A deserted island... a lost man... memories of a fatal crash... a book written by a dying explorer. Dear Esther is a ghost story told using first-person gaming technologies. Rather than traditional gameplay, the focus here is on exploration, uncovering the mystery of the island, of who you are and why you are here. Fragments of story are randomly triggered by moving around the environments, making every telling unique. Features a stunning, specially commissioned soundtrack. Forget the normal rules of play; if nothing seems real here, it's because it may just be all a delusion. What is the significance of the aerial - What happened on the motorway - is the island real or imagined - who is Esther and why has she chosen to summon you here? The answers are out there, on the lost beach and the tunnels under the island. Or then again, they may just not be, after all...

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Top 5 Mods Dripping With Atmosphere

Top 5 Mods Dripping With Atmosphere

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Check out our picks for atmospheric mods packed with feeling!

Dear Est...Esteban

Dear Est...Esteban

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It seems Dear Esther has become so famous in the indiescene, it even has its own parody called Dear Esteban. The game was created in Unity, and it's available...

Original Dear Esther out now on Desura

Original Dear Esther out now on Desura

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Dear Esther a fantastic mod for Half-Life 2 is out now on Desura.

Just a quickie

Just a quickie

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Just a quick update to let you know I have re-uploaded the original mod for you to download (my fault, should have been back up long ago) and that we...

Dear Esther remake to get commercial release

Dear Esther remake to get commercial release

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The remake of the cult source mod Dear Esther will be released commercially in summer 2011.

Players Choice - Upcoming Modification

Players Choice - Upcoming Modification

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Mod of the Year 2010 Players Choice - Upcoming Modification

Editors Choice - Best Upcoming Mod

Editors Choice - Best Upcoming Mod

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Mod of the Year 2010 Editors Choice - Best Upcoming Mod

Q&A + MODTY and new media!

Q&A + MODTY and new media!

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So in my last update I asked for your questions regarding the Dear Esther Remake, and today I have been sifting through them and have answered some of...

Slow and Steady – A Brief Update

Slow and Steady – A Brief Update

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I recently realised how much time has passed since my last update on here and so I thought I’d put together a small update to show a little bit of what...

A Light at the end of the Tunnel

A Light at the end of the Tunnel

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So it’s been a while, in fact it’s been almost 4 months since my last update, however, during this time I have been tirelessly working on the third...

Halfway there!

Halfway there!

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So I hit a big milestone today, bringing the second level to alpha and subsequently reaching the half-way point in the project! It took me roughly two...

A quick update...

A quick update...

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Just wanted to make a quick update to let you know things are progressing nicely with DE. The lack of updates lately was due to me taking a month off...

Live performance project by thechineseroom

Live performance project by thechineseroom

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If you liked Dear Esther, then you might well like this: Dan Pinchbeck (writer/producer) and Jessica Curry (composer/audio designer) are presenting a...

Episode 57

Episode 57

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This week William is joined by Dave of ModDB and Glenn of halflife2.net. They interview SPY-maps of Strider Mountain and talk about Left 4 Dead 2, Dino...

Postcards from the Hebrides…

Postcards from the Hebrides…

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Well it’s been a while since my last update, but be reassured I have not been idling during my absence! Today I can finally show you what I have been...

ModDB Halloween Extravaganza!

ModDB Halloween Extravaganza!

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Ghosts, Zombies, Vampires and other monster boggiewoggies. Halloween is a great time to get into the scarier movies and games to give yourself a good...

Dear Esther wins Best World/Story at IndieCade 2009

Dear Esther wins Best World/Story at IndieCade 2009

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The cult Half Life 2 mod picked up the 2009 IndieCade International Independent Game award for Best Story/World at the ceremony in LA last night.

Transmission 16937

Transmission 16937

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William and Phillip are joined by Dave (Henley) of ModDB. This weeks news includes: BG2 v1.5a, Missing Information, Exodus, Dear Esther environments...

Land, Sea and Air

Land, Sea and Air

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Time for another update I think, been a while actually (or at least it feels like that!). So here's a brief overview of what exactly has been going on...

Transmission 16433

Transmission 16433

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This week William and Thomas discuss the L4D info from PAX; This weeks TF2 updates; Cooldiradical; Synergy’s City 7 support and autosaves; Resistance...

Dear Esther selected for IndieCade2009

Dear Esther selected for IndieCade2009

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The cult Half Life 2 mod Dear Esther has been selected as a finalist in the 2009 IndieCade awards - Culver City, here we com!

Dear Esther Remake - Update 2

Dear Esther Remake - Update 2

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Been another slow week this week; however I have managed to finish sculpting and painting the terrain for the first level and am now looking forward to...

Dear Esther Update (remake)

Dear Esther Update (remake)

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Hi everyone, My name is Robert Briscoe and as you may or may not have heard, I have taken it upon myself recently to ‘re-master' Dear Esther and bring...

Dear Esther: Gamasutra Interview

Dear Esther: Gamasutra Interview

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A new interview with Dear Esther designer Dan Pinchbeck at Gamasutra

Touched By The Hand Of Mod: Dear Esther

Touched By The Hand Of Mod: Dear Esther

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Lewis Denby recently wrote a piece about Dear Esther which sums up the mods purpose quite nicely.

Dear Esther - complete overhaul

Dear Esther - complete overhaul

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Dear Esther is getting a full overhaul and rebuild by Robert Briscoe of LittleLostPoly

Podcast17 - Transmission 11067

Podcast17 - Transmission 11067

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Wills and DogMeat from Jailbreak Source join us this week and we try out a new recording technique.

Modcast S02 E10

Modcast S02 E10

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Episode number 10 of the Modcast WOOO! On this show we have Will from Podcast 17, Brian from ZPS and NeoTokyo and Mike.

Modcast S02 E09

Modcast S02 E09

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Another week another cast, William from Podcast 17 join the regular crew for an entertaining look into a weeks worth of modding news!

Dear Esther - Updated Version Released

Dear Esther - Updated Version Released

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An updated version of the mod Dear Esther has just been released, including remastered sound, fixed terrain issues, extended caves sequence and new audio...