Reversed (Mapping challenge entry)
Reversed was created for the AnyVilleVille mapping challenge, and won Joint 1st Place:
https://runthinkshootlive.com/posts/anyvilleville
This entry takes the name of the site, "Run Think Shoot Live", which suggests the main types of gameplay in Half-Life games, and reverses it by making the player Live through a dangerous sniper ambush, Shoot Combine soldiers coming at them in a mall arena-type battle, Think their way around a puzzle involving barrels filled with flammable oil, and Run from danger by all means necessary when their weapons are stripped away.
Created in Source Engine using the Hammer Editor.
Walkthrough Video
The player's journey starts after they wake up in a damaged apartment building seemingly in the middle of the Uprising in Half-Life 2.
As part of the theme, they must Live through a dangerous sniper encounter.
Next comes Shoot, a small firefight in a Combine-controlled jail room and later an arena-style battle in a mall.
After saving the rebels from imprisonment, the player becomes accompanied by one of them - the medic.
Inside the mall the player must set up defenses using turrets and mines to prepare for the waves of Combine soldiers about to come.
Each wave is announced by the mall alarm triggering at the store gate that's about to open.
After the arena battle, the player heads down into the basement area.
There they board an elevator initially going towards street level, but a malfunction sends it flying down even further.
The Think segment starts after this, located in an underground oil storage facility.
The player must manipulate a scaffold to cross the gap between the two oildrum racks.
After tipping over the barrels, the player lights up the drained oil with a flare, igniting the explosives located on the other side of the door they need to go through.
The player is then caught in a trap as their weapons are disintegrated and they're forced to Run for their life.
The Run segment makes use of visual clues like arrows and soldiers blocking the way to make sure the player runs through naturally and without stopping to think too much.
The classic Half-Life 2 stairs chase scene is repeated as the player climbs further up a different apartment block.
As the player reaches the door at the end, they are knocked down by a metropolice officer and shot, putting an end to their struggles.