Hegemony won't have multiplayer although it will be one of the considerations when we pick a follow-up title.

I don't think we'll be hiding files, so to that extend the mod crowd will have things they can mess with.

We have to finish the game and make it fun to play. Then we can look at modding options.

Jim

Well, on the programming side, the plan has been not to hide any files, but Rob and I have recently been discussing that we might be able to speed up load times a little if we pack files together. If we end up taking that route, though, I'd have no qualms about putting together a simple unpacking program for the modding community.

When building the ending we've taken some precautions to make sure modding will be possible, but the tools we're using in the office aren't suitable for use by modders, so we would need to write new tools. As Jim said, we need to focus on the game first.

Yeah, that's what we would do, both for the sake of the modders and to make life easier for us.

Although, packing the files won't help downloads at all, because the installer system we use (NSIS) already has the option to treat all the files as one big file when compressing.

Sorry, we sort of fell behind once we came back from PAX. We seem to go through periods where we think we need to tell everybody about, and other periods where we keep our noses to the grindstone and just keep working.