Overview
Part of a larger work, this guide focuses on one path, a yellow bri…wait no an orange brick path to getting up an going in the workshops and larger Steam community. Here we overview what was in The Orange Box.
The Orange Box
Inside we find Half-Life the sequel and Portal.
Why did we want these?
Source Filmmaker content is already done so that part is fast tracked.
Momentum Goals:
Get playing and feel accomplished quickly and immediately see value from your investment in both time and money.
Create good art you can call your own.
Start saving formats we need for your brand.
Start creating your own profile and presence/identity on steam.
[Optional] Following the harder path, finish setting up your second steam account. (Family, In House Studio, Server, Other Use)
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Long Term Goals:
Steam Cafe and community centers all around the world, featuring your work.
Upload to YouTube or start getting social with video.
To publish your first app you will need a video. Much later we will get into Blender, DaVinci Resolve 16 and other options that also play well on Linux.
Get your video into steam videos.
Win a Saxxy Award.
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[Linux]
Seperate Guides for Mac/Win? (sucks having to read through stuff that doesn’t apply at least hide it.
Portal. Can’t say enough about how awesome this app is. The got the name before Facebook “product” was even a glimmer in mommy and daddy’s eye.
We will have many ways to come back to just the benefits of the namesake later, but for now…lets look to the polished office styled walls and look at ways to use them in your work.
Starting with Portal we get our second tasted (assuming you took option 1 and went down the path of hl:dm) we get our fist look at what a Source SDK looks like.