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A long overdue post. Farewell Half-Life
Half-Life

A long overdue post. Farewell Half-Life

ARRANGEMENT 28 comments

ARRANGEMENT started as a Half-Life mod (formerly known as ARRANGE MODE). A tactical FPS shooter, heavily focused on combat and story. A mixture of Max...

Animation Update
SUPER Cute Alien

Animation Update

SUPER Cute Alien

The animation issues were broad. Our main concern was those that didn't exactly informed clearly what the players are doing. Here's what we did to fix...

Developer log #2
SUPER Cute Alien

Developer log #2

SUPER Cute Alien

It's been a few weeks of polishing, tweaking, designing stuff, deciding on the story... A summary of what we've been doing.

Developer log #1
SUPER Cute Alien

Developer log #1

SUPER Cute Alien

Developer log #1 Well... more improvements, perhaps a few, but were *hard* to pull off... I implemented a dynamic lighting system. The other thingy that...

Timeline of ARRANGEMENT's source code rework (2014-2016)

Timeline of ARRANGEMENT's source code rework (2014-2016)

Feature 10 comments

A visual representation of all the changes we made to the Half-Life GitHub source code between December 2014 and January 2016.

Introducing SSAO+ and LOOT system

Introducing SSAO+ and LOOT system

News 12 comments

Since a couple of weeks before, we been teasing you with something called SSAO. What exactly is that, and why is so important? Grab a cup of tea, big...

Introducing HDR, weapon skins & gore system

Introducing HDR, weapon skins & gore system

News 19 comments

For those that still have doubts that GldSRC is not up for today standards, a couple of pictures to change their minds. Plus more info about some un-seen...

Mod of the Year 2015 - Story teaser

Mod of the Year 2015 - Story teaser

News 11 comments

Countdown is over! MOTY awards just started and here's our trailer for it.

Technical feats and thank you!
Half-Life

Technical feats and thank you!

ARRANGEMENT 12 comments

As many of you did see in a previous update, we are excited to share a few technical improvements we did the last couple of weeks. Cool pictures in. Take...

Help hosting the game and surprises!
Half-Life

Help hosting the game and surprises!

ARRANGEMENT 27 comments

The file hosting service that we use only can get us that far. Plus, some new images in a very special format you probably heard about ;) Plus GDC thingy...

ARRANGEMENT 2015 - In Depth
Half-Life

ARRANGEMENT 2015 - In Depth

ARRANGEMENT 34 comments

A quick summary on what we have and what lies ahead for this project.

Introducing... TOTO's little PARTY
TOTO's little PARTY

Introducing... TOTO's little PARTY

TOTO's little PARTY

I wanted to show something we've been cookin' up in the last couple of months. TOTO's little PARTY! Is a fast-paced game with a series of minigames on...

Shameless update :3

Shameless update :3

Indie Argentinian developers 16 comments

Another year went by and feel like saying that the project is not dead! New media posted.

2012 Moty awards!

2012 Moty awards!

News 4 comments

There are lots of things to say, but a video is worth a thousands frames!

Update of the year!

Update of the year!

News 12 comments

There's been great news for this project, many I can't even remember! Perhaps the coolest one is that we are working on the final levels of the game...

Announcing Multiplayer + Updates
Half-Life

Announcing Multiplayer + Updates

ARRANGEMENT 23 comments

We are proud to announce that the development of the multiplayer version is on! On 2010, we did a quick and dirty test on multiplayer, and we realized...

Arrangement Top 100 + Surprise
Half-Life

Arrangement Top 100 + Surprise

ARRANGEMENT 8 comments

I'm glad to annouce that Arrangement is now on the Top 100 - 2011 Mod of the Year Awards - Mod DB! Is the second time in a row we recieve this award...

MOTY 2011 awards!
Half-Life

MOTY 2011 awards!

ARRANGEMENT 15 comments

MOTY awards! Caught us by surprise once again! We were able still to do a quick video about the mod. We wanted to not show some... special locations and...

Interview for Modinformer.org
Half-Life

Interview for Modinformer.org

ARRANGEMENT 4 comments

In a 3 hours chat, Yannick, Jon (RED_NED), Emanuel Herrera (Nolito) and me (Claudio 'SysOp' Ficara) talked about the project, how it was concived, how...

Get involved... with your ideas!
Half-Life

Get involved... with your ideas!

ARRANGEMENT 18 comments

We decided to take a step further and leave the people themselves design a mission! Yes, you would get a chance to get that awesome idea you had in mind...

Project cancelled
Half-Life

Project cancelled

ARRANGEMENT 31 comments

All that hard work takes time, we took almost 6 years to get a solid prototype but sadly, real life got in the way. So, we all agreed to cancel the project...

Level designer wanted
Half-Life

Level designer wanted

ARRANGEMENT 3 comments

One of our most beloved member of the project is going to be a daddy! While that's awesome, on the other hand it means that he won't be available to work...

Happy new year + surprise!
Half-Life

Happy new year + surprise!

ARRANGEMENT 10 comments

Happy new year from ARRANGEMENT's Team and thanks for put us on the TOP 100 best mods!

MOTY: We are here. Are you still there?
Half-Life

MOTY: We are here. Are you still there?

ARRANGEMENT 20 comments

Awwww, MOTY awards once again. Tons of mods here and there. We sucessfully reached a "best unreleased mod" under Half-Life category, back on 2007 and...

The upcoming release and what's next.
Half-Life

The upcoming release and what's next.

ARRANGEMENT 18 comments

There's no so much left for a final release for Am. There won't be a cooperative version. Source code will be open same for the assets I created. There...

Special video update!
Half-Life

Special video update!

ARRANGEMENT 14 comments

A small brief of what we've been doing this year and what we expect for the upcoming next year. Merry Xmas and happy new year!

Rainbows sneak preview
Half-Life

Rainbows sneak preview

ARRANGEMENT 35 comments

Rainbows is a new fake operative system designed for allow VGUI to create a new interface which could be used for interact with computers.

Weapon Customization
Half-Life

Weapon Customization

ARRANGEMENT 24 comments

Almost like a week ago, I posted a video here, on ModDB, about a new feature, weapon customization. For unknow reason, the video never appeared. While...

One hell of an update
Half-Life

One hell of an update

ARRANGEMENT 21 comments

It's been a while since I posted no progress about this mod. I thought I can update you a bit for a moment. A brief of, basically, what I've been doing...

Two frequently asked questions explained. A small brief about all our versions.
Half-Life

Two frequently asked questions explained. A small brief about all our versions.

ARRANGEMENT 7 comments

Interesting article that explains why we are taking so long to release the final version. On this article you can see, also, a lot of media related to...