Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)

Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) [feat. Lzzy Hale]

2025 AD:
The Celesta School of Liberal Arts' Ultraverse Expeditionary Team Program makes contact with Aperture Science on a routine mission. After prolonged contact and some basic informational exchange, the two decide to collaborate, forming the Joint Venture Research Initiative.

Unfortunately, shortly after the initiative's forming, some... unwanted guests noticed strange activity in North America, near the ruins of Marquette, Michigan. One human scientist, an Aperture employee by the name of Aaron Clarke, and a UET leader named Kamari Latifelle (callsign: "Sprocket"), were caught by a Combine gunship while attempting to haul [ - REDACTED - ] back to Aperture. With nothing but gas in the fuel tank and Sprocket's sheer fearlessness (and affinity for firearms), a war that'd span the entire ultraverse had begun...

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Lore out of the way, I've started work on a crossover between one of my story contexts and the shared Half-Life and Portal universe, using a concept I dub the "ultraverse" - in short, a multiverse of multiverses - to bridge the gap.

The cartoonish, silly, and absurd nature of the story context I'm contributing (ROTC; "Rise of the Changed") and its "no-holds-barred" approach to creative design juxtaposed against the cold, calculating, dark and gritty nature of the Combine Empire is a combination that might sound to be doomed to failure, but I'm confident I can make it work. If I'm wrong, well.. let's just say I'll eat my words if it comes to that.

As it stands though, this is mostly a for-fun project, not necessarily fully canonical (though due to the "ultraverse," by technicality it always will be) to ROTC, much less the HL+P universe; it's an opportunity (and excuse) nonetheless for me to make ROTC-related projects on Source, and it's an opportunity I'll take readily!

Excision Protocol [JVRI vs. Combine, Battle Theme 001 v0.0a]

- Casually drops a work-in-progress cover with cover art and doesn't elaborate -

Okay, joke aside, I've been wanting to do covers of this soundtrack for ages and just never felt like I could pull it off. Honestly, as much as I like how this one has come out, I do still feel like there is a LOT of room for me to improve, and that's ignoring the fact I've not even come close to finishing this yet, I'm still working out the phrases and such.

Not sure if I'll leave this up given I have some... misgivings about putting it up in the first place, but I felt oddly compelled to post this a few days ago and against my better judgment I went through with it. To be fair, something something "one is their own worst critic," so for all I know I'm being way too hard on myself. Perhaps it's better I have this up so third parties can tell me to stop bullying myself :P

[WIP Cover, v0.4B] Freedom Planet - Final Dreadnought 4

"ALERT. ALERT. UNAUTHORIZED INTRUSION AT GATE A-10. ALL AVAILABLE UETs, DEFEND PLATFORM A-10 IMMEDIATELY. ALL NON-CRITICAL PERSONNEL, PLEASE SEEK COVER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL."

Just writing up a concept for something related to Sprocket; her story arc and context within the ROTC universe is more akin to a hybrid between XCOM and Stargate (at least, what I know of Stargate). As such, UET HQ is quite important - as are the UV Gates and their associated platforms. Every now and then, there's a breach in the UV Gate Network, resulting in a hostile force pushing their way in. In such circumstances, it's up to UETs (like Sprocket's "Wild Team") and the military to defend the platform - or at the very least, prevent anything in HQ from getting to the surface and wreaking havoc on untold billions...

[WIP Concept (v0.0a), ROTC-UET, Combat/Tactics] Emergency at the Gate

Working on developing a villain for the UET Program (who Sprocket, in the picture, is part of), codename "Puppet Master" - a manifestation of consciousness within the UV Gate Network, and one of perverse spirit, corrupt and twisted, using the power to manipulate reality for malicious purposes.

Puppet Master's true identity and name are unknown. UETP's encounters with this entity HAVE however revealed some details. Puppet Master takes on the appearance and demeanor of a young woman, probably about ~25-30 years old at most, but is never seen as much more than a silhouette of a female form, and her voice has often been described as metallic and uncanny. The only detail that is consistently mentioned is a featureless face with soulless, glowing white eyes that reveal tremendous malice upon eye contact.

Puppet Master is the only entity in the UETP database with a threat level of MAXIMUM.

[WIP Concept v0.1, ROTC-UET, Vs. "Puppet Master"] Ghost in the Network

Concept work for a project I have planned as my "breakout" project. It'll be built on a modified version of Source and will be a DOOM parody, featuring a cutesy-looking (but secretly psycho) bunny girl facing off against a horde of insectoid (primarily bee-themed) robots to fast-paced, often heavy music, juxtaposed against an unassuming, cutesy, cartoony art style.

[WIP/Concept] BEET - "Leaf Me Alone" (E1M1)

Ulterium Records Label Sampler 2013

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Ghost Ship

Castaway

Oi oi! I'm Jeremy, a 23-year-old aspie PK (pastor's kid) and multimedia creative. I don't post here often (sadly I have lost my muse), but I will try to amend that at first opportunity.

I'm planning on (and procrastinating on) starting some indie game projects in the near future, and I'm also working on some story-related content and artwork.

Long-time followers/friends may remember me better as peef or peefTube, but I've been working towards rebranding to spiro9 as of late. Speaking of, one of the best ways to get in contact with me is via Discord, which of course is spiro9 like it is here.

Don't expect any sort of professional quality work, despite the fact I really want to put that kind of thing out. I'm just a guy working on stuff here and there, and my days of working with other people are probably behind me now.

Excision Protocol [JVRI vs. Combine, Battle Theme 001 v0.0a]

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