HomeLAN Fed has posted an interview with Sven Viking and Jerig of the SvenCo-op team, talking a bit about Sven Co-op for Half-Life 2 which can be read here.

HomeLAN - First, when did the mod team decide to create a co-op mod for Half-Life 2?



Sven Viking - As soon as we had enough information on Half-Life 2 to realise how incredible it would be to bring some friends along for the ride, and enough information on the Source engine to consider what we could do with its power and scope. I can’t wait to play through the game by myself, but I’m even more excited about playing it with my friends, and I know a lot of other people who feel the same way. Of course, there’ll be a lot more to SC2 than just extra players.



Jerig - Because it's there? Working on making a mod for one of the most popular multiplayer games out there has been a kick, and the lure of doing the same for the sequel is even stronger. There is a lot we've learned from our first effort that we'd like to do better the next time, and also a lot of new features in Valve's new engine we'd like to exploit. There's a lot we were unable to do in the first SC, more things that because of early decisions we couldn't shoehorn in later, and many ideas we'd like to expand upon.