A redesign project of Half-Life 2’s leaked beta, stylized as half-life: 2β. Concept art and early state of the game’s art direction, pulling from descriptors, quotes, and concept art used to create my version of the dark, noir, and industrial stylings of Half-Life 2’s beta. My focus is costume design, starting with the protagonist and deuteragonist, Gordon Freeman and Alyx Vance, respectively. An effort to re-contextualize a body of work and further explore the early production of video game’s lifespan in my sensibilities, and juxtapose to the retail version. A currently active project.