Bridge CE mod for Halo

Bridge CE is a custom map project started in mid 2006. Originally intended to be a multiplayer map set in New Mombasa in the Halo universe, it rapidly evolved into something much more ambitious. It is now a new mini-campaign spanning two levels, set in the Halo universe as a loosely connected prequel to Halo.

The campaign is set on Epoch, a colony world on the outer reaches of UNSC controlled space, just a few years after the first contact with the Covenant. The colony is one of the first to be attacked by the Covenant, but unlike previous Covenant attacks, the defenders of the planet have just barely managed to keep the Covenant at bay long enough to organize a last ditch effort at mass evacuation. However, the human forces have taken heavy casualties, and those who remain are severely outnumbered and outgunned.

It's a typical first person shooter plot, but this mod isn't about doing anything new or groundbreaking; it is merely an attempt at making an addition to Halo's campaign, aiming to match the original's style, gameplay, and story immersion.

The script is nearly finished, and recruitment of voice actors should begin soon- we plan to have 11 semi-professional actors voicing the characters. There are several cinematics planned, and some of them look to be fairly epic. The two levels should take about one to two hours each to complete on Legendary, assuming the player doesn't skip any fighting.

The two levels are titled "Bridge" and "Scythopolis." We hope to release Bridge some time early 2008, and release its conclusion Scythopolis as soon as possible thereafter, although it may be as soon as 2 months or as late as a year, we just don't know yet.

Note: When the mod was first posted it was for Halo CE. Then for a few months it switched to Halo 2 Vista as I thought it would be possible to create a single player map for that game. Unfortunately, once the game was released it became apparent that the tools for editing it were severely lacking, and as a result, I have flip-flopped once again, back to good old Halo Custom Edition, where all the content has been so far anyway.

View the first Teaser Trailer (released December 2006)