Split Mod's 4th Anniversary

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**Split Mod's 4th Anniversary** is an event that was held on April 8th, 2021. It celebrated the 4 year long history of mod's development end evolution. Fot this occasion, developers made an exclusive interview as a gift dedicated to the players.

## Full Interview

*Howdy! Just four years ago, we started developing our little mod for Terraria, and now it has become one of the most exciting projects we ever worked on! In April 2021, after all the trouble, drama and sleepless nights, we finally released a major update for the mod called Sunstorm Update. But how did we come to this? We are very grateful to our community for all the dedication and support, and there will be no better anniversary gift than a boring and incredibly long wall of text dedicated to its development!*

*Since Split Mod is well known for its bosses, it would be wise to explore their development history. Enjoy!*

### Spirit

From the very beginning, Spirit had an exact role in a mod - to start a chain of story events and plunge the character into a brand new reality.

When the player uses a Hastily Created Remote and sends a signal to the unknown, Spirit appears and starts the fight, as she confuses you with another space criminal. Not many people guessed, but the whole fight was specifically her initiative, since she decided to deal with the violator herself in order to earn the respect of her authority. And actually, she’s not a fighter, but only uses tools for intimidation.

When you defeat her, her navigation device is broken, and she can no longer return back. This provokes her mentor Genoshi to follow her into the player's world.

“*Her initial design was heavily inspired by Spirit of Hearth’s Warming Yet To Come from My Little Pony (still can’t believe no one noticed that). I was satisfied with her fight and appearance, but I didn't like her edgy tone at all, and her monologue was very far-fetched and pretentious. By the 0.3 update, we actually planned to finish the mod development and engage in other projects, so I decided to somehow hush up her story and simplify her dialogue, leaving only the important stuff. No wonder no one liked that change, maybe because we also  “simplified” her appearance due to problems with her AI so she looked like a flying spoon with a big head.*” (*Doctor Hummer*)

Since she was the very first boss in the mod, we needed to maintain interest and tension, so everything she talked about was as cryptic and incomprehensible as possible. The Nexus, the elements, to be honest, we had no idea what this was all about. But at least we caught the players’ attention!

In the Sunstorm Update she got a big rework, and finally got some character. Now she is a big nerd, with big ambitions and an absolute lack of social skills. She also got Umino’s glasses.

*“After defeating her, she goes on a journey around the world in an attempt to fix her transmitter, return home and inform her boss about her triumphant victory. And don't worry, I’ve got big plans for her, her story has just begun!”* (*Doctor Hummer*)