Produced by the Purchase Brothers, the Escape From City 17 short film series is an adaptation that is based on Valve's Half-Life computer game.

The short film project was originally meant to be a test for numerous post production techniques, a spec commercial, but after testing it turned out to be longer than it was expected.

The short film is filmed with a guerrilla style, according to the producers, with no money, no time, no crew, no script. Even the first two episodes were created with a budget of just $500 dollars, the video description says.

The Escape From City 17 is created by Derek Chan and Ian Purchase, from Purchase Brothers producing team.

Watch the first episode