Ahoy!
It's been a long time, hasn't it?
Yes, Overturn is BACK!
We wanted to finish what we started all those years ago, but with an actual demo that is coming out in just a couple weeks!
After promising it over 12 years ago, we finally are proud to present to you, Operation: Deathmatch! This is our formal invitation for an upcoming playtest of our multiplayer demo for Overturn!
Join us at the launch event this May 25th starting at 12 PM MST / 18:00 UTC !
To be straight up with you, this isn't a "Half-Life mod" as you traditionally know. Sure, it's all HLMDL, HLBSP, load it up as a mod and it will "work", but the "code" and "engine" is not GoldSrc, but rather a public test and showcase for the latest version of our powerful Nuclide SDK on FTEQW!
We also will be revamping our pages here on ModDB and website in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for new media and a refined story!
Reactor, where two teams face off for control of the ship's power!
We'll post downloads here on ModDB but we also will be utilizing FTEQW's powerful package manager to provide in-game downloadable updates and addons. In theory, playing and installing Overturn should be as easy as launching and clicking yes on a box!
In any case, when the big day comes we will also be posting a guide here and on the Overturn website to answer all your questions and to help you get fragging ASAP!
If you want to talk to the developers or other members of the community, then visit us via Frag-Net:
We also have a Fediverse
A taste of your new arsenal...
We are still very interested in providing a single player experience, and it is finally achievable with our SDK. However, we are all now self-employed at our own game studio, Vera Visions, and have not only one game under our belt, but manage several other projects.
So that's why we need your help! Show us you are interested in more Overturn! Join our chat, show up to the playtests, even try our SDK, and spread the word!
If there is enough interest, we'll take it as a clear sign to go ahead with SP, but you'll just have to wait and sea! (haha get it?)
One of the new deadly traps in Caution.
Unfortunately, in order for us to achieve our vision of Overturn, we think this is the best way forward. It also frees us from a lot of limits and issues we ran into with GoldSrc, and at the same time, all the content still works and runs inside Half-Life!
Thus, nothing is stopping anyone from making our upcoming release work in GoldSrc or FWGS Xash, except time and research. We released our Source Code years ago, and that could be used as a base. You will however have to reimplement the weapons and the game logic (since we now use decls/QC), but as stated all the content should just "work". We're open to endorsing any effort post-release, but it's not something we plan ourselves.
Nuclide is our "Free and Open Source" SDK for idTech based games. It is powered by FTEQW, a FOSS idTech engine, which uses the legendary QuakeC language (community enhanced) along with the fundamentals of idTech 4 (decls), we are bringing you a fresh approach to Half-Life modding.
To read more about Nuclide, click here.
In case you have not heard of us before:
A long, long time ago... (in a ship far, far away), there was a group of young and enthusiastic mod developers. Their passion led them to create an (admittedly) over ambitious modification for Half-Life that was going to do everything. It was going to have all the weapons plus more, it was going to have new NPCs, and "yada yada" been there, done that.
What people really seemed to like about Overturn (and we ourselves still do) was it's "retro" approach to FPS design. Based on the past decade of FPS games out there, or nowadays called "Boomer Shooters", it seems you the people, have all agreed with our pitch almost 16 years ago...
Can we call them "Overturn Shooters" instead? OK OK, is joke!
Nowadays so many games and mods exist, we are kind of afraid to re-enter the ring again. But we think we have something truly special for you all to rip each other apart in!
So please, join us this May 25th starting at 12 PM MST / 18:00 UTC for an unforgettable launch event and make Half-Life history with us!
Be sure to chat with us on Matrix or IRC
Also be sure to follow us on the Fediverse!
See you all then! And remember,
MERCILESS EXTERMINATION!
