Well the release of the mod has gone far better than we ever expected. Sprags has received a great number of positive reviews, far more than we ever envisioned. While the hype over the mod has obviously died down over now, we never expected it to last too long.

Actually, we've been meaning to get Spragoon George's Slazenger out of the way for a long time now. When making Sprags we gained a lot of experience and insight into how to approach making a successful game. We're a little older now, and a little wiser, and we wished to just get Sprags finished so we could finally get to work on our new project.

Yes, thats right, we're currently working on another mod.

We cannot reveal much at this stage, its still in early development stages and we need to get some elements set in concrete. But mark our words, it's coming. For now, you can now keep up to date with everything Spragoon by watching us on Facebook and MySpace. We aim to keep them posted with updates on the progress of the new project.

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We don't have a Twitter yet, and don't plan to. We don't like Twitter. Not. One. bit.

So stay tuned guys, big news is coming. The Goonrift will never been the same.

The long anticipated and somewhat delayed release of Spragoon George's Slazenger is finally here! This is version 1.000, you can install it over the ancient version if you really want to, but 99% is new content, plus that 1% is included for kicks.

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EXE Download [The Goonrift]

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-Spragoon George

I kinda feel a bit bad suggesting the release would be in last July, turns out that idea was complete and utter horse shit. I do however have all the standard excuses, life got in the way, we wanted the mod to be awesome, etc, etc. Be assured though, Sprags will be released by the end of this February, I have some free time coming up which should allow the mod to be completed at a reasonable level.



To whet everyone's whistle before the release, we've put together a nice release trailer. It reveals extremely little about the mod itself, but you can all agree it's quite awesome. Also I've wrangled a few screen shots together, these show off some new features in the mod. We now have HEV sleeves on all the weapons, a new and improved Boxxy player model, a new level, “Technodome” by Coulianos and some Donkey Kong releated improvements to Nyk018's level, "Tropic".





Viva la Boxxy

With the next release drawing closer and closer, I thought I’d talk about the final polish and shine we’re applying to the world of the Goonrift. Generally in a lot of mods this process is done during the
development of the levels, however as we use third party deathmatch levels, these efforts to create a universal style have to be tacked on.

At first glance the Slazenger war is very random, many of you even ran away weeping. Sam Neill even described it as "A dimension of pure chaos". However, the plot is actually quite complex in its own way, a story of civil war, false gods, betrayal and the insanity that is the Goonrifts. We needed a way to give the player a chance to understand this world before dismissing it completely.

After playing Portal and Left 4 Dead I couldn’t help but take notice of the messages scrawled on the level walls, how they contributed to the story in a way the characters (or lack of) could not. This concept seemed perfect for the world of Spragoon, as it is deathmatch, so there is very little room to introduce any information with linear story line or in game characters the player can interact with.

The result of this concept executed can be seen below with some example screenshots from the level “snow bounce”, it is only a fraction of the detail included in the mod, you’ll all have to wait until the next release to see them all.





Overall I feel this method combined with the loading screens gives the player a more well rounded play experience. Stand by for further information on the next release

The next release for Spragoon George's Slazenger is just around the corner, and to celebrate we're releasing a brand new trailer. Its a different theme to the previous Sprags trailer, which didn't really show much of the mod itself, but we think this will be a more welcoming to those who have no idea what the mod is about.



I can't give an exact date on the release yet, but I can assure you all the planned features are locked in, its merely testing and a few UI improvements before we can share it.