Black Mesa

Nathan Ayres Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. I’m Nate! Animator, VFX, Simulations, and Lead Developer at Crowbar. What was the most challenging hurdle that was overcome during development in your role? The limitations of trying to make a good looking game in 2020 on an engine that first...

Johnathan Welsh Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. I’ve been a level designer at Crowbar Collective since around 2007. My first task after joining was to rework Undertow and bring it up to the standards of other multiplayer maps we had at the time, although that version was never...

Craig Mirfin Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. Hi, my name is Craig Mirfin and in my spare time, I am a Level Designer on Black Mesa. I joined the team over 5 years ago mainly to work on the Multiplayer map “Bounce” and then moved from multiplayer to...

Kevin Sisk Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. Hello, my name is Kevin Sisk, and I was initially brought onto in late January 2007 to voice the security guard NPCs in Black Mesa.Over time, I slowly branched out into other departments and lent a helping hand. Departments such as:...

Shawn Olson Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. I got into Half-Life and Counter-Strike when they first came out. I immediately got into level design in Worldcraft and modeling in 3ds Max. I made several CS maps for my local gaming group over the years and moved to Hammer...

Brian Dale Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. I’ve been with the team from the beginning. I’m the 2nd oldest (was the oldest until Craig joined). I originally started as a concept artist and that role changed many times over the years. I eventually moved to a 3d artist/...

Spencer Rose Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. Hey, I’m Spence! I have been working off and on with the team since 2005 when the project was in its very early days as a Half-Life 2 mod. I had a small amount of experience making maps for Half-Life and...

Chetan Jaggi Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. My name is Chetan Jaggi. I am the Lead Programmer. I am from India. I joined the team in 2015. I love video games & anime. In the last couple of years, I have developed a new hobby of killing myself...

Chris Horn Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. I’ve been a level designer for Crowbar Collective since the very early days, first starting as an early tester for a friend on the project in late 2005 before joining the team in the middle of 2006 just after the Alpha...

Matt Young Tell us a bit about yourself and your role at Crowbar Collective. Hi! I’m Matt, and I’m a 23 year old Environment Artist. I’ve been contracting with Crowbar Collective since 2017, but I recently came on as a full-time artist in 2020! I was one of the handfuls of people that helped create...