Hello World
January 2008: the Xen Rebels project remains in suspended animation.
To all those who contributed on the Xen Rebels mod team -- thank you, you are not forgotten, send me a email sometime.
A brief retrospective:
Xen Rebels is a mod for Half-Life: I've modified the SDK, added new entities and new rules.
The intent of Xen Rebels -- it's not fully realized, but here's the intent -- is to use Half-Life, an ultraviolent first-person shooter game, to model the tragedy of the commons.
Essentially, I'm trying to model the tragedy of the commons in a first-person shooter.
What the mod does (so far) is this: players experience periodic bursts of electrical damage, first to their suit power, then to their health, until death. This damage represents the pressure of surviving a hostile environment. The level of damage varies according to the health of the Controller entity. This is the big Pod thingie, every XR map must have one of these. The Pod thingie has an aura which indicates Pod health: green for good (minimal environmental damage), yellow for trouble (some damage), red for bad (very bad). Pod health decays with time, from green through yellow to red. Players can recharge the Pod by shooting it with the Egon.
Previous Transmission
To: Earth
From: Xen
Date: 2004 AD
Subject: Symbiotic business opportunity
Greetings from Xen. I have surplus life-support capacity. I wish to trade this life-support capacity for goods and services. I currently require:
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Recharging of Base Power level
- Modified Egon tool will be provided for this purpose
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Harvesting of parastic floater organisms
- Miners to dig for battery power and ammo
Other planned services include Barnacle farming and Snark breeding.
Need a job? No place else to go? Form a symbiotic colony in Xen! Excellent opportunity for desperate refugees, runaway slaves, and wanted criminals.
(Humans only need apply. Transportation to Xen will be provided, along with respawning facilities. Some lethality may apply. Offer void where non-existent. Violation of Treaty Law will result in fines and/or punishment. Actual fantasy may differ from reality shown. Remember, only you and the rest of us can prevent global catastrophe. Let's get with it, people.)
See the Summary page for more information, or Download Files to play
Contact me to if you'd like to join the mod team.
