Valve | Half-Life: 25th Anniversary Documentary @Valve | Uploaded November 2023 | Updated October 2024, 4 days ago.
To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life we reunited the original development team to share their memories of creating Valve's first game.

Check out the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update, restored content, new multiplayer maps, and a bunch of quality of life updates for the original game at half-life.com/halflife25

0:00 - Intro
1:33 - Early Days of Valve
8:29 - Technology & Scripted Sequences
17:06 - Character Design
30:14 - Creating the Opening Levels
37:09 - Weapon Design
39:46 - Sound Design
44:08 - Level Design
51:05 - Narrative & Voice Acting
57:48 - Xen
01:01:12 - Post Release


Produced for Valve by Secret Tape (secrettape.video/)
- Directed & Edited by: Danny O’Dwyer
- Filmed by: Joey Fameli, Danny O’Dwyer, Michael Lewington, Jeremy Jayne
- Colored by: Jeremy Jayne
- Gameplay Director: Frank Howley
- Motion Graphics - Dan Silverstone / Pica (https://pica.me.uk)
- Production Support: Jesse Guarascia
- Captions by Megan Carnes