Half-Life-Beta Ask Blog

“Welcome to City 17.” 

>[Ivan] Gordon Freeman is available for asks. 

Before anyways asks why is her name Maxwell and not Vance, it’s because Alyx [and Dr. Vance] original last name was Maxwell for a period of time during Half Life 2′s development. She’ll appear later in this ask-blog! 

Reblogs are highly appreciated! 

-Casually crawls out of the ground- I haven’t posted in a hot second, sorry about that! I’ve been pretty busy with stuff irl but oh well! Have this pride doodle of Ivan/Gordon and Barney because I love them [If you’re new to my tumblr, these are the alpha build version of their designs. I just liked them a lot aaand this tumblr page is an ask blog for alpha/beta build versions of the Half Life characters!] This drawing made me realize how much I hate coloring traditional drawings. 

Second version of this doodle is under the cut! 

[Reposts and notes are highly appreciated! -Crow]  

Ivan picked up what seemed to be an abandoned handheld terminal communicator, after looking over it for a second he recognized the Black Mesa logo on it. Why was it left on this train? Wait- why was he on a train? He shook his head, he'd figure that out later once he answered the question that appeared on the screen.

"I think I can. It's hard to forget what happened." Ivan started to sign, his hands shook slightly as he recalled the Resonance Cascade.

"I was at Black Mesa. It was suppose to be simple, use the Anti-Mass Spectrometer to test some materials from Xen, get results, then we'd go home. But it backfired. The crystal we were using was too unstable." Ivan signed, his face changed to an unreadable expression.

"Several portals were opened and...some creatures slipped through. I remember spending hours fighting those damn things." Ivan paused, thinking for a moment. It's a bit difficult to remember things when one's running on nothing but determination and adrenaline. "I was talking to a man before I woke up here but before that-"

"Barney." Ivan stopped signing for a split second. He sighed sadly. "I saw Barney. He was hurt. I tried to get to him but that man in with a briefcase found me first I think. I...don't know where Barney is now."

Figured I’d drop some doodles of Barney I did here! [In case you are wondering why he look a bit different from his canon design, especially the first one is because I used the guard design from the Alpha Build of Half Life, the same one I got Ivan/Gordon’s design from! The second drawing is just how I imagine Alpha Build Barney would look like in Half Life 2/Half Life 2′s Beta]! Soon in the ask-blog, you’ll be able to ask him stuff if you’d want ig. 

[Reposts are appreciated!]