Guard Duty (Blue Shift: Source)

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Guard Duty (Blue Shift: Source)
Release date	When It's Done
Genre	First-person shooter
Mode	Single-player, multiplayer
Specifications
System requirements	Half-Life 2: Episode Two, Alien Swarm, Source SDK
Platform	Windows
Input	Keyboard and mouse
Engine	Source
Production information
Developer	Guard Duty Team (Former) Tripmine Studio (After merging with Operation Black Mesa Developer Team)
Designer	MR.Sugar
Writer	Antonín Žoha
Previous game	Operation Black Mesa
Next game	Hazard Team

Guard Duty, It is upcoming of conversion source Modification of Half-Life 2 and remake of the Half-Life: Blue Shift. It is considering as companion to Black Mesa: Source. Again like Operation Black Mesa (Opposing Force Source), the two developers team are not associated with each other.

Overview

Guard Duty, whose begin their development since after the Operation Black Mesa and Black Mesa: Source have announced just like the team it say. They won't wait very long as they took their task on their hand. The former name was title Barney's Tales. The Project was going very smoothly and was very fashion design based on the original of the chapters from Beginning to the end without any hesitation they releasing more of the media of the project.

In Late 2008, the old Team that involving the work have disabled due to unknown reason as the team member haven't even announced anything and the entire project goes abandoned. Some of the team member from Operation Black Mesa came in and help even one of their main level designer coming and help replacing the leader of the project starting to contacting of the former abandon team member to release some of the work. So that they can continue without starting from beginning again. However, It failed as they will start it from scratch. As they release one of the Teaser Media of starting of the project again, changing the title into Guard Duty a tribute of former name of the original Blue Shift.

In January 28, 2012, They decided to merge with Operation Black Mesa and Form the Tripmine Studio due to the members of the decision after conversion a lot of it and weeks. They finally accepting and working together as a team for the future work of both project.

Detail

The Main Objectives of this project:

• A Complete re-creation of the Whole Chapters including the Epilogue.
• Models like Operation Black Mesa will push the Game Engine to the limited.
• Mutliplayer will be completely different then other modification rather then a death-match, Team Death-Match and the Capture the Flag. It will be a running, surviving and working together to getting out of facility before completely destroyed. Just like the Operation Black Mesa it won't be in the early release
• New Voice Acting, Sounds and Visuals that you will never see in the original.
• Level Designer of the chapter will be expanding much further then ever. that will utilize the advanced physics engine introduced everything that in Half Life 2
• Remixed and New Soundtrack will be include from the original will be enhanced.

Gallery

Concept Art

Alien Grunt Concept

Boid Concept

Captive Freight Outside Concept.

Duty Calls Canal Concept.

Duty Calls Exit from the Canals Concept.

Duty Calls Canals Exit Concept.

Concept art of the Whole Duty Calls Chapter.

HECU Concept Art of the Project.

Scientist's Concept.

Old Abandon Teleporter Facility concept.

Security Guard Concept

Alien Controller Concept.

Security Guard Zombie Concept.

Tram Concept.

Tunnel area of Captive Freight Chapter Concept.

Unknown Area Concept.

First Zombie Concept.

Second Zombie Concept.

Third Zombie of Concept.

Screenshots

Uplink Chapter of the surface.

Captive Freight chapter showing outside of the view after crawling out from the Canal Screenshot.

Entrance of the Security Checkpoint, where system is not responding.

Sub-way of the Insecurity traveling to Sector G Elevator Screenshot.

Passing of the InSecurity for the long shift Screenshot.

Traveling end from the Underground up to the old apartment that hidden the Old Abandon Teleporter Facility.

Main Exit of the Canal Screenshot.

Acid on floor after the incident is occurred Screenshot.

Sub-Exit of the canal breach Screenshot.

Canal flooding rising up Screenshot.

Another Screenshot showing of the rising lifting compartment to going up.

Collapsing Sealing before going to the Canal Screenshot.

The Sub-Exit of the crate to Canal draining ditch Screenshot.

Yet, another to the canal draining ditch Screenshot.

Another Screenshot for the Canal being seeing through the Elevator Screenshot.

Duty Calls first part of area after shooting the Power pad to turn off and unlock the Safety Door Screenshot.

Canals Entrance Screenshot.

Duty Calls first part of area before shooting the power pad to turning off the whole electrical and unlock the Safety Door Screenshot.

Level 3 Laboratory Tram Station still W.I.P. Screenshot

Tram View Screenshot.

SkyBox Screenshot.

Uplink Chapter in the Underground Facility Screenshot.

Captive Freight Old Abandon Teleporter facility Entrance Screenshot.

Hound-Eye in Duty Calls Screenshot.

Captive Freight Hound-eye releasing the shockwave Screenshot.

Bullsquid in Duty Calls Screenshot.

Models

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Station Machine Gun Model.

Normal Barrel Model.

Bullsquid Model.

Explosive Barrels Model.

Desert Foliage Model.

Model of the Door.

Glock 17 Model.

Houndeye Model.

Labs Property Models.

Crate Model.

Military Storage Supplier Model.

Pressure Terminal Model.

Safety Cones Model.

Security Wall Camera Model.

Snarks Model.

Shotgun SPAS-12 Model.

Rubbish Trash Bin Model.

TV Rack Model.

Construction Property Model.

Externals links

• Guard Duty on Mod DB
• Official Website of the Team