for a gamer to actually masquerade in a game world as Jesus himself, so the mod could be set in episodes or chapters with player/s viewing the acts of Jesus and often engaging with him in conversation or playing as an Apostle.
This mod will also easily qualify for grants from rich, Western Churches if it was made.

An example of some possible episodes in the mod:

- The player/s take the role of the Archangel Gabriel and must find Mary to tell her she has been chosen by God to birthe Humanity's saviour. If the player does not select the correct dialogue options, Mary will not agree to become impregnated.

- Player/s take the role of the Three Kings, who must make their way to Bethlehem to deliver the gifts of Frankinsense, Gold, and Murr. The rich and vibrant atmosphere of the 0 BC Holy Lands make this an exciting visual and spirutual journey for the player/s, who must follow the holy Star to discover Jesus.

- As John the Baptist, the player must succesfully Babtise Jesus, and give Jesus His first testimony to His Divine mission.

- Jesus invites the Apostles, tired out from their missionary labours, to rest awhile. They cross the northern part of the Sea of Galilee, but, instead of finding the desired solitude, they are met by multitudes of people who had preceded them by land or by boat, and who were eager for instruction. Jesus taught them throughout the day, and towards evening did not wish to dismiss them hungry. On the other hand, there were only five loaves and two fishes at the disposal of Jesus; after His blessing, these scanty supplies satisfied the hunger of five thousand men, besides women and children, and remnants filled twelve baskets of fragments. The player/s must receive and distribute these loaves of bread and fish, and then listen to Jesus' sermon.

- During the fourth watch in the morning, the Apostles see Jesus walking upon the waters. A player must brave the waves as Peter and meet Jesus. The storm ceases when Jesus has entered the boat.

- Jesus and His Apostles to Capharnaum, where He speaks to the assembly about the Bread of Life and promises the Holy Eucharist, with the result that some of His followers leave Him. As a true believer, you must stay the course with Jesus and remain with him.

- During Palm sunday, you must prepare palms for Jesus to walk upon as he enters the holy city. The player/s must also find a donkey for Jesus to ride upon through the crowd, into the gates of the city.

- Jesus prepares His Apostles for the Passion by the eating of the paschal lamb, the institution of the Holy Eucharist, the concomitant ceremonies, player/s must eat and choose the correct dialogue options to succesfully pass the 'Last Supper' level.

- Jesus must prepare for his coming crucifixition. His prayer in the grotto of His Agony where the angel came to strengthen Him. The player plays the angel and must pass on the word of God successfully to Jesus.

- The player/s witnesses a miscellaneous multitude of fanatics with lanterns and torches, with swords and clubs, who were to follow the leadership of Judas. They took Christ, bound Him, and led Him to the high-priest's house.

- Jesus was tried first before an ecclesiastical and then before a civil tribunal. The player/s view this, and then take the role of Pontius Pilot to wash their hands of Jesus and attemp to influence the crowd to spare Jesus.

-Jesus carries His Cross to the place of execution. The player (Simon of Cyrene) is forced to assist Him in bearing the heavy burden.

- Jesus is nailed to the Cross, his garments are divided, and an inscription is placed over His head. Jesus surrenders His soul into the hands of His Father. The veil of the Temple was rent into two, the earth quaked, the rocks were riven, and many bodies of the saints that had slept arose and appeared to many. The Roman centurion testified that Jesus was indeed the Son of God. The Heart of Jesus was pierced so as to make sure of His death. The Sacred Body was taken from the Cross by player/s (Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus), and was buried in the new sepulchre of Joseph, and the Sabbath drew near.

And many more, pending further Bible study!!!

A chronology of the life of Jesus can be found here:

Newadvent.org

Edited by (in order): sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre

One word... LOL! I would play it!

I would to, but it could offend alot of people if anything is wrong. You would want to fully research it first.

Do these offend people?

would it be more fun to make a mod that does offend people?
a 'life of brian-esque' mod would have me playing it like that.

besides i think the idea of a religious mod that sticks that closley to the scriptures could turn alot of people off to it, although i like the ideas. theres also something somewhat off putting about playing a game thats going to end in the main chracters death even if he is going to get resurrected.

But give me a mod where jesus runs amok with an M16 and im your biggest fan

DrZais wrote:
But give me a mod where jesus runs amok with an M16 and im your biggest fan

Actually I was thinking of something along those lines:

Jesus is sent back to Earth in 2020, 2000 years after his actual death (due to Historical innacuracies over time etc.)

He finds the world in the midst of oil and energy crises, and multiple wars. Jesus lands in his ORIGINAL PLACE OF BIRTH, the Middle East, to find Militant Islam is taking over and Jews and Christians are being persecuted. After converting the Jews to Christianity he sets about 'strapping up' with various futuristic weapon systems, and goes on a quest to rid the world of militant Islam, taking you (21st-century Jesus) all the way from Israel to Indonesia, on an action-packed quest of violence and spirituality! Of course Jesus is forced into this action, and the bible is packed with violence anyway.
Also comes with a complete multiplayer component, where the best team player can play as Jesus, and the opposing team plays as the militants.

Like this, but even more futuristic:

Edited by (in order): sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre, sickre

Personally, I wouldn't play it. Its just crossed the line for me.

Oh fuck, that idea is bloddy amazing. If you ever start this get in contact. :p

Haha, look at the ads at the bottom of the screen!

Evil funny and serious. What a thread!

Never would play it. I'd like to keep a good image about my religious beliefs, thank you very much. This is just exploitation.

Jesus and Guns! Now thats a game that would sell!

Im athiest and I dont find this funny

Sry but this idea kinda offends me. You say the bible is full of violence anyways...its not full of killing people for no reason.

hey everyone. just thought i'd say hi and that i'm new to modd to be gentle :p

lol what.. the ..

This is stupid

Kinda reminds me of Buddy Jesus from Dogma.

I'd actually love to play a gun-totting Jesus, but I really think it would seriously offend a lot of people. Not that I'm too bothered about that, but anyone making a mod like that should expect to be firebombed.

No. Just no. Not only would it offend Christians, but probably piss off a good portion of other religions for their various reasons.

That and I think this is a really, really dumb idea that I cannot express sufficiently in words safe for viewing by underage people.

WHO CARES IF HE DOESNT RECITE A QUOTE FROM THE BIBLE EVERY MINUTE I WOULD PLAY IT IF HE WAS PIMP AND HAD A BADASS WALLET IT'S COMICAL IT'S A MOD FOR CRYING OUT LOUD NO NEED TO GET "OH THIS OFFENDS ME BECAUSE THIS AINT RIGHT!"

IF YOU WANT SERIOUS, CATECHUMEN IS IN THE BARGAIN BIN K.

OH AND FOR THE RECORD

Edited by (in order): leilei, leilei

lmao...i dont understand why you guys are offended - the bible is filled with violence, as well as random massacres by god - this mod would fit in perfectly with the bible timeline.
*starts setting up anti-flame shield*

(imo, the bible is just another book that a group of people took too seriously - no such thing as a higher power or heaven and hell, when ya die you die, thats the end, game over)

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i totally agree with cheapy. This is not some serious bible education game! Its just supposed to be something funny, something different. So just look at it from a funny angle

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Chis?!!?!

Anyway I can understand why some Christians may get offended, and if this was a retail game, it would probably get banned.. but c'mon, who wouldn't like to play as a insane, Muslim bashing, M16 wielding Jesus?!!

TheRambo wrote: i totally agree with chis. This is not some serious bible education game! Its just supposed to be something funny, something different. So just look at it from a funny angle

twas cheapy that said that

ooops my fault

corrected

Edited by: TheRambo