Dear Esther v1.1 (fixed)
Jan 22, 2009 Full Version 22 commentsUpdated Dear Esther with fixed link to level 4. This fully replaces v1.0, please delete that and unzip this into your SourceMods folder
Dear Esther
Half-Life 2 mod | Released Jun 19, 2008
Dear Esther is part of a research project, creating experimental game mods, based at the University of Portsmouth, UK. The aim was to use Source to create something radically different from normal: an interactive story that dispensed with traditional gameplay and focused instead on an open-ended, semi-random narrative.
More information about the mod and its aims, and the overall project can be found on the website. Also look out for two more mods coming soon: Conscientious Objector (Doom 3) and Antlion Soccer (Half Life 2 Deathmatch)
Thanks for looking - any feedback would be fantastic.
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Latest News: Dear Esther: Gamasutra Interview
4 comments by chineseroom on Jul 2nd, 2009 digg this super bookmark
There's an interview of me talking to Phill Cameron up at Gamasutra, where Dear Esther is described as "a sleeper hit", which is nice!
The interview covers the music, story, initial ideas, the relationship between research and modding and a little bit of Korsakovia thrown in for good measure. It's up here:
(The concept art below is Ben Andrews' again - what a star...)
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Dear Esther - Soundtrack
Jul 11, 2008 Music 13 commentsJessica Curry's soundtrack for Dear Esther: 8 tracks as MPEG4s.
Dear Esther script
Jun 30, 2008 Guides 11 commentsThis pdf contains the script for the interactive story Dear Esther, as requested...
Dear Esther.zip
Jun 27, 2008 Full Version 12 commentsZip file for the Dear Esther mod. Unpack it into your source mods folder, restart Steam and it will show in the games list.
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Loved This mod please make more of these type of mods... I've had enough of Shooters... :-D
I really liked the first version of this masterpiece, and now I'm going to play the updated one. I really loved the music, the narration, the maps, the story. It's a masterpiece, really.
having a problem right at the beginning...the narrator keeps saying "Come back, come back" whenever I leave the house at the beginning. I can't seem to find anything to do there, though.
And then I simply die somewhere along the beach. Someone fix me up?
slight bug - ignore him and head along the path - you'll need to drop to the beach, but keep following it...
I truely loved this mod! The mapping, the voices, the sounds
came together into a masterpiece. But there is something strange when I played. When I climb up the mountain and reach
the radio tower there is a woman there. Just standing there not
even having a standing animation. This was so in other versions
of the mod. An island fulled with mystery and exploration...
10/10 ^^
Just posting to say great mod guys!
I thoroughly enjoyed it and look forward to your next offering.
Dling now i feel like playing a mod like this if its as deep as you say.....64% done yay lol 66 67 68 ok im done :)
Call me shallow, but I thought it was boring. Some wonderful, wonderful mapping and voice acting though. Not for me, but for those who can appreciate it, I can tell that it's absolutely fantastic! Great job on this.
Well its a very well needed rest from the regular old shoot em' up mods that the half life community is so found of for some reason
You guys have done an incredible job! this mod is brilliant! i just loved it!!!!