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There should be a form of link scripting that allows for complex changes to a varible such as:

Var1 is just a varible
Var2 is just a varible
Var3 has a minimum of 0
Var4 has a if it reaches 0 goto this page thing.

Here is the list of actions as it would be portrayed by RPG Maker 2003 if it could do the following:

Var1 - Var2 = Change to Var3
Var4 - Var3 = Change to Var4
Reset Var3

(Bonus if you can figure out what each Varible is)

Definitely. The idea is that, later on, youcould write a script that could impact *any* part of the gamestate. The game state contains Variables, Inventory, Visited PAges, Visited Links. Immaginet he fun with that.

I don't like this scripting Idea, now that I've thought of it.  It really limits people, like I don't know how to script so it woul dake away from my experiance seeing how other people are so much better and can make cooler games.

The existing tools will still be there for you to use. Scripting would be a way of doing some things you already know how to do. For example, you already know how to make a link restricted if the player has a certain item and does not have a certain variable. You could do this via a script, too:

(SOMEVAR > 10) AND (HASITEM(4))

But you could also make more complex restrictions:

((SOMEVAR > 10) OR (SOMEVAR < 5)) AND (HASITEM(4) OR VISITEDPAGE(44))

Warming up to it yet?

Hey, I'm using some HTML codes in my game.  They work, especially the marquee tool.  Here is how it goes:

<marquee>ENTER TEXT HERE</marquee>

And it would appear as this:

(coming from left) ENTER TEXT HERE(goes to right)

The following in for Solostrikes ears only.  Everyone "else" who reads it should not.  Because you ay turn into a doorknob!

REMINDING SOLOSTRIKE (NOT YOU WORTHLESS HUMAN DOORKNOBS) TO WRITE THAT ARTICLE asap!  THAT MEANS IMMEDIATEELY, MUWHAHAHAHAHAHH