Jack of Black Phoenix

From the personal archives: at one point few years back, I was messing about with an idea for a new fan-made Ricochet game that would build on the foundation and greatness of the original. The concept included new power-ups such as Boomerang Disc, Penta Disc (sends 5 discs in different directions upon killing the enemy) and Thrust Pack. It would also feature new mechanics such as wallrunning, with platforms for players to wallrun across scattered around the edges of the map. It would also feat…

Doing my part #RicochetingTheBar

Not sure if it will be interesting, but I've been rummaging though some old files recently and found remnants of a mod I used to work on few years back. It was meant to be a retelling of Half-Life Uplink story as a longer mod, which eventually was discontinued for reasons I can't remember anymore. Some sections of the maps were later repurposed and used in "Reuplink" - a custom map for Half-Life 1 which is a more accurate remake of the original. Here's gameplay of what was left of the old mod,…

Valentine's Day was nearly a month ago, but there you have two bullsquids aggressively kissing each other

"Black Mesa: The Final Expedition" Cover Art in 4K 👽

Some new screenshots from The Final Expedition (coming later this month (if everything goes according to plan (maybe (soon™))))

Finally, de_meteo, which was meant to be a wingman map set in the meteorological station in Carpathian Mountains. I wanted to do something artistically similar to Summit from COD:Black Ops 1, got fairly far with the center bulk of the map but once again never managed to finish it. I might give it another shot in due time though, but in CS2 instead...