[MUD-Dev] Re: Family, was characters per account

[Kevin Littlejohn]

>>> Phillip Lenhardt wrote
> > Be careful about this. You risk making success depend too much on
> > programming skills. You could make the scripting language very simple, but
> > then it lacks power, and there is likely to be a lot more of the golden
> > path (in which case you may as well not bother having htem script the
> > golden path...just have their characters do it automatically).
> 
> But suppose that every script a player writes is available to everyone
> else (which obviously precludes the "script trade" economy). Then having a
> "killer script" is at best a momentary advantage.

I've been thinking more about this too.  Suppose you move the flags, game-wise
(tieing in to another thread somewhat here).  If the game provides for the
ability to script your character's interaction with the world, in pretty
much any way you like - well, maybe there's a niche for people who want to
try out funky ideas for AIish scripts, in a sealed moderately predictable
environment.

(side-note:  I'd actually like to be able to instantiate Moebius as a
purely community engine - give people the scripting, and moderate security,
and ala the MOO's allow them to do what they like - specifying that the
common theme is OO programming.  Being able to hack up examples of various
OO structures and assign them "real-world" shapes (so they can be picked up
and studied) seems a neat tool to me.  Don't know whether it's feasible or
not, but it's an interesting idea...  Could potentially be handy for trying
out a new AI idea, too.)

KevinL



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