I gave it another go, verdict: I still really hate transparency, good news however, I managed to implement GUI and weapons overlay

Been ages since my last update progress is slow, spent way too much time working out GUI and HUD, and have had to switch operating systems 6 times this week. Still fighting the curse, pretty sure still on track for Christmas...

Finished PCV! Super proud but... I still have to retopologize it... ugh

Hmmmm....

I have to remember how to do basic trigonometry again... this feels weird

4 day long weekend! I'm hoping to be able to get quite a bit done by then. I'm thinking finish player movement, HUD, some models, and have a good looking environment.

I'm really going to have to make a map editor soon...

Too tired to implement player and game physics rn. Trying to get as much of necessary modelling and concept art done as possible.

Mouse movement is harder than I thought. Implementing a first person camera took me all day...

I think the plan is to start making the simple free demo, make it really basic, and add newer features in stages and release each stage of the demo. For this first stage I'm hoping to implement basic walking, weapons, PCV, crawling, charging/healing, HUD and decals. Working on the basic map atm.

I think from now on, I'm going to make regular updates on what I'm working on, what I've achieved, and future goals. It'd be nice just to have a log of my progress. So here goes, first update: transparency fucking sucks

The Half-Life: Catalyst engine now looks semi-professional! Features include: - Normal mapping, models made by RegularSanwich - Audio, soundtrack by hexagonopus - a skybox - terrain - object selection - fog -shadows It's not much, but it's something! As always, any contribution is welcome! #halflife

Progress on HLC's game engine #halflife

HL: Catalyst is a HL fan game in development featuring Shephard using a custom-made assets and an LWJGL game engine. Anyone who is interested in helping out please feel free to register your interest. Help is appreciated! Full credit to @regularsandwich.bsky.social‬ for the cover art #halflife