goldsrc engine’s first showcase intro/map

The first Mr. Valve to be used was the thin man with a goatee. He originally appeared as a model in a demonstration map created by Valve to showcase the GoldSrc engine abilities, which was also an early idea for an introductory logo for their games. The map was designed by Greg Coomer, Steve Theodore designed the models, Doug Wood provided the animations. During that demonstration set in some sort of forge/workshop, the man appears bald and bare chested and wearing trousers, and is implanting a valve into the right side of his forehead with a machine, showcasing the “Open your mind“ slogan eventually used for the heavily-built Valve guy. The map used in the demonstration, dated September 9, 1998, is simply named ““, and the model ““. Only one other model is used in the map: ““, the valve itself. The model ““ can be found in the Half-Life: Day One model files; the map ““ was given by Chris Bokitch.