To celebrate the 25th Anniversary of the release of Half-Life we reunited the original development team to share their memories of creating Valve’s first game.

Check out the Half-Life 25th Anniversary Update, restored content, new multiplayer maps, and a bunch of quality of life updates for the original game at https://bit.ly/3SO6PXE

0:00 – Intro
1:33 – Early Days of Valve
8:29 – Technology & Scripted Sequences
17:06 – Character Design
30:14 – Creating the Opening Levels
37:09 – Weapon Design
39:46 – Sound Design
44:08 – Level Design
51:05 – Narrative & Voice Acting
57:48 – Xen
01:01:12 – Post Release

Produced for Valve by Secret Tape (https://bit.ly/3SJx5Cf)
– Directed & Edited by: Danny O’Dwyer
– Filmed by: Joey Fameli, Danny O’Dwyer, Michael Lewington, Jeremy Jayne
– Colored by: Jeremy Jayne
– Gameplay Director: Frank Howley
– Motion Graphics – Dan Silverstone / Pica (https://bit.ly/3QLwq0B)
– Production Support: Jesse Guarascia
– Captions by Megan Carnes