Halfquake Amen got released exactly twenty years ago on September 1st 2002.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary, there will be a live stream on Twitch.

When: Friday, September 2nd, 16:00 CEST
Where: https://twitch.tv/muddasheep

You can submit your questions/comments here and become a part of the stream (in case you can't make it): https://forms.gle/tnfouLLAsovqQMDN7

Here are twenty art pieces inspired by Halfquake Amen, which you might not have seen before:

by Zen

by Zen

by Greenbox

by Traicere

by Nightsmoke

by Noobito777

by Noobito777

by Noobito777

by KiddiKai

by Djigallag

by Djigallag

by Actine

by MachinesBleedToo

by Pospi

by Pospi

by Mr. Sen

by 5angel

by MadHatter


Get yourself a Halfquake tshirt, mousepad and more in the official store:
https://store.muddasheep.com/discount/PATIENCE

Using the code PATIENCE you get 20% off AND free shipping until September 8th.


Thank you all for playing Halfquake throughout the years and for being around. <3 I can't tell you anything about my future project just yet, but rest assured, I will be working on a new game after the release of Turnament.

P.S.: Join the Official Halfquake Discord or get killed by random explosions: https://discord.gg/TYRyHgk

Halfquake Trilogy was released on Steam on October 5th, 2018, exactly three years ago. It cannot be, you say! Surely, you didn't just get three years older? Why yes, yes, we collectively just travelled through time!

Did you know that Halfquake is 20 years old? But it still looks as young as ever, and so do you. 💚🖤

Before we venture into the numbers and videos, let me tell you - I'm grateful for every single one of you. Thank you so much for playing, for supporting my wild ideas, and for giving me courage to continue to create games for you.


Here are various numbers that accumulated since launch:

• 264,000+ total visits
  
• 28,762 downloads
  
• 13,774 players who started the game
  
• 416 DLC sales ("Behind the death scenes")
  
• 285 reviews ✨
  
• 16.2% of all players have achieved "Somos Version One"
  
• 7.9% of all players have achieved "Emperor of Death" (destruction of Somos in Amen)
  
• 6.2% of all players have achieved "Angel Without Wings" (destruction of Somos in Sunrise)

Of course, achievements got added a bit later, but I thought it was still worth mentioning!


A bunch of videos related to Halfquake have cropped up over the years. Let's start with an awesome Halfquake music video by SaimizZ, who actually ported all those Halfquake maps to Source:

Next up, a very in-depth Halfquake Trilogy review in "Mod Madness" by ICARUSLIV3S, I promise it's worth watching the whole thing:

In case you're a coffee addict like I am, here's an unusual Halfquake Sunrise commercial by KeshaFilm:

Djigallag released the game Pharabel Entertainment, which uses sounds, songs, stories and themes from Halfquake.

And finally, a remix EP from my friend IMHXTP, which uses various Halfquake soundtrack samples, and for which I made the video using a lot of cubes:

Unexpected bonus video - the song Sapience was used in an animation, and it got a whole bunch of views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qz3H0YNRiWw

And here are a few Q&A and behind-the-scenes videos that I've recorded for several occasions.

Halfquake 20th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiGVZjm7zKU
Halfquake Sunrise 10th anniversary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khyMLya4voo
Halfquake Amen Dev Walkthrough: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXEgUYrI7kg

In case you don't know yet, there is a Source remake for Halfquake in the works by Jancias, and it's called Halfquake Rebirth. You can check it out here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/halfquake-rebirth


You can now acquire Halfquake merchandise, such as tshirts with logos and evil smileys. All proceeds are used to directly fund my future projects.

▶ https://store.muddasheep.com

▶ To get a 10% discount code, all you need to do is join the Halfquake Discord (check #store): https://discord.gg/TYRyHgk

Our discord is a great place to share your artwork / music / etc. - I always like seeing what other people create!


Finally, I'd like to mention that there will be new music soon, a 40 minutes long instrumental album with 14 collaborative tracks. If you'd like to get notified when it's out, here are a few options:

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/muddasheep
Bandcamp: https://muddasheep.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/27Ei3klGLTOg7Y7EAvfzTG
Twitter: https://twitter.com/muddasheep

I'm also working on a remaster of Turnament (an old flash game from 2006), and Catty & Batty will be released on multiple consoles on October 13th.

My patrons always get exclusive status updates, if you'd like to know more (or if you just want to see pictures of my cats), you can support me here: https://www.patreon.com/muddasheep

You might be thinking, is that it? No last words?

I'm going to leave you with this:

Halfquake Amen is going to be 20 years old in September 2022.

Thank you again, and have a nice day!

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To celebrate Halfquake Trilogy's one year anniversary on Steam, there was a Halfquake Art Contest from September 17th to October 1st. Here are the results!


The World Is Falling And It's Your Fault
Sinners Must Be Punished
We Don't Need Your Free TV
Halfquake
Halfquake
Jazzhands
Halfquake and Wolf
Sitting By The Gray Sea
It's Raining Victims
Personal Halfquake Blackboard
Join the Halfquake discord[discord.gg] to discuss the results. (<
More Halfquake fan art can be seen at VK/Halfquake[vk.com], and on The Farm[farm.muddasheep.com].

Gothazodings!

Originally planned to be done back in November 2018, seventeen achievements for Halfquake Trilogy are now ready to be unlocked. It was made possible with code and help by XaeroX (creator of J.A.C.K. and Headcrab Frenzy!).

Thanks to nola for offering help and reviewing my code!

Thanks to my patrons, who gave the okay for the original achievement list, helped test the results, and support me financially: Futeko, nola, H4ndy, LILmighty, Jazz, Alex Clay, Kim, Actine, Pao Sebastian, Gabe, Andrey, RuleTon, Lexi, Jace, AxelhacK, Szaladin, Malastrome, deliriumstalker, Neoviper, moonlyer, LupusRex, funnycreature, Mike Hillard, Legendary_Pups, Sharpet, Syruss, Ronny, Matt453, Mark Valentine, RickyRio, JanKaszanka, Clay.

Thanks for additional feedback and playtesting: VEVEN, Sharpet, Jace, Varik Valefor, JanKaszanka, ekscelle, AlexCorruptor, Ralexand, Daniel Floyd, and Intelligence.

And finally, thank you all for playing Halfquake.

If you encounter any errors, let me know in the comments. There will probably be another update in the near future, which will address some minor issues, and maybe even attempt to fix bigger ones, if at all possible.

Until next time! (<

Welcome to the very first changelog for Halfquake Trilogy!

The most important bug (malfunctioning platforms) has not been fixed and probably won't ever be fixed. But here are a bunch of changes that are supposed to distract you from that:

* The original MP5 for Halfquake has been found in the archives and faithfully restored.

* The green and gray MP5 has been added as separate weapon and distributed throughout Halfquake Amen (where applicable).

* You can now easily switch back to the Sword of Sadism (and the "new" MP5) in case you somehow magically acquire the suit in Halfquake Amen.

* The crowbar now also looks gray when it's just lying there on the ground.

* halfquake: Fixed texture errors in all "repeat" sections near the doors that go into the ground.

* halfquake7: Decreased the time it needs for the button near the cogwheel to reset.

* halfquake10: You can no longer survive the spike trap by sneaking by at the left or at the right. (Also fixed a lighting issue with the transparent window right before the spike trap.)

* hq2_5: To avoid confusion that the spikes killed the player, the 999 points of damage on crush of the platform were removed. The platform can get the player stuck, and to counteract that, a convenient autosave has been added.

* hq2_*: Several additional autosaves in Halfquake Amen have been added to alleviate the agonizing pain of getting stuck in platforms due to Half-Life.

* hq2_9: The hand kills you now, even if you naughtily stand behind the exit.

* hq2_16: The button totem in the middle has been masked with a translucent texture to show that they simply exist to display the progress of the puzzle.

* hq2_17 (ambience): Added another crossbow clip at the roots of a tree to help kill alien slaves who would otherwise disturb the player while reading the diary (which is a little rude). (Also fixed some texture alignment of the rocks in this area.)

* hq2_23 (sapience): The key for the quest of the painting can no longer be picked up an infinite amount of times, and thus it can no longer cause the universe to collapse.

* hq2_27/28 (violence): Fixed being able to get stuck in one of the two platforms (the one with the white spikes). If you still get stuck, make sure to reload one of the fancy new autosaves.

* hq2_29 (somos): Fixed flickering texture issues in places where two brushes met at the exact same place (I believe they were just happy to see each other).

* hq2_29 (somos): Replaced orange explosions with correct green explosions when Somos dies.

* hq2_??: Fixed lighting and content of an easter egg that was previously too dark.

* hq3_1: The sound of the rotating evil smileys has been restored.

* hq3_5: The king in the chess puzzle is now allowed to move diagonally, as proposed by the World Chess Federation.

* hq3_7ii: You can no longer run ahead of the platform in the easy section of the morality intersection. Just sit back, relax, and listen.

* hq3_9: The texture of the portal in the destroyed "ambience" map is now exactly the same as in Halfquake Amen.

* hq3_9: The sound of the flying spike train has been restored.

* hq3_11: Fixed a typo in the text adventure (it now says "ever" instead of "every").

* The default field of view has been upgraded to 105 (we're living in the future now).

* A texture misplacement in the intro map has been fixed right at the front door (how embarrassing).

* Removed test maps (halfquake_test, hq2_test, hq3_test, etc.) because they have been mistaken as my first attempts at mapping.

* Added my actual first attempts at mapping to the map source DLC.

* A new secret easter egg can now be found.

Thank you: Bolloxed, Jace, LupusRex, FunnyCreature, KeshaFilm, Flint, Khimitsu, MrSuperVictim, Sneaky EmA, AlexCorruptor, and the acolyte of synth.

Please continue posting any bugs you find in this forum thread. You may also consider joining our official Halfquake Discord Server[discord.gg].

Thank you everyone for playing! (<

The time has come. Starting today, everyone can freely enjoy being killed and punished in hilarious ways. (<

After working on this series for more than sixteen years of my life, I'm happy to finally be able to release it on Steam. I wouldn't be here without the support of so many players who have become friends over the years. To all of you, thank you.

To everyone who's new to the Halfquake universe - thanks for giving it a try! Consider joining our community on the official Halfquake discord server:
https://discord.gg/ZAB6UJq

Remember to review known issues and post bugs in the official bug tracker:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/644320/discussions/0/1732089092438981412/

For soundtrack and artist info, check out the following post:
https://gtm.steamproxy.vip/app/644320/discussions/0/1732089092439266461/

Thank you all again, I hope everyone enjoys the complete trilogy. (: