Half-Life: Aftermath - Join the revolution!

Half-Life: Aftermath was first publicly announced around this time one year ago. The scope of the project was massive and certainly a challenge for our team. We've worked on the project for months, with life, boredom and scope creep getting in the way. Over this time, the project has undergone many changes, in script, in design, in aims and in momentum. We have also been through two periods where we predicted a launch date, yet sailed by it without nearing project completion.

So first of all, I'd like to thank you all for showing interest in the project, and for staying with the community. Knowing that we're building Aftermath for a community who want Aftermath is what keeps the project in motion. Nothing motivates me more than players adding me to chat about it. Secondly, I'd like to give you all some more information on where we are with Aftermath.

You will most likely be aware that we announced a project cancellation around the beginning of summer earlier in the year. At this point, motivation was at an all-time low, everyone in the team was busy with life and we were dealing with a codebase that had been worked on since 2011, when lua was still new to myself, and had been patched through Garry's Mod 13 and countless updates to the point where the script was outdated, poorly maintained and no longer a joy to work on.

So, we started afresh. The script is beautiful, fast, quick and easy to develop for and is progressing rapidly. As a small indicator of where we are, at the beginning of October my to-do list numbered above 50 items. It now contains 20 items, not including all the items, recipes and literature we need to put together for the script.

Our canon is now fully-developed for release and I will be releasing a document shortly so you can have a read at it prior to our launch. We're hoping to re-launch the website mid-way through November, complete with a facelift and a lean, clean blog where I can host my writings in place of the group announcements.

We're determined to prepare a swathe of in-game content before release, including books, posters, music, recordings and recipes. Whilst we've got a fair body of content and a couple of writers on-board, we'd love to bring on some more. If you feel like you can help us with any of the above pieces of content, please add DeathByKittens to your friends list and let me know!

We're also looking for a PHP developer, a voice actor with a strong, deep male voice to do several recordings, with a view to do so long term and also a modeller to assist our current modeller. Again, if you can help with any of these areas, please let me know!

As it's looking, a release in December is on the cards. To achieve this, we need to finish the script, which I am personally taking care of, create a strong body of content, which you can help with, raise money for the server fees, which I am working on and, of course, tie everything up into a release and get the word out there. As ever, I'd like to remind everyone that the easiest and most helpful things you can do for the community is to introduce a new member, and we appreciate everyone who puts in this effort!

Finally, I'd like to introduce our new staff member who will be joining in our team in a moderation position; Crispy! I've known and played with Crispy for a number of years now, and I have no doubt he will be an outstanding member of the community. With this addition, we now have four members of staff, with a view to bring on another 1-2 moderators for launch. If you would like to nominate someone, or yourself, please let me know!

Thanks for reading,
DeathByKittens, on behalf of the Half-Life: Aftermath team.

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I'm happy to answer any questions you have in the comments below!