Half-Life: A Place in the West
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In a devastated America, sinister commandos are kidnapping children and taking them to a hidden city with a mysterious cosmic tower at its heart – a tower that may prove to be humanity’s salvation, or its doom. Join three survivors in this fan-made comic as they attempt to unlock the city’s secrets.
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AchievementsAchievements are included in the first and second chapters only. The second chapter is paid-DLC. Future chapters will not feature achievements.Please note that per this post, Achievements are presently disabled as we work out a problem with the library we use.Featured DLCAbout the GameWhat is A Place in the West?Half-Life: A Place in the West is a fan-made comic book set within Valve's acclaimed Half-Life universe. It can be read either by way of our specially built app, or as a PDF available in your Steam Directory.At a science complex in the New Mexico desert, a teleportation experiment goes very wrong, unleashing interdimensional chaos on an unsuspecting Earth. The aftershocks end with the arrival of a totalitarian order called The Combine, which forces a brutal police state on the last remnants of the occupied planet.Now, some years later, a mysterious cosmic tower has materialised in a hidden city – a tower that may prove to be humanity’s salvation, or its doom. A team of military commandos soon emerge from the city, sweeping across the American wasteland kidnapping children for an unknown purpose.In the wake of their devastation, a troubled father, an intrepid scientist, and an ancient alien warrior are each drawn to the strange city with the cosmic tower: New Franklin. Faced with warring clans, diabolical experiments, portentous dreamscapes, and the growing shadow of The Combine, they must unlock New Franklin’s mysteries before it’s too late – and the lives of everyone in the city hang in the balance.A Place in the West weaves a compelling story with a complex cast of all-new characters, drawing on the rich mythology of the Half-Life universe to create an original adventure for the series.The comic will run for a total of fifteen chapters, the first of which, Following Portents, is available for free to download and comes to a total of 32 pages. The remaining chapters will be released sequentially as paid-DLC, and will be 30 pages in length.Do I need to be Familiar with Half-Life?Nope! The first chapter features a ten-page prologue designed to bring new readers up to speed with the world of Half-Life. A Place in the West is also set in the interim between Half-Life and Half-Life 2, which means that you needn't be familiar with Valve's later games anyway. That isn't to say, however, that you won't find exciting things to enjoy if you are familiar with the series.The comic is also available in PDF form; simply purchase the comic, and a copy will be automatically downloaded into your Steam files. This will enable you to read A Place in the West in whatever format you see fit: be it via our app, or as a PDF on your mobile device.Follow us for more updates!
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MINORRise and Shine
...although we have rather been sleeping on the job, haven't we? It's been a while. Our deepest apologies on that front: both myself and Ross have been dealing with some incredibly challenging obstacl
MINORThe Steam Spring Sale is Here!
{STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/26319859/00b8367a8aeb342a527467ec5539a7ef578f5382.png Hey everyone! The spring sale just landed, and we've discounted every chapter of the comic. If you haven't picked up some of th
MINORSteam Winter Sale and 2023 Update!
Hey gang! First things first: we're sorry for the radio silence these past few months. We know you've had lots of questions on achievements - like, when will they work? - and when you can expect the n
MINORAnniversary Sale!
Hey everyone, We're just dropping a quick line (slightly late) because yesterday marked six years that we've been on Steam! In that time, we've released 8 chapters (two of them twice) totaling about 2
MINORA Place in the West is in the Steam Summer Sale!
Hey gang, We hope you're all enjoying Chapter 8 - Remnant. As you've no doubt noticed, the Steam Summer Sale is officially live. We've discounted chapters 2 - 7 and both volumes of the soundtrack, so
MAJORChapter 8: Remnant released!
Hey gang! We are incredibly excited to announce the release of the eighth chapter of Half-Life: A Place in the West! You can pick up Remnant right now, with it being available to read via our Steam ap
MAJORChapter 8 released!
Chapter 8, Remnant has been released!
MAJORChapter 8 Store Page is Live - Wishlist now!
Hey everyone! We apologise for the radio silence so far this year. We've been busy! Chapter 8 - Remnant is close to completion and will release quite soon. The store page is officially live, so give i
MINORPrequel Novel Half-Life: Phase Transition
Hey gang! Happy New Year! Just a short update from us: For the past year Ross has been hard at work on a full-length prequel novel to A Place in the West called Half-Life: Phase Transition. It's not y
MINORWinter Sale
Hey gang! We hope you've all enjoyed Interlude 7.5 - Castle Okno! We just wanted to drop a quick word to say we've discounted every chapter of the comic for the Steam Winter Sale, as well as both soun
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