A Brief History – Prt 1

Subject: Cat-Life
Variants: Cat-Life: Original, Cat-Life: GoldSource, Cat-Life: Source
Setting: Black Mesa, New Mexico

Welcome to the world of Cat-Life.

Cat-Life is a complicated mod concept with a complicated history.  This is one of the most original concepts you will ever find.  In Cat-Life, you enter the mind and body of an ordinary house cat.  After some experimentation, we are treated to the Black Mesa Resonance Cascade from Newton the cat’s point of view.

The Cat-Life project itself can be broken down into three variants.  Cat-Life: O is the designation for the original concept and its many partial versions prior to 2007.  That was the old Friendly Garg’s Stories / Garg-o-holics version of the mod.  You can read a bit about that in Part 2.

Cat-Life GS is the 2007 mod which began with BiGToM’s leadership, some basic maps, and little more.  The project, formerly known as simply “Cat-Life” or “Cat-Life for Half-Life” has undergone a number of changes in the last few years.  With actual leadership and an effort to finish, the mod has released a temporary demo.

Now, with the change to Cat-Life GS, the mod is undergoing an overhaul.  Although the mod will not be developed as fully as CLS, Cat-Life: GoldSource will be a full mod and will be released first.  Read more about CL GS in part 3.

Lastly, Cat-Life for Source or CLS is the modern version of Cat-Life.  This mod is now under leadership of the administrator and is being written by the author of Conundrum and the HL2 Cataclysm (RP Thread).  It is currently on hold as the GoldSource variant needs to be finished before work begins on CLS.

To read more about Cat-Life for Source, see part 4.