HL2 Developer Commentary Part 1 (Point Insertion)
In light of the Half-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Update, I decided to momentarily stray away from the usual shitposting that I do and record the lovely developer commentary that was blessed upon us by Valve, with proper chapters and cuts.
If you have any ideas, comments or notice any mistakes, feel free to leave a comment and I'll do my best to sort you out.
Chapters:
00:00 Silly Intro
00:21 Intro
01:27 Physics Objects
02:11 Trainstation
02:47 Metro Cop Shoving Citizens
03:30 Sweeping Vortigaunt
04:10 Natural Storytelling
05:13 Early Tech Planning
06:16 Storytelling
06:52 Characters
07:56 Blocking Tutorials
08:40 Blocking Tutorials 2
09:58 Blocking Tutorials 3
11:09 Fall Damage
11:54 Pick Up That Can
12:54 Playtesting
13:32 "Promises" (Unnamed)
14:22 Citadel
15:18 Exploration
15:41 Ropes
16:45 Playtesting Anecdote 1
17:59 Strider
18:31 Early Game Exploration
19:28 Closed Captions
20:34 Physics Simulation
21:35 Crate Baby
22:25 Physics Simulation 2
23:28 Playground
24:29 Materials & Shaders
25:31 Cubemaps
26:20 Field of view
27:15 Reference Maps
28:34 Missing Material
29:12 The Raid
29:47 The Raid 2
30:42 Health & No Hud
31:38 Playtesting Anecdote 2
32:58 Alyx
33:42 NPCs On Elevators
34:54 Interactive Storytelling