The Half-Life Mod Made by a 9-Year-Old

He was 9 in 2003, he's way older than we are at this point
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in this video we play The Half-Life Mod Made by a 9-Year-Old aka Red Mesa
Outro music: • PilotRedSun - Grinch's...
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[@DeadwaterGaming]

Thanks to our Ko-Fi supporter this video! ( ko-fi.com/deadwatergaming ) *Jimbob*

[@m.w9418]

Would u play my mod?

[@Ribbons0121R121]

Did you know pilotredsun is part of a game dev team by the name wain james or wain games I think you two would enjoy such quality

[@Feasco]

thx Jimbob

[@ericsgabbs]

Jimbob

[@KamilJanda]

Hey mate. I am a creator of this "mod" and for sure I was not 9 years old. If i do remember it correctly i was out in the early 2003 so I was 12 years old. Vlokam 1 (and it`s sequel which were continuations of these "mods") were released when I was 13. :). Nevermind I am still amazed that this kind of new content about these old crappy mods exists so many years after! :) Thanks a lot.

[@Feasco]

still pretty impressive for someone who could open a map editor before they could shave

[@crylune]

absolute legend

[@cbtillery135]

You still modding? They're fairly impressive for mods created by a kid when documentation of GoldSrc and its version of Hammer were sparse.

[@DistortedDebaser]

We gotta get some remastered versions.

[@sanitylost4271]

I like how he gave him a choice between playing maplabs, Leon mods or mod by 9-year old, like there's a difference 😂

[@mrscruffles801]

59 year old

[@D1gg3rX]

@@mrscruffles801 yeah........

[@purplefear1339]

Maplabs is awesome. You're wrong.

[@guyonyt999]

no way its you

[@computer_dude]

hey, maplabs is pretty good, sometimes

[@MagicD3VIL2]

Seeing you guys categorize Czech as gibberish made me chuckle

[@DeadwaterGaming]

if it wasn't mixed with english i would have figured it was just a different language lol

[@luna_macaroni]

As a Czech, honestly understandable. It do be like that sometimes

[@averytiredman4857]

I am fluent in gibberish, and I like it.

[@kirillmaloshenko1281]

Ale je opravdu gibberish.

[@matejstritesky5468]

@@kirillmaloshenko1281 yea czech is just gibberish to be honest

[@teawizard374]

First John Freeman and now Nicolas Freeman. Freeman Cinematic Universe is expanding.

[@LifeIsPain878]

Don't forget Cicero

[@randomcrandoface2363]

We need one more Freeman and we can have a 4 player coop game in the Half-Life multiverse

[@RaposaCadela]

by a 9 year-old?? Honestly good on them! Modding is fun as hell and actually teaches some skills

[@FURRyFEDIDo]

tu ta em todo video de half life mds kkkk

[@RaposaCadela]

@@FURRyFEDIDo aksldjahsjk HEY!! Eu tbm sou um furry fedido, então acho q essa galera gosta de Half-Life klsjdklsjdl iae

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

i wasnt aware the crossover between furries and halflife fans was so large

[@FURRyFEDIDo]

@@theMyRadiowasTaken I really don't know why the two fandoms were so intertwined, in my theory it can be said that the half life franchise is really incredible, it could be that other furries got to know the game through other Valve games like tf2

[@RaposaCadela]

@@FURRyFEDIDo DUDE I discovered what furries were when someone sprayed one on the wall in Team Fortress Classic kljsklçajas freakin' changed me

[@AstroTom]

So did Red Mesa also cause a resonance cascade or were they so incompetent that the HECU decided to get rid of them?

[@Megajaybreaker4]

The HECU realized that red mesa was destroying all the lighting in the world, so they destroyed the facility to save the world.

[@boxylemons7961]

probably both

[@cipherpurinina]

*Czech military

[@lithium444]

I can't believe Leon made more mods other than the Half Life 2 mod of all time, it's like when people discover a lost renaissance painting behind their stove or something wow youre right the entire first map looks like an interactive Pilotredsun video

[@fenrir5741]

He also made strider mountain and its very unprofessional and the crowbar is turned into a shark week reference and the crossbow is well ruined by counterstrike as usual also same weird deal with wacky cut scenes and dumb gmod camera

[@fenrir5741]

It also has a literal ministrider for some reason instead of using a hunter for the intro scene

[@DeanAmx]

07:30 i understand this. In order for those scientists not carried to the new map during the map transition, the mapper decided to blow them all up

[@E3kHatena]

I was of the opinion that they were trying to make rocket ignition and decided a bunch of explosions would suffice

[@noahomar7393]

how does that work. explain. does the load just teleport the scientists too or something?

[@DeanAmx]

@@noahomar7393 yes. Npcs are carried over during map transition.

[@noahomar7393]

@@DeanAmx that is so inconvenient... classic goldsrc! haha!

[@DeanAmx]

@@noahomar7393 thats why you dont have missing barney when new map loads. But there are many tricks to bypass it. You can teleport player far away before loading new map to get rid of the npcs. You can also delete them manually with a trigger in the new map

[@shiftbutbad]

The mod is czech. Holy frick the mod is czech. The flags on the HECU soldiers is the flag of the czech republic and when you entered the rocket, the "Mesic ROK: 2025" means "Moon, YEAR: 2025"

[@keraptus9816]

Čas smazat můj koment protože sem napsal to stejný A ještě z roku 2003 to sem prekvapenej že ten Kid uměl anglicky

[@SurmenianSoldier]

one year and six days left

[@keraptus9816]

​@@SurmenianSoldieroh shit

[@havocking9224]

se nudil

[@shiftbutbad]

Just wanted to add: if it's true that a 9yo made this mod, mad props to them, I wish I could do the same at the age of freakin' 9

[@username5155]

10:00 The beta testers were clearly all 8 year-olds. That’s why they were so impressed by everything in the mod.

[@IAhmadGT]

Ah yes, Dr. Nicklaus Freeman from the hit remake Red Mesa.

[@GBlockbreaker]

on one hand, that 9 year old is a better half life mod maker than i am at almost triple his age, on the other hand, why does his face look like pyrocycnical?

[@unimportantcommenter4356]

The aliens are coming, we have been compromised!

[@theMyRadiowasTaken]

​@@unimportantcommenter4356SPIT IT OUT CORPORAL

[@jug0572]

@@unimportantcommenter4356 Spit it out, corporal!

[@unimportantcommenter4356]

@@jug0572 Oh, colonel, we are so fucked!

[@ZFire2020]

Despite all the oddities of the mod, the one question that plagued my mind the whole time was why are the soldiers Czech?

[@rdove_]

perhaps the mod author is also czech, which would explain all the popup text being in czech

[@domcza49cz68]

the creator is czech too

[@revi_ere]

7:21 mahogany's reaction to seeing that every single scientist there died is priceless

[@insertmemorableusernameher6795]

I like to think things like bathroom stalls and tables are horribly out of proportion because thats how 9 year olds see the world

[@racer927]

I mean when I discovered the Half-Life franchise in 2006 at the age of 9-10, I couldn't even figure out how to even open or make a new map in Hammer so this kid was way ahead of me in the days before Half-Life 2 came out.

[@gloopshito2907]

It's a damn impressive mod for a 9 year old. Hope he will get better at mod making in near future. I wish this little guy luck and confidence in his work. Upd.: Oh crap, this mod is apparently 20 years old by now. Wonder if this fella made any other mods.

[@FranticSlide]

He has made some mods after this, but im not sure if he has made a mod recently.

[@gloopshito2907]

@@FranticSlide Well, in that case I hope he's doing fine and does something he loves. :)

[@dumbcter]

Was about to say, it's unusual for a 9 y.o. to even play the first HL, much less mod it. But with it being an older mod, it makes a lot more sense.

[@askloiue4062]

i love how wholesome this comment is

[@LehySnek]

I like how you started calling Barney "Barna".

[@oxygen-xw6yx]

Thought he was 9 years old at the time this video was uploaded and expected a whole ass skibidi toilet half life 1 mod

[@agentlonestar007]

Hey, this mod may be trash, but this kid made a game in the Source engine (probably) using Hammer Editor. I can do neither of those things, therefore he is smarter.

[@DeadwaterGaming]

twas even more of a feat since he did it in 2003 and i'm sure documentation for Hammer and Gold Src in general was way less prevalent

[@BoyOHBoy123]

11:08 GRINCH'S ULTIMATUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@TastelessTrees]

You deserve an oat of the highest caliber

[@LenkyLad]

Have I truly become a so how was your weekend guy?

[@fyrstik268]

The kid who made this mod is almost 30 now, I wonder if they'll find this video of that mod they made 20 years ago.

[@lance_the_avocado9492]

That really old 9 year old is just Robert J Oppenheimer, what a spot for a picture

[@randomanimations.mp4687]

The giberish is in czech, final kolo means final round, konec is end, and the soldiers have czech flags on their hats. I know because im czech, anyway very cool video! Keep up the good work! Bought your many enemies hoodie, loving it!

[@t_5511]

the asphalt revolver is like you combine a awp from cs 1.6 with a revolver

[@Pigness7]

the deadwater ultimatum

[@redreality4151]

1:47 the wood guy sounds like plankton

[@Vienna3080]

Can we appreciate how much effort Deadwater put into owning that 9 year old child❤️

[@Feasco]

other way around, deadwater is the one being owned by a kids mod

[@Skeletons_Riding_Ostriches]

1:02 The face that says 'What a peculiar stabbing sensation happening in my abdomen...'

[@loggers5246]

7:00 I’m pretty sure that’s a picture of Oppenheimer.

[@loggers5246]

Also I swear I’ve seen that child’s face texture in a different half life mod in like a really old vinesauce video.

[@MahoganyCrafter]

after a quick google search, that is definitely Oppenheimer. no clue why they have a portrait of him, or why it's that low on the wall though

[@DeadwaterGaming]

Considering this mod was made in 2003 this is impeccable timing for us to have played this mod due to the current meme status of Oppenheimer.

[@Stickman_Productions]

Maybe that's why the scientists exploded

[@m.w9418]

11:09 he's 7 Years of KZbin Service XD

[@terokalliokorpi2119]

At 4:55, I was also thinking of the Irate Gamer (Chris Bores) when I saw the guard. Or maybe there's not that much similarity, I dunno...maybe it's because the Irate Gamer is fresh on my mind since I just recently re watched a whole ton of old parody videos of him ;)

[@soomlarr]

Have I truly become the red mesa?

[@jimbob3255]

This is the type of quality content I like to pay for. Every time you guys upload, it's a treat. Like a present for Christmas.

[@Gabri_Lovecraft]

Honestly this is impressive for a 9 year old. If I was 9 I'd just repeatedly Google "how to make half life map no coding", try using a level editor for an hour and then cry because I couldn't get it right immediately. So...what I'd do if I tried making a level today, I guess.

[@keraptus9816]

2:44 wait i feel like i have seen that face irl

[@Feltednorth]

"after 9 years in development hopefully it was the worth the wait"

[@SAZERU]

thank you so much for adding the outro song to the description! a lot of people dont add the songs they use. i also am happy when you mentioned the hallway feeling like RedPilotSun, i was looking down the bathroom hallway like "this is liminal as shi i wonder what this is reminding me of" and you put it right there, im very happy you edited in the clip for reference too. great vid! definetly subbed

[@thomasfalkenberg8549]

They really shook the old days with this old mod

[@ricorodriguez4353]

Didn't think I could love you guys more Then I heard The Grinch's Ultimatum :)

[@redaipo]

grinch's ultimatum outro for a very christmasy day

[@AMAON_Official]

its always a good day when deadwater gaming uploads

[@Snic_h_153]

you know it's a good day when Deadwater uploades

[@hansonkerman7286]

honestly interactive pilotredsun video is a really good description of this mod

[@candidate12]

fun fact: someone is actually remaking the mod into a... actual mod..

[@ranbooismyspiritanimal9366]

Did I just hear that zombie ( 2:58 ) say "Die, Fifi, fall!" or is my mind playing tricks on me?

[@jd_the_cat]

Yes

[@MisterJohnDoe]

It's just a vortigaunt that was reskinned to look like... whatever that is.

[@Serial_Designation_V7638]

“Why Are they chrome” it’s because everything is chrome in the future. Well, more of they’re from the future.

[@MasterofPillowFights]

Yeah you'd know considering all that Absolute Solver shit happened in the far future

[@kassy1014]

Merry Christmas Deadwater! Hope you had a nice Christmas!

[@MoniNueva]

Can I just say that I love you two and I hope you reach 100k subs soon! Will there be a special?

[@MrBohij]

Genius of you to have the Grinch’s Ultimatum song as the outro for a video posted Christmas Eve/Day.

[@_underscore_9271]

If you want something that follows halflife, but not quite freeman, there's the "concerned" hl2 gmod comic that follows "gordon frohman" who also worked at black mesa, but called in sick when the resonance cascade happened, (if I recall correctly) on his misadventures through city seventeen

[@ladycharizard8972]

Is this mod set in a parallel universe?

[@MisterJohnDoe]

7:20 Unintentional voice acting moment btw having a job as a receptionist in the void must suck. No wonder that guy looks so disgruntled.

[@jking4854]

Mfw a 9 year old can make better mods than me

[@havocking9224]

those are czech words lol, "kolo" means round, "KONEC" means end......tohle jsem fakt nečekal 😂

[@Ranger_Jackal]

6:59 That guy looks a bit like Oppenheimer. Am I the only one who thinks that?

[@flippedoutkyrii]

I'm never going to forget the time a content thief on MODDB stole Red Mesa, screwed up the level geometry so hard he filled it with leaks and holes and cobbled it together with AI-Generated levels thereafter and tried to pass it off as his own personal creation. How desperate do you have to be to steal from a 9 year old?

[@Spoon97]

didn't knew about that oh yeah iirc this mod is from 2003, and he's around 30 now

[@thatgarryman9400]

I've started to notice a pattern with this mod, things just explode. Reminds me of that one comedy-thriller-romance movie that everyone hated where people exploded randomly?

[@iteleportedbread5499]

it’s like poetry, it rhymes with

[@bigearsinc.7201]

YOOO pilotredsun mentioned

[@elektra81516]

I did a little bit of digging and the guy that made the map is called Kamil Janda, he's in his 30s now and he runs a financial consultants company in Czechia. I wonder if he realises his old mod has become kinda famous!

[@glitchingsharks]

seeing my art in the end screen genuinely made me squeal thank you so much RAAAHHH

[@bunkkasponge]

I think this is pretty good for a 9 year old

[@queenofnarnia1011]

I'm impressed by this guy's skills at 9, I can't even remember what I was doing at that age, but it was nowhere near this level of technical skill. Also, what kind of nightmare fuel channels has Timbles been watching 😰

[@KRJ893]

yeah that video made me incredibly uncomfortable lol

[@colevilleproductions]

pilotredsun is fantastic and also makes music under the handle pilotredsky

[@AdamantLightLP]

The song at the end is from the same guy.

[@zidanidane]

10:57 goddamn ive been recently thinking about that concept too

[@VexWerewolf]

Honestly, surprisingly coherent for a 9-year-old. My Quake maps weren't this good when I was 9 years old.

[@BumbleBeeFan]

6:56 That is J. Robert Oppenheimer

[@NotBart]

This mod was made by @KamilJanda here on KZbin. According to an interview with him, he started using Hammer in about 2000. He made a few more mods and you can certainly see him attaining experience from using the toolkit.

[@legitcannon420]

i love seeing ppl who also like pilotredsun (and his music too !!!!)

[@mauretaniafan1133]

Honestly better than some AAA games these days.

[@SuborbitalPigeon]

Not a microtransaction in sight

[@Nicksven1]

This is amazing itself idea like half-life boom mod you can’t understand what is going on there but you play anyway)

[@BoyOHBoy123]

Red Mesa 2

[@umloucoaleatorio7713]

The texture in the models of soldiers looks like they are toys but still good 😅😅😅

[@SourceSpaghetti]

Better than anything I could make.

[@MrMaggotMan]

the 9 year old's mod is still better than hunt down the freeman

[@Maryys69]

this mod was created by a small child from the Czech Republic, that's why they have the Czech flag on their berets :D

[@itsafeature]

average 9 year old would not have the patience to make a mod. very impressive!

[@dayvancowboy9833]

I remember in Jolly’s original video where he was playing this mod, there was a pinned comment possibly from a creator of this mod. Sadly I no longer remember who the creator was.

[@fabianaqwa4252]

4:52 That one hecu meeting the Gordon freeman :

[@Skididi_theft]

Pretty sure that the painting in 6:59 , is of J. Robert Oppenheimer , aka the maker of the atomic baddies dropped in Japan, anime! Either way, is weird that a 9 yr old would use such a random historical figure for world building (?)

[@markmurgiya9354]

From what I remember, that specific painting is left unused in the original Half life, alongside other photographs.

[@Feasco]

now I am become death, modder of games

[@practic4l349]

4:55 "Catch me later I'll buy you a beer" I don't think you have the facilities for that big man

[@totally_not_kade]

if I'm correct, that kid's language was Czech. there's also Red Mesa 2.. somewhere.. believe me, it's much worse than this.

[@ReiDaTecnologia]

Welp, i couldn't expect more

[@riverfaris3387]

WE MAKIN' IT OUT OF 2023 WITH THIS ONE.

[@blin-cz]

Ten kluk je teď nejspíš ten nejznámější český half-life modder.

[@Stepheny560]

This mod is better than literally every single one of mine.

[@whynotll83]

7:00 that is an image of Robert Oppenheimer, it's unused in half life 1 files.

[@FunnymanName]

Joak and the Viced

[@critical_confusion]

I have been thinking of grinch's ultimatum all week glad i share the same brain rot

[@lana_del_Rei.neet-]

from a 9 year old it is very impressive

[@rebel6301]

a christmas gift from deadwater!!!!!!!!!!!! :DDD

[@zidanidane]

7:30 the end. ender dragon is coming

[@Torgan454]

LEON? RETURN OF LEON?

[@flotino132]

Can't believe this was made by a 9 year old in 2003. he's older than everyone that's watching this

[@user-yx3mx3xr6n]

2003* this mod is older than HL2

[@flotino132]

i did mean to say 2003. i just didn't realize but thanks tho! @@user-yx3mx3xr6n

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

no they aren't

[@kvetoslavzeleny1764]

I can't play the god damn sequel twice as much. Since I understand the bad 10 year old czech

[@UnhorsedGoose]

7:00 From the looks of it, that's J. Robert Oppenheimer, and he's definitely not 9 years old

[@Andres33AU]

Lol this looks too familiar, I think I played this some time ago! I wonder how old the 9 year old is now.

[@KRJ893]

Apparently around 29

[@KamilJanda]

No. I am 33 now :)@@KRJ893

[@TheSonOfRyan]

Grinch moment