Half-Life 2's Ravenholm is peak Valve level design

Despite the strong tonal shift to being full-blown survival horror, Ravenholm still feels like a Half-Life 2 level. How did they manage that? Well it's all due to the Valve way of designing levels.
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Valve developers have admitted they have spent months, even years tweaking a single level or encounter. Valve time pays off sometimes.

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Renni people don't play Day of Defeat anymore :(

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Took a whole minute for that "What are these called again?" joke to land. They're called valves.

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They're called "turning wheels"

[@bigbundle3223]

I was like “They’re called Valves...” and then yeah, a minute later, “I GET IT.”

[@feelingweller]

My dumb ass was like “wheels”

[@thompkins6796]

On second thought, let's not go to Ravenholm. 'Tis a silly place.

[@xsneedzx]

Now I'm just Imagining all the head crab zombies gurgling a cheerful song about Ravenholm

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@@xsneedzx Some needs to make that in G-MOD OH GOD PLEASE SOMEONE...

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I got to tour valve headquarters a few years ago as part of a camp thing at UW! Their headquarters are gorgeous and they have their desks on wheels so they can move people to different areas so everyone on one project can work together!

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Yeah the desks-on-wheels thing is famous. I read the Valve Employee Handbook once when that leaked and it just emphasizes the importance of that.

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@@THB192 You can read it here www.valvesoftware.com/en/publications.

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meanwhile in riot games HQ: "hahaha i fart in your face!"

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She's like... middle school art teacher from the 4th dimension who's also a bounty hunter on the weekends.

[@shockofthenew]

and I respect that

[@ReverendTed]

6:22 - Ok, I was already respecting the research that went into this video, but tracking your own action vs rest playtime? That's awesome.

[@Jess735513]

just the sentence: 'we don't go to Ravenholm' fills me with fear. Really interesting video! It's great to hear how levels are built in games :)

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I have used this sentence many times since '04 :)

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0:59 That is a nuclear portal take.

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"Look Gordon, a gravity gun! We can use that to traverse big pits!"

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"Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that *_NO ONE_* will ever edit again!"

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[@LiamTolentino]

If they make HL2VR:AI, I really hope Dr. Coomer says that exact line when they introduce the gravity gun

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"the pomodoro technique, but for shooting uncooked chicken"

[@ashopal5811]

Did Jenna match her lipstick to the pink of the background or vice versa? Either way, I'm living for it- great design choice for a great design analysis

[@alinagrinseit]

vice versa - you can see highlights of a green screen on the back of her shoulders and hair

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@@alinagrinseit or she chose her lipstick for the background choice that was gonna happen later

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plot twist: jenna actually wore green lipstick

[@boodles25]

jenna: wears a cool headband and funky eyeshadow me: *seratonin has entered the chat*

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This just gave me the jumping off point for building a D&D campaign, thank you :D

[@felixc543]

Awesome!!! I'm trying to scrap together an idea currently, mixed success lol

[@gluedtothemouse]

@@felixc543 As a response to both of you (10 months later), you should also watch Game Maker's Toolkit if you don't already. A lot of videos just like this one, talking about level design and different systems in video games. I find it also translates well to D&D writing :)

[@felixc543]

@@gluedtothemouse yess I do watch Game Makers Toolkit too!

[@michaelnelson2976]

It's incredible how excellent the discussions you guys make on game design. This is beautiful and makes me think a whole lot about human concepts and how we interact with the world and I haven't even played Half Life 2. I love this.

[@notusingmyrealnamegoogle6232]

play HL2, it’s been endlessly copied so you’ve probably played many of it’s parts in some way but it’s still good

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I like being able to now articulate why this is my favorite level.

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I read the title and immediately knew this would be a Jenna video!! Good stuff!!!!

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"The easy questions in life: 'why are you here, where are you going?" Okay, I didn't come here to feel attacked.

[@magnificmango336]

I thought Half Life 2 was a great game overall, but Ravenholm was so goddamn brilliant that I audibly exclaimed how good it was while I was playing, and then audibly exclaimed how sad I was once I left and the quality went back to normal.

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Im pretty sure Valve is just the pinnacle of game design.

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@@daskarama1256 exactly

[@EricDKaufman]

you got to give it to Rockstar also. open world is very different from linear/corridor shooters, but even then, yeah, Valve pre-STEAM were the best that ever was.

[@renni9813]

@@daskarama1256 Yessir, im hyped for Elden Rings! Not much information on it, but I trust fromsoftware will do their thing.

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@@EricDKaufman Rockstar makes some bangers, but not nearly as consistantly as valve.

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@@sausagebased Penultimate Helen, perhaps

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I'm trying to figure out how it didn't get keyed out with the greenscreen

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[@alexdavis665]

While playing TF2 on custom maps, often orange maps, you can tell how influential the official map design is. Good maps, even without textures, can show clear pathways to the objective while maintaing a fairly open environment for firefights. Bad maps lead to getting lost, confusion, disorientation, and surprise upon encountering an enemy.

[@charliepie1212]

This is also good advice for DnD level design.

[@jeddonaldson7526]

I quite literally played this for the first time yesterday, Only good timing I've ever had

[@roccit]

432 hours in. Still find gems :)

[@jeddonaldson7526]

First playthrough I love finding them for the first time

[@CharlesAnjos]

another thing that I absolutely love on HL2 is the perception of a journey that it has. the events of the game are linear, so you spend the whole day running from the combine, and arrive at night in ravenholm. this kind of linearity is not something games have very often

[@24601st]

"orange map" ? uh, yeah i know what that is, i've played the stanley parable

[@lalaspeaks]

what is it about polygon that makes me interested in stuff i wouldn't normally care about?

[@laurenbastin8849]

I just love everything about the narrative and design of half-life 2, especially when it comes to city 17. That blend of futuristic alien technology with the decaying Eastern Europe architecture perfectly conveys the sheer horror of the place, the combination of a big brother like entity that silences all opposition and brutally suppresses the population with the existential boredom of living with all sexuality completely repressed, eating food composed of rehydrated processed blocks, drinking water that makes you forget and having nothing to do but sit around whilst your species dies out... it captures the horror of a life without purpose or joy. Also the fact that the combine, who are basically only on earth to strip all its resources, leave the infrastructure of the old cities behind and only add what is necessary to maintain their control is great characterisation of them, it just reinforces the idea that they’re the empire equivalent of carrion eaters

[@cromanticheer]

I actually have been avoiding trying to finish HL2. I stopped playing it a little after the escape from Nova Prospekt several years ago, and I feel like I really should play through the whole game again at this point because it's been so long. However, I've been putting it off, through a combination over wanting to wait for that HL1 fanmod remaster so I can catch all those juicy lore bits in HL2, and fear over having to go through Ravenholm. Again. I think, however, with everyone reminding me about how goddamn good HL2 was I might just brave Ravenholm again just to see this wonderful game to the end. Thank you, Jenna.

[@r3dstoner3quired27]

This was a huge throwback to the old Brian and Pat streams where Brian was playing Half-Life 1 for the first time and Pat was trying to tutor him but couldn't remember, like, any of the level designs, and kept ending up at topics like "Pizza soup? Opinions?" and Woodstock 99 and Brian's mom calling him halfway through a stream.

[@gznewman]

The first time I played HL2, I got to the airboat level and didn’t notice the airboat sitting there, so I played the entire level swimming and on foot. I didn’t progress past it that time because of the ramp, but completing the level on my 2009 MacBook, taking down choppers only with a rocket launcher and a pistol was both the most proud and frustrated I’ve ever been.

[@AlexK-jp9nc]

Watching a speedrun "yeah I did it that way on my first playthrough, thought that was the intended way?"

You don't get the rocket launcher in HL2 before "Nova Prospect"....hmmmm....

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@ No, you can get it on Coast, when you meet Odessa.

[@gznewman]

Dmitry Granicin then I’m likely not remembering fully. I’m probably thinking of the machine gun? Correct me if I’m wrong.

@@GriffinMan00 Aah, right you are! But still, there is no RPG in airboat level...

[@rmdcade1717]

In a single line at the end, Jenna delivers an excoriating criticism of political pressure to end quarantine early.

[@PaulThePuppetier]

Me watching: Ravenholm? What's that? Oh, yes. That place I was scared shitless in

[@roccit]

Still scares me sometimes.

[@andrearossi6564]

Last time I was this early Brian still had a mustache

[@AceofRogues]

He doesn't have his mustache anymore?

[@mdm_topplelock]

drelicharcz No he shaved it in the Waluigi unraveled video

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@@AceofRogues he has his own channel he posted a couple videos on lately

[@qwaccc]

3:20 correct spellings transform into, “deliverate” and “lineraity”

[@Aurich88]

"...now, more than ever." she said apropos of nothing but because it was 2020, as is tradition.

[@petersonw1]

I'm so happy the video did not had spoilers for Half Life Alyx, still planning to play it in five years lol

[@OmegaBlue-gb5bu]

And to celebrate this video Valve leaked the source code for the Source Engine! /s But seriously folks that did happen and people are getting hacked so stay away from source games until they fix it.

[@louisturner5229]

Only mutiplayer source games I think - singleplayer should be fine for now

[@DarkPowerize]

grg sure, hacks and exploits were developed without the source code before but now that it’s out in the open it could open the floodgates. Seeing exactly how the game ticks can lead to more serious hacks which could have more dire consequences. It’s probably for the best to wait for Valve’s official word before hopping into a match on TF2/CS:GO

[@Elendrial]

​@@DarkPowerize lmao no. I get why people are making this assumption - "source code" sounds kinda secret and secure. When you open game files in notepad all you see is the garbled trash that is machine/byte code. But even if it doesn't look readable to us humans in notepad, machine code is still the same code someone wrote in w/e high level language - it's just been translated. It is true that information is lost in translation from a high level language to a low level language (using a compiler), but the functionality of the program _has_to_be_ exactly the same. As such we can retranslate machine code back to high level languages (using a decompiler). Often this means that work has to be done by hand, eg: renaming variables/functions/classes, which wouldn't be necessary with direct source code and isn't always trivial, but at the end of this you have a representation of that very same thing. Things may be shifted around/differently named/etc, but the code does exactly the same thing either way. You can test this out yourself! For C/C++ projects you can use Ghidra, for Java projects (like android apps) you can use Luyten, and tbh for any other language you can probably just google " decompiler". Ofc there is also the rumour that there's an RCE attack going around. I haven't seen any evidence to support its existence, but is really serious if it does exist. To the point where I'd personally recommend not even touching anything with multiplayer until you hear something directly from valve. This will have 0 relationship to the source leak.

[@randomcatdude]

@@Elendrial ^ exactly this people are just spreading paranoid rumors because they don't understand things much. that if there was an RCE exploit out there already, it would've been found and patched ages ago.

[@locky_y233]

And then "Jeff" in Alyx helped peaked Valve level design one more time

[@BarbarianGod]

I really feel like the Vermintide2 map "into the nest" checks a lot of boxes from the valve design books, you can always see some places that you were at a few minutes ago, or some place you're going towards, everywhere you look in this giant underground cavern/cliff with a dwarf city built into it, and now overrun by skaven :D

[@throwachair4574]

You knew what’s a good way finder? The planets in Mario Galaxy. You always see them in the background and you’re like “he’ll yeah”

[@dust6590]

My unexplanable burning desire to hug literally everyone that works on this channel is physically painful.

[@firewaffles8208]

The first time I played through Ravenholm I was 12 and home alone. The fast zombies still scare me to this day

[@Preda.Y]

I'd love a video looking how these design principles are applied by the devs of Black Mesa. I noticed very quickly that, for instance, Xen has that Citadel-landmark element ripped straight out of HL2, and I feel there is a lot more under the hood

[@NeoDragonEWW]

I bought Half-Life 2 because of Ravenholm. In 2005 I got a dell XPS that came with a demo for half-life 2. That demo was just the Ravenholm level. It was so mind-blowing to me using the gravity gun I went and bought the game the next day.

[@BarbarianGod]

3:20 spooky text changes

[@jord.an6123]

Thanks Jenna! Loved this. Since we've lost Gita & tim Kotaku video's i really really appreciate you and your team's work on illustrating theme and level design analysis. Especially new hot content during these qauranteened times

[@NeedMoreKimchi]

3:25 "...sprinking..." idk how my eye was immediately drawn to that, lol

[@jackwall2872]

There's an error in the graphic at 3:21. You can see the text change from "nonlinearity" to "nonlineraity." The same thing happens with "deliberately" and "deliverately" in this graphic. These errors happen after the block of text finishes its animation.

[@theansweris421]

I remember my step-brother introducing me to half life 2 at the age of 10 or so in 2004. The first level I ever played was ravenholm and it scared the ever living shit out of me but it blew my mind at the same time. It makes me sad to think that I will probably never experience that feeling again with a game. Hl2 was truly an unforgettable experience.

[@THEREALVITO]

Orange maps is specific to Source, it's usually referred to as whiteboxing or greyblocking or a combination of the terms for other engines, there's very little standardization of terms. Source just likes to be fun and use orange instead of grayscale for generic blocks :) Project Borealis (a fan game that will retell Epistle 3) is created in Unreal Engine, but they actually use orangeboxes despite normally being whiteboxes, as they try to emulate Source as much as possible

[@bugjams]

Alex: NOOOOOO U CANT JUST GO TO RAVENHOLM GORDON!! ITS SEALED OFF FOR A REASON!!! Gordon: hehe headcrab zombie go splurt splat

[@popcorndirector]

What a coincidence that I'm playing HL2 for the first time and went through this level yesterday. Valve are excellent at guiding players and supporting different playstyles, something I noticed during my countless hours in L4D2. Trying to get through Ravenholm with just the Gravity Gun was thrilling and felt extremely rewarding as you had to make the best use of the environment. (Ex. Saving fire barrels for multiple enemies, using the blades of the broken trap, and desperately keeping sawmill blade with you while waiting for the lift near the end and running circles around the zombies when I lost it.) I didn't realize the mine at the end still counted for the achievement and didn't get it, but I'm eager to return and test myself again.

[@thefollowingisatest4579]

Time, Dr. Freeman? Is it...really that time again? Time for a dope new Polygon video, I mean. Thanks for filming this in the magenta negaspace you are stuck in in quarantine, Jenna!

[@SimpleArt93]

If you're interested in Ravenholm I'd recommend watching NoClip's newest documentary on the history of Arkane Studios. They were working on an episode for a Half Life 2 expansion back in the day with the same name. They even show some pretty polished Alpha footage of the game. Very interesting as a whole, all very amazing work, but you can skip to Ravenholm's part if that's all that you're interested in and still enjoy it.

[@Paulito-ym4qc]

A lot of games have levels that are fun playing the first time, but studios like fromsoft or valve design stuff that flows so naturally it just keeps pulling you back without getting old

[@SpiritedSpy]

3:20 deliverate

[@wintersolstice3573]

Well I just follow one simple rule: if you keep finding enemies, you're going the right way.

[@pabroah6434]

On my first playthrough I was mowing down the zombies it was a lot of fun, until I realized there's next to no ammo packs in the entire chapter, so I ran out of ammo in all of my weapons, meaning my only weapons to rely on are the crowbar and the gravity gun, this really made it scarier since I don't have any gun to defend myself with, but still fun since I could still scan around my surroundings for props to kill zombies with, not to mention the fact that there's like a million zombies spawning one after each other which really made this chapter stand out by limiting your arsenal, Introducing new stronger and scarrier zombie types (i like how they forshadowed fast zombies with their ragdolls all over the place and then put 2 random poison zombies instead) and tighting the space and design it so well that it fells so big, I just really love this chapter

[@LetChaosReign831]

I found Control's mapping to be really intuitive. And the UI is solid too besides some elevation confusion on the map itself

[@3possumsinatrenchcoat]

praise be, a Jenna video! ♡♡♡

[@samanthamansfield6693]

Beyond fascinating! Thanks, Jenna!

[@erroldtumaque3430]

part of this seems like..oh basic gaming elements but then you realize and appreciate how much thought they put into it

[@jakem.4971]

Loving the recent Jenna videos ☺️

[@zipperozicvideodump]

This sorta shit is why Valve is my favorite game-making corporation. And also my main inspiration for if I were to make an actual game,

[@valknight5748]

I gave up on Control after getting lost in it one too many times - can totally vouch to how important this is.

Black Mesa developers call the idea of introducing wayfinders "sign posting". Sometimes it's literally a blinking EXIT sign with sparks falling unto an escape ladder, other times it's a bloom of blue glowing leafs opening up to give way to you. Just adding this in so you can appreciate how much Black Mesa is made in spirit of HL level design.

[@hx0ad5]

i am always so here for any talk of valve game design & any of jenna's nerdy mini vid essays

[@charlie-wf3bn]

Bold choice to wear green eye shadow in front of a green screen Jenna. I respect it.

[@Darleer]

Polygon's been delivering top notch game journalism contents for years now. Not just those opinionated reviews of a game on the same point rank system that somehow can be used for all types of game under the sun. Great job guys!

[@DragonHeart55]

I know these guidelines are intended for video games, but honestly? This is actually going to be really helpful in guiding me making future parts of my party's D&D campaign. A lot of it (like the linear path with optional side routes players are rewarded for exploring) I already do, but there are definitely some things I'll have to keep in mind!

[@LemonMoon]

I feel like Bethesda needs to take some notes on this because there have been so many times in all of their games that I’ve played where I’ve been wandering in a dungeon of some variety, whether it be tomb or abandoned building, where I’ve gotten to a point that I have wandered around the same area for 30 minutes because I can’t find the next door. Like I’ll look at the local map, and see, “ahh, I haven’t explored that area yet” so I’ll start walking, but then there’s no way to get there seemingly, so I’ll watch a video tutorial, and I can’t find the path that they take, so I just turn off collision and go to the quest marker directly then work my way back or continue on if it’s taken too long.

[@russetwolf13]

It's funny how Half-Life came out in 1998, Half-Life 2 came out in 2004, the Portal games just... This information has been around forever and yet Valve is still the only ones who bother to use their rule book despite the whole world seeing how effective it is. But it doesn't get you money right this very second so big publishers will never, ever actually follow the recipe.

[@violetboyle2864]

This is great, I love Polygon's mini-essays

[@johnspinker3579]

3:20-3:21 deliberate decides it doesn't want to be spelled right anymore

[@SkyWayMan90]

Really good video! Lots of good points interwoven with humor. Enjoyed it 💯

[@spongiformencephalitis]

wonderful video!! it made me wonder- have you ever played the free, single dev rpgmaker surreal horror game OFF? it has some really amazing level design unlike anything ive really seen before. i would love to hear your take on it!

[@felixc543]

👀 [screenshots this comment for further reference]

[@paige_404]

Can't tell if Jenna is being lit in a greenish tone (weird choice for a pink background) or if the chroma key threshold was dialed a little too high. Either way, I sense the home office struggle is real. Really solid and informative video though.

[@MadMachineproto]

HA! The orange box. Man, it was the best deal in video games at the time... it was so badass...

[@EllieCollie]

What’s funny is that it’s such a masterpiece they barely changed it from its early iteration around 2001

[@JonkiJonkas]

Just reading the word Ravenholm threw me back 15 years

[@QualityBackingTracks]

Awesome presentation. Love your work Jenna and Polygon!

[@marsmarzipan5636]

I shit you not, I got stuck on the very puzzle at 5:07 and took a youtube break, came here because I was just playing portal, and then saw that and figured out what I was doing wrong

[@Sarah-fg5fp]

I was looking at the credits to see who filmed the video before I my brain kicked back in. Thanks for the distraction and cool analysis. :)

[@MrJayLifes]

Shots fired big gaming! Jenna dunked on em like a zombie getting a car head massage.

[@pcg13]

This was so cool and informative! I know nothing about game design but I always learn so much from your videos, Jenna.

[@pwarner]

Jenna matching her eye makeup to the green screen feathering at the edges of her hair is some next level color coordination

[@ratsalad1]

I love it, is like a haunted house with the scripted events at you walk along this pathway that makes you feel as if you're finding your own way.

[@pixiemeg]

Jenna's hair here looks like a cartoon character and it's the cutest thing I've ever seen

[@asternshelf2459]

This bullshit that this video only has under 100k views

[@xSmythosx]

i played ravenholm for the first time at 2am when i was like thirteen. it scared the absolute shit out of me but now seven years later i absolutely adore it, and i’m so happy the new half life game is bringing attention back to hl2 and as a result, ravenholm

[@nickmorgan19457]

7:58 I've been playing HL2 since the Orange Box came out and I've never once noticed the paint. huh

[@amagicalduck155]

Ravenholm is by far my favourite area in HL2, and it's even better if you only use the gravity gun.

[@Sam-lr9oi]

lol I didn't realize Polygon had a Quibi show, congrats on getting some of those bills (probably a disgustingly small amount compared to what they spent on their "prestige" shows)

[@saleplains]

man Ravenholm or Jeff.... tough choice

[@brandnewday7734]

Hahahaha. Careful your bottle

[@vaasmontenegro9299]

when doctor Isaac says our friend came to his lab I thought it would be father Gregory and I still wish it was father Gregory instead of dog