Hierophant
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I'm sure the answer is "no," but I couldn't forgive myself if I didn't ask:
Is there a chance that, once Sunless Sea is launched, you folks might release the engine -- or part of the engine -- as a "build your own storylet-powered wander-around-a-map game" kit? Either as a freemium, transaction-financed model a la StoryNexus, or as a full-priced kit (so: $50 buys you the Lego Sunless Sea Set, construct your own game as you like).
Thanks for indulging!  Great work so far, all.
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babelfishwars
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6/11/2014
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Were I to hazard a guess ... given that StoryNexus didn't work as hoped, causing them to switch direction and stick it in maintenance mode ... this sounds extremely unlikely. Think of the extra support it would need! If they can't spare the time for SN ... (dramatic trailing off in meaningful manner shown via careful use of ellipsis)
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Hierophant
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6/11/2014
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You could well be right!
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Tara Dresbach
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6/11/2014
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I'm pretty sure that the game uses the Unity engine, so you may want to look in that direction.
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babelfishwars
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Tara Dresbach wrote:
I'm pretty sure that the game uses the Unity engine, so you may want to look in that direction.
Good point. Liam's blogged a few things about working with it here: http://sunlessseagame.com/category/unity
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Alexis Kennedy
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6/11/2014
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It's not something that sounds like any fun for us and it wouldn't make us any money and the last time we tried something similar we nearly went bankrupt, so no. :-)
The configuration file system we use is potentially very moddable, so if we saw a mod community develop spontaneously we would probably give it our blessing: but I don't expect we'll ever get anything like that big.
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Hierophant
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Figured, but had to ask! Thanks Alexis.
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Hierophant
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(Would like to reiterate how sad I was that StoryNexus didn't deliver for you folks. It was and still is a great tool, and deserved a longer and warmer day in the sun.)
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