Galactopticon SVN snippet - Dec 3rd
Dec 3, 2010 Demo 12 commentsEverything we had by 3rd of December. If you don't want to use SVN, download this.
Tales From The Galactopticon is a single-player science fiction action-comedy mod for Half-Life 2. Set 200 years in the future, it stars a diverse crew of space pirates traveling from planet to planet in their search for a the ultimate treasure.
Plot:
The year is 2200 AD. Our hero, John Solomon, is a down-on-his-luck Laituurian gun for hire living on the planet New New York. After a run-in-with the local mafia, he lands the job of his dreams: a ticket off-planet on a shipful of interstellar pirates. But when Solomon and his new crewmates are contracted to retrieve a priceless alien artifact from under the nose of the interstellar British Empire, they may have bit off more than they can chew.
Gameplay:
TFTG will feature crisp ironsighted shooting and regenerating health, augmented by an RPG-style branching dialogue tree system that will allow the player to talk to NPCs, make decisions that influence the story, or learn more about the game world.
Visuals:
The visual style is caricaturized and somewhat cartoonish--somewhere between Team Fortress 2 and Mass Effect. Galactopticon places a premium on striking, colorful level design. Everything will be exciting to look at.
"Listen, three eyes," he said, "don't you try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal." -The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Latest Screens
Latest News: New interview with Modinformer.org
5 comments by Dušek on May 2nd, 2011
Hello again! We're proud to announce that several of our team members took part in an interview with ModInformer, discussing what goes into a sci-fi source mod like Tales From The Galactopticon. Here's a taste:
ModInformer wrote:It’s fair to say you’re a far departure from the usual ol’ source mod – There’s not a whiff of zombie, nor a hint of half life 2. What difficulties have you come across while trying to get your team’s vision to ‘work’ within the limitations of the source engine?
DW: It’s not as much of an issue as you might think. We have some very talented artists and great concepts to work from, and visually things have been coming together nicely. I think some of our main limitations so far have been the constraints of Valve’s biped skeleton–since we don’t have a dedicated character animator, we can’t get too crazy with the alien designs. There’s also not much built-in support for cutscenes in Half-Life 2, so we’ve been trying to come up with ways to do those.
CW: When I’m working on stuff for the mod, I don’t think of it as a mod for Half-Life 2. I think of it as a chance to make my own game, full of my own ideas.
JJ: I’m trying to get the team to work as efficiently as possible. This is partly why we’re still using the valve biped skeleton on all our characters. We’re also trying to make the mod very unique – It’s easier than one would think on the Source engine.
Finally, here's a couple new bits of media you may not have seen:
Latest Video
Latest Downloads
Winning Smile wallpaper - 1280x1024 and 1680x1050
Nov 27, 2010 Wallpapers 2 commentsThe Winning Smile orbits the planet of New New York.
Galactopticon SVN snippet - Jul 8th
Jul 7, 2010 Demo 7 commentsEverything we had by 8th of July. If you don't want to use SVN, download this.
Galactopticon SVN snippet - Jun 5th
Jun 1, 2010 Demo 12 commentsEverything we had by 5th of June. If you don't want to use SVN, download this.
Galactopticon SVN snippet - Feb 1st.
Feb 1, 2010 Demo 2 commentsEverything we had by 1st of February. If you don't want to use SVN, download this.
Galactopticon SVN snippet - Jan 10th
Jan 11, 2010 Demo 1 commentEverything we had by 10th of january. If you don't want to use SVN, download this.
Post a Comment
Profile
Icon
Platform
WindowsGame
Half-Life 2Developer
Galactopticon MediaContact
Send MessageOfficial Page
Galactopticon.netRelease Date
TBDMod Watch
Track this mod
Style
Twitter
Latest tweets from
It can take up to a few hours for tweets to begin appearing.
Statistics
Terms of Use | Privacy Policy
Blog | About | Contact | Submit Mod | Join Mod DB | Site Map | Media Kit | Desura | RSS
© 2002 - 2013 DesuraNET Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 3303 modders.
Blog | About | Contact | Submit Mod | Join Mod DB | Site Map | Media Kit | Desura | RSS
© 2002 - 2013 DesuraNET Pty Ltd. All Rights Reserved. 3303 modders.
Where is update D:
Why John Solomon is smoking too much? [Possibly ending confirmed]
The humor with a touch of macabre is very prevalent in this mod, it reminds me of the NOLF series. Voted :D
Logged in to Moddb to check on this :D the new concept art looks amazing! :D also voted this for moty! =)
almost forgot to vote :o
Looking good. Tracking.
A great mod.
will def try out.
this mod looks great has a neat sort of feel with it.
The aliens though, Remind me of a cross between Abe and a Protoss
Good to see things are moving along :P One of the prettiest Source Mods easily.
(buried)
wow im sorry but this mod sucks aliens r 2 cliche thx