Neptune is a single-player modification for Half-Life 2, taking place entirely outside the mother game's universe. Set primarily onboard a mysterious and desolate cruise liner, floating in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, Neptune allows the player to slowly unravel the dark and disturbing past of the ship as he/she explores its once-grand rooms, corridors, concert halls, restaurants, bars and maintenance areas. Taking influence from games such as System Shock 2, BioShock, Thief: Deadly Shadows and Silent Hill, Neptune is an atmospheric, narrative-driven, horror-based shooter; an exercise in videogame storytelling and tense level design. It is expected to be released in Q3 2009.

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A quick update, since it's my aim to keep news posts nice and regular. A big thank you for all the support early on, and some insight into what we're all beavering away at behind the scenes!

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It's my aim to keep updating the news page as frequently as possible with information about what's going on behind the scenes. We're still early in development, so there's not a huge amount to say just yet, but I thought I'd keep you all posted.

Firstly, thank you for the fantastic response to the recruitment post. Apologies if we've not been able to offer you a position at this time - we'll likely need more help as the project progresses so do get back in touch when we inevitably post again. The response saw a two-strong team blossom into an 8-strong development group in just a few days, and I'm delighted to welcome so many talented modders aboard the Neptune ship.

All this means that, after just a few weeks of 'proper' work on the mod, we're inching closer by the minute to coming out of pre-production and starting to actually make the thing. Our level designers are hard at work coming up with floorplans for the ship and working out all the little intricacies required to start building the twisted world of Neptune. The main bulk of the narrative is in place, complete with some horrific twists and turns. The whole thing is falling into place exactly as I imagined, and I genuinely sense truly good things for this mod.

We should be in a position to throw our first media update into the mix in the reasonably near future. Keep your eyes peeled - when it does arrive, I hope you all like what you see!

Thanks for such brilliant support so early on.

Regards,
Lewis and the Neptune Team

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