Who needs Gordon Freeman aka the main protagonist of the original Half-life Game released in 1998? The guy is boring. It’s time to move on to someone new. Someone like Spyro, that purple dragon from the Spyro the dragon Franchise. And luckily, a new mod swaps the old Gordon for the (similarly old) Spyro, complete with the dragon’s movements and skills.
Half-life: year of the dragon is a mod that has been in development for a few years
Yesterday, Magical nipples and his team have released a new trailer that shows just how much the mod has improved since that first demo in 2018. Spyro has a new and improved model, and the overall camera and look of the game have also been improved. When I played the original demo in 2018, I was impressed with how great it played, so I’m excited to see how much has improved since then.
The new demo is based on the same Half-life Level like the original “Office Complex” demo. According to the FAQ page There are no plans to recreate the entirety on the mod’s official website Half-life with Spyro but to create hubs, like in the original game, and choose about 10 or so Half-life
The mod and its demo were created with Xash3D, not the source or the original Half-life Engine. You can check out the old demo now about that Official site of Mod if you don’t want to wait for the new demo that will be released on January 21, 2022. (The creator declared the end of the year a bug at the end of the latest trailer.)
When the full release can be expected, could take a few years, as Magic Nipples suggests a loose release window of “before 2024”. But when it gets released the creator plans to add a ton of Easter Eggs and its own SDK so people can create new levels and maps.
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