Oh man, SDK update. Thank you Valve. On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Ben Mears <b...@noesisinteractive.com>wrote:
> "the team has spent a lot of time bringing the game to Source in between > their contributions to the other Valve projects." > > I wonder if the devs got paid by Valve to finish Alien Swarm or if it > continued to be a mod-in-your-free-time type project? What do you guys > think? > > > > > > > > Tobias Kammersgaard wrote: > >> That's actually a better guess. >> >> Two years ago, Valve hired the talented team behind the popular top down >> co-op mod Alien Swarm. Since then, they have been busy working on the Left >> 4 >> Dead Series, and now Portal 2. However, we never forgot about Alien Swarm >> and the team has spent a lot of time bringing the game to Source in >> between >> their contributions to the other Valve projects. >> >> >> >> - ScarT >> >> >> On 17 July 2010 01:24, AJ Collins <gamerzwo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> >> >>> I'm guessing it's Valve's answer to Epic's UDK. >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 7:08 PM, Matt Hoffman >>> <lord.matt.hoff...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> Excited to see Alien Swarm. Not only does it not look like source (And >>>> >>>> >>> yet >>> >>> >>>> still be source), it looks like good fun. And it's free. >>>> >>>> Is there reasoning behind it being free? (Other than allowing anyone to >>>> become a Source developer for free) >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 4:02 PM, Alfred Reynolds >>>> <alf...@valvesoftware.com>wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> Right, no Mac support yet, they got ahead of us :) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: hlcoders-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlcoders- >>>>>> boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Tom Edwards >>>>>> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:37 PM >>>>>> To: hlcoders >>>>>> Subject: [hlcoders] Alien Swarm >>>>>> >>>>>> If you hadn't heard already, the SDK is being updated on Monday >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> with >>> >>> >>>> the complete source code to Alien Swarm, a brand new Source 2009 game >>>>>> by >>>>>> the team who made the original UT2004 mod (and who now work for >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> Valve). >>> >>> >>>> It's going to be a sample project in the same vein as TFC. >>>>>> >>>>>> AS has a tile-based map editor, omnidirectional projected textures, >>>>>> real-time depth of field and Steamworks integration...but apparently >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> no >>> >>> >>>> Mac support? >>>>>> >>>>>> http://store.steampowered.com/app/630 >>>>>> >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> archives, >>> >>> >>>> please visit: >>>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>>> please visit: >>>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>>> please visit: >>>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >>> please visit: >>> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >>> >>> >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders >> >> >> >> > > > -- > Ben Mears > > Production Lead > > Noesis Interactive > > b...@noesisinteractive.com > http://www.noesisinteractive.com/ > > 2450 17th Ave. > Suite 125 > Santa Cruz, California > 95062 > 831-479-4263 > > > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > please visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders > > -- Gear Dev _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
