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PRACTICE 2013: Robert Yang
Well-Made: Back to Black Mesa
November 15-17, 2013
The modern AAA single player first person shooter consists mainly of two things: shooting faces in implausibly realistic levels with a pistol, machine gun, shotgun, sniper rifle, or rocket launcher -- and obeying NPCs when they trap you inside a room so they can emit voiceover lines at you. Half-Life's legacy in the latter is well-mythologized in history, but what if we re-visit Half-Life as a masterpiece of technical design, enemy encounters, AI scripting, weapons tuning, and architecture? Spoiler: we'll find out it's a pretty well-crafted game.
To learn more about PRACTICE, visit practice.gamecenter.nyu.edu
For more on the NYU Game Center, visit gamecenter.nyu.edu
PRACTICE 2013: Robert Yang
Well-Made: Back to Black Mesa
November 15-17, 2013
The modern AAA single player first person shooter consists mainly of two things: shooting faces in implausibly realistic levels with a pistol, machine gun, shotgun, sniper rifle, or rocket launcher -- and obeying NPCs when they trap you inside a room so they can emit voiceover lines at you. Half-Life's legacy in the latter is well-mythologized in history, but what if we re-visit Half-Life as a masterpiece of technical design, enemy encounters, AI scripting, weapons tuning, and architecture? Spoiler: we'll find out it's a pretty well-crafted game.
To learn more about PRACTICE, visit practice.gamecenter.nyu.edu
For more on the NYU Game Center, visit gamecenter.nyu.edu
