Radcliff: Where exactly did you get the idea for your mod?

Taowolf: It's actually kind of an interesting story. This mod was originally supposed to be just a standard level mod designed by me using the demo editor. I wanted it done as soon as Crysis came out, and I put a bit of a story in it, nothing major. As you can tell, it never saw the light of day, but as time went on, I continued to develop the story, I don't exactly know why, but it started getting good.

Radcliff: Is there a target release date you guys are hoping to meet?

Ultimarage: Not at this time, no.

Radcliff: How far along are you?

Ultimarage: It's hard to put a percentage with that. We just recently got a really good programmer; so things are finally progressing faster than before. Of course, I have the vegetation, texturing, object placement, and terrain all at about 95% in the second level that I am working on. Mecius, our other mapper, is at about 40% with those said things - but he's working at breakneck speed.

Taowolf: Well, the level aspect of it is very far along. We are in the middle of doing a lot of C++, LUA, and XML stuff, we are getting models, textures, and the like done.
But the first act has the longest development time, since the whole TC has to be put on. I can't put a number on it, but we have gotten a lot done, but we have a whole lot more to do.

Radcliff: You mentioned something about a new balance system for the suit powers. Would you care to elaborate?

Ultimarage: Basically, we're going to have a system that allows certain things to be increased, both for nanosuit functions and stuff you learn as you get better. The more you reload, the faster you reload. The more you shoot, gun sway is steadily reduced. Probably going to make it so each time an enemy hits it adds to this invisible meter that slowly reduces gun sway. It'll be very slow, and it'll also have a cap off point for everything in the learning system. For nanosuit functions, the more you use strength, the stronger you get. The more you use speed, the faster you get. The more you cloak, the longer you can cloak, and armor will be made a little stronger progressively. There will be no falling deaths at all, which is a testament to the suit's true power. Speed, Strength and Cloak will have more armor than they do now as well. Speed and Strength especially seemed useless in Crysis since they made the chracter much weaker in a way. We'll make the savegames from the end of an Act carry over your learning system data to the next Act and so on.

Taowolf: This is a new function of the new nanosuit that you are using. It is an adaptive learning system, where if you are a person who loves to cloak, your cloak gets more effective throughout the game. It learns what you like doing, and helps you along with doing it. Slowly. Of course, levels will get harder to compensate. So not only will you get better at the game, the main character and the suit will get better at the game as well.