Sven Co-op

Sven Co-op 4.8

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Developer(s) Sven Co-op Team
Publisher(s) Sven Co-op Team
Engine GoldSrc
Platform(s) Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)

January 19, 1999

(Standalone) January 22, 2016
Genre(s) First-person shooter
Mode(s) Single player, Co-operative gameplay

Sven Co-op (abbreviated as SC) is a cooperative modification for the first-person shooter Half-Life. The mod, initially released in January 1999, was created by Daniel 'Sven Viking' Fearon, enables players to play together on online servers to complete levels, many which are based on the Half-Life universe but include other genres. In addition to the cooperative gameplay, Sven Co-op includes improvements from the original Half-Life, including improved artificial intelligence for both enemy and allied non-player characters.

In 2013, Valve Corporation, which owns the rights to the Half-Life series, gave the Sven Co-op development team the rights to publish the modification as a standalone title on Steam, and further allowed them to distribute the maps and assets of Half-Life to support its release. The standalone release, representing version 5.0 of the modification, was released on January 22, 2016.

Gameplay

Sven Co-op is a first-person shooter based on Half-Life, using its GoldSrc game engine. The modification enables a server to many players to cooperate among themselves and allied non-player characters in completing levels against creatures and other enemies that are controlled by the computer. The modification was initially based around the levels from Half-Life, but since have expanded to include the other Half-Life games and user-made levels. Multiple levels may be put together to make a longer campaign by the level designer. The game can also be played in single player mode, taking advances of improvements over the original Half-Life that were made by the modifications, particularly for the artificial intelligence used by non-player characters.

Development

The game was originally created and released by Daniel 'Sven Viking' Fearon as a small mod with two multiplayer maps and the game configured to allow NPCs in the game. Sven Co-op was released on January 19, 1999, about 3 months after the release of Half-Life.[1][2] Over time, the modification expanded to include support for all of Half-Life and its the two expansion games to Half-Life, Half-Life: Opposing Force, and Half-Life: Blue Shift.[3]

In July 2013, Valve granted the Sven Co-op team the rights to prepare the mod for a full, standalone release. The development team were given access to the GoldSrc engine directly, allowing them to customize it for Sven Co-op, as well as the ability to use Steam for distribution of the standalone title and subsequent updates as needed.[4][5] This standalone title was released on January 22, 2016, and includes all the assets for Half-Life required to play that game without installing the original game; players are still required to have purchased and installed Opposing Force and Blue Shift to play those in the standalone release of Sven Co-op.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Planet Half-Life - News, Screenshots, Previews, Reviews, Guides
  2. ↑ SvenCoop - Atomic Half-Life
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  5. ↑ Neltz, Andras (2013-07-17). "A Free, Improved Co-op Version of Half-Life? Where Do I Sign Up?". Kotaku. Retrieved 2013-07-17.
  6. ↑ Neltz, András (January 20, 2016). "Co-op Half-Life Comes to Steam on Friday". Kotaku. Retrieved January 25, 2016.

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