Gothazodings!
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.
Statistics
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!
Videos
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:
Watch on YouTube
Next up, a very in-depth Halfquake Trilogy review in "Mod Madness" by ICARUSLIV3S, I promise it's worth watching the whole thing:
Watch on YouTube
In case you're a coffee addict like I am, here's an unusual Halfquake Sunrise commercial by KeshaFilm:
Watch on YouTube
Djigallag released the game Pharabel Entertainment, which uses sounds, songs, stories and themes from Halfquake.
Watch on YouTube
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:
Watch on YouTube
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
Halfquake Rebirth
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
New store!
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!
The End ... ?
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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