eK: The Mystery of Isis II is a fan game based on the Commander Keen series by id Software. It was one of the first keen fan games to have it's own engine and has lots of other features that other keen fan games don't.

VF: Who is on the Isis team?

eK: Here is everyone who's ever been on the team in order of joining

Geoff: Project Coordinator
DML: Programmer (disappeared numerous times)
pLeitorian: Level Designer/Game Designer (disappeared recently)
eK (me): Artist/Game Designer
Vertigo: Artist (left the team a long time ago)
AA: Artist (replaced Vertigo)
Ilsoap: Musician
Corey: Artist (left, came back)
Tony Gies: Sound FX

The current team as of 26 November 2000 is me and Geoff, pretty much. Corey, Tony, and AA are there, but loosly. It's hard to explain.

VF: For how long have you been working on the game?

eK: Over a year. We started early during the summer of '99.

VF: Why isn't anything happening?

eK: A lot was happening, but it's hard to do things without your programmer and level designer who have both inexplicable disappeared.

VF: Have you got any idea about when the fourth demo will be released?

eK: Well, we would have released it already except for 2 problems. The first one is that the most recent version of the game has easy to access codes, has a blowgun that's more powerful than the Zeffer (weapon #2), etc - and it all makes me reluctant to want to release it. The second reason is the most important. We may be getting another engine and another artist soon, and if that works out then we can get the game (or at least the first half) done and we won't be spoiling it by releasing a demo now.

VF: Thank you for answering CK Rocket's* questions!

eK: No problem, oh, and expect another interview from me soon, one where I'm asking the questions (like with the two Tom Hall and one John R. interviews)

*CK Rocket: This interview was made way back in the beginning of 2001, for VF's magenta-colored Commander Keen Rocket site...

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