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Quote: Originally written by Spidweb: The extra work necessary to i. implement the scripting engine and make it robust enough to stand up to a decent fraction of designer desires, and ii. make everything clear enough that it's usable, and iii. document everything, was a very long, exhausting effort. - Jeff Vogel[/QB] That's interesting. I'd assumed A1-3 used the same scripting engine as BoA, just with encrypted script files. I'd also assumed that in a series with identical/mildly tweaked engines the difficult part was in content creation, not the engine programming. Especially since it seems that four small scenarios are a lot easier to create than one huge one. Aren't they?

Quote: Originally written by Midknight Warrior: Looks like Jeff has more of a commercial mind than we gave him credit for... /me thinks about starting to yell "IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY OMFGWTFBBQ!!~!~!1!!12!!" nah Well, duh. What's so unobvious about the commercial nature of Blades? The JV still gets all the money, but he doesn't need to put in nearly the effort as for a full game. (Not that I think he should stop doing it).

Quote: Originally written by The Creator: Like I said, change of heart in a villain is really tough to do right. You need your bad guy to not only be convincing as a bad guy, but to have a convincing 'conversion'. I wish you luck. What if his identity as a villain is ambiguous? If he's just the opposing leader and he switches to your side, he doesn't need to become morally different, he just needs to learn something more about the two sides or decide he can't win and it's best to submit peacefully.