Hey gang,
We're very excited to announce the release of Chapter 4 of our fan-made Half-Life comic, A Place in the West. Once again coming in at a total of 30 pages, Chapter 4 – titled A Spy in the House of Long – picks up immediately after the events of the third chapter. The fallout from the Pit disaster spreads throughout the city, bringing its competing factions into conflict. Fearing a loss of power, Governor Moore acts to quell Sejal Rajani's Opposition - a group of dissenters with a radical plan for the city's future - forcing Major-General Long to resort to extreme measures to reassert control.
Chapter 4 was created by the same art team that delivered The Pit – Kristian Rossi (pencils), Ivan Miranda (inks), Ester Salguero (colours) and Javier Puga (letters) – and features some of the most visually arresting scenes from the comic so far. We couldn't be happier with the finished product, and we're convinced it's the best yet.
Hopefully you will, too.
What's next?
The script for Chapter 5 – titled The Eyes of the People – has been completed and is undergoing a few final adjustments before going into production early next year. It marks the end of the present, 3-chapter arc ("Masquerade" as we call it), and brings some of the current storylines to what we hope is a pretty dramatic conclusion! Of course, before you get to see that we'll be delivering the third interlude (small, 3-5 page shorts released for free) somewhere within January/February. We're really eager to get this one into your hands – it's similarly cosmic in setting as Nal Sidian was, but unlike that piece of Dreyfus' backstory, it really gets the narrative's wheels moving, and delivers something of a game-changer. More on that (and other things) in the new year... In the meantime, please do enjoy Chapter 4, and, as ever, let us know what you think! Ross and Mike
Half-Life: A Place in the West
Michael Pelletier
Michael Pelletier
2016-09-29
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Following Portents Video Commentary
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 2
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 3
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 4
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 5
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 6
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 7
Half-Life: A Place in the West - Chapter 8
What is A Place in the West?
Half-Life: A Place in the West is a fan-made comic book set within Valve's acclaimed Half-Life universe. A Place in the West follows three characters who are each in their own way drawn to a strange American city called New Franklin. Once inside, they discover a powerful secret, but the city holds many dangers, deceptive temptations, and a society on the brink of madness...A Place in the West offers a compelling story and a complex and intriguing cast of all-new characters, drawing on the rich mythology of the Half-Life universe in an entirely new medium for the series. There will be six issues in total. The first issue, Following Portents, was originally released online for free in 2015. We ran a Greenlight Campaign to bring it to Steam to share with you all.
Do I need to be familiar with Half-Life?
Nope! As part of bringing this comic book to Steam, we are adding a 3-page prologue that will make it accessible to everyone. A Place in the West is also set in the interim between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, which means that you needn't be familiar with Valve's later games anyway. That isn't to say, however, that you won't find exciting things to enjoy if you are familiar with the series.Features
A Place in the West's first issue will be made available for free using our specially designed app, and will include 5 entirely new pages.Additional features include:
- Immediate language support for English and Russian, with further plans to include more translations in the future.
- A fully-animated menu screen, complete with audio, in the vein of Half-Life.
- Support for multiple platforms, including Linux.
- A "Behind the Scenes" video featuring a commentary track by the writers, which will include excerpts from the script, various pieces of concept art, ideas that never made it to the page, and scrapped pages.
- Taking the new pages into account, the first issue comes to a total of 38 pages.
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