We got Black Mesa on Steam!

[Darkwiz666]

@sersoft

Good work everyone!

This pic always makes me laugh, BM is like a race car that shows up out of nowhere during the middle of the race and then proceeds to beat everyone by a whole lap.

Wacky Racers much, right?
Wacky Races : Dick Dastardly and Muttley : The Mean Machine 00

Except we didn’t pull any stupid tricks to win. :3

[MetalHeadCrab]

Congratulations everyone! I’ve been checking up on Black Mesa’s Greenlight status this whole week. Last I had checked it was like 40-ish% and fluctuating. About time! Wooo

[Madcat1030]

Yeah, we came just shy of the 50,000 mark before the top 11-1 were lit.

[8724350]

This is amazing news! Great job everyone who voted.

[Lewk]

So are some people now thinking about waiting for the Steam release before downloading?

I’m certainly not, but I’m curious to see if anyone is.

[JerseyRyan]

@Lewk

So are some people now thinking about waiting for the Steam release before downloading?

I’m certainly not, but I’m curious to see if anyone is.

HAHAHA no.

[Psyborg]

omy GOD my parents sayi '[m grounded and no computer for a WEEK this is SO GAY OMG i just want to play BLACKMESA: well CONGRATS to EVERYBODY who workd on this project im SO PROUD of ALL OF u! i promise i will play as SOON as my parents stop being such REETARDS!!!

[ShadowNate]

@glaber

I’m actually surprised. purely because this game is a mod

It is a standalone Total Conversion for Half Life, though. It has its own story, levels, models, sounds, voices etc. That is to say, it provides a full new game experience as opposed to simpler mods that for example only change gun models/properties in a game.

the devs don’t own the IP nor a commercial license to the source engine (to my knowledge)

this is the basis upon which any modding community works anyway. If that was to ever be a problem, mods wouldn’t be legal to be released anywhere, not just on Steam.

and the fact that Green light doesn’t have a mod catagory

Steam does have a mods category (or search filter) though.
Case in point:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/17550
https://store.steampowered.com/app/17580

Greenlight is about making something available through Steam platform (even if free) based on community interest. It should not be illegal (a game for which you are not the creator) or “adult”-content (porn) game but that’s about all limitation there is.

[jerry]

This is not surprising, but it’s great news!

[mrrampant]

@Mercer

WOOOHOOO!! Congrats guys!

It looks like several other projects also got Greenlit at the same time.

I wouldn’t be surprised if Black Mesa had a bit of a catalyzing effect for the others.

Actually, it made me look into Routine and I voted for it too.

[p0rt1r]

Damn i hope valve makes an exception and releases BM on release day. Either way… GratZ!!!

[zim]

haha, I knew you guys would do it, fucking congratulations. this is a monumental achievment.

[mrrampant]

@Lewk

So are some people now thinking about waiting for the Steam release before downloading?

I’m certainly not, but I’m curious to see if anyone is.

I’m waiting. 1. for the dust to settle. 2. Would give it a go if Steam declined but they greenlit- which was the point of all this, so I’ll wait.

[Alex156]

Awesome, congrats guys

[Medkit]

Some previous comments confused me. Steam release is crystal clear, but do we know when will Black Mesa arrive on it?

[UnhingedMouse0]

@Lewk

So are some people now thinking about waiting for the Steam release before downloading?

I’m certainly not, but I’m curious to see if anyone is.

Hell no, even if I knew the Steam release would be the next day I would still get the other one first. I’m not waiting a second longer than I have to!

[randy]

I can’t belive - I’ll play the BM on Friday! Exсellent!

[ShadowNate]

@Medkit

Some previous comments confused me. Steam release is crystal clear, but do we know when will Black Mesa arrive on it?

Not yet. Probably not on Friday.

@Katana

I have no more information than anyone else here. I would guess that the setup with Steam would take some time, so it’s not likely to happen by this Friday.

[Zurek]

I’m so excited to play this. The best part is that my weekend starts on Friday morning!

[RainMaker]

I knew we could make it, I told a bunch of guys in school about it today because I hadn’t noticed it had been greenlit. I had downloaded a widget someone made to show precentage. So I come back from school and I still see 49% (same as yesterday before it was accepted) and im like FUCK SHIT GET GREENLIT NOW! and I go to steam reload the page and saw it was greenlit