The Plan Beyond V2.0

[rob]

For those of you wondering what's next from here, I figured I would
give you some of the basics before all the questions start coming.
There are three primary areas where we'll be focusing in the months to come.

First of all, the V2.0 release is just the beginning of what we've
got planned in terms of functionality. We've already put extensive
mechanisms into place beneath the hood that haven't been exposed yet
and will be leveraged by new features we've already mapped out. There
are some major components for campaign support that we'll be adding
in the months to come.

Second is the long anticipated public release of the Authoring Kit.
Part of the past few months has been spent refining authoring
mechanisms and replacing internal components with new ones that make
the authoring process much more streamlined. We've identified quite a
few more that weren't critical to include in V2.0, and those will be
addressed in the upcoming weeks. We're working on the Kit
documentation now, along with a walk-through of creating data files
for a sample game system from scratch. We're striving to have the Kit
in proper Beta testing in May. With a little luck, it will find it's
way to a wider audience over the summer.

Last, but certainly not least, we'll be adding support for new
licensed game systems. That also includes support for products like
the new Pathfinder RPG from Paizo. It further includes D&D 4th
Edition, provided that Wizards actually makes the GSL available in
time for it to still be viable for us to pursue. Now that HL2.0 is
out, our top priority for HL is getting the Mutants & Masterminds
data files out the door.

Please don't ask for more details on any of the above items yet, as
there are no more details to provide. We're exhausted from the push
to get V2.0 out and need to recharge a little before we map out
concrete plans for the next few months. But the above three
paragraphs ought to provide you with a general idea of where we'll be
heading over the course of 2008.

May the dice be with you....

-Rob

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Rob Bowes (rob@wolflair.com) (408) 927-9880
Lone Wolf Development www.wolflair.com