I head up a team producing a mmorpg with a completely original sci-fi universe and completely original codebase. We''re adding a major portion of gameplay which we''ve recently realized is almost a game on its own -- a Hacker''s Sandbox as we''re calling it. Basically, the premise is that we integrate an existing scripting/programming language - something like Python - into a ''sandbox'' in which a programmer can use the majority of commands and functions available to that language... they can create and save scripts, give them filenames, and then execute them, just like in your standard unix or dos command-line environment. The trick is, however, this sandbox exists within a protected, walled-in space inside the game, so that scripts written can only really affect other things inside the sandbox. The final step will be to allow limited interaction between executed scripts and ''control objects'' inside the mmorpg gameworld itself... so that you could, for instance, write a script that turns on/off all the lights in a room, or a script that activates a combat droid whenever someone trips an active security alarm. Anyway, if you think this is a neat idea and would like to try your hand at working on it, we''re forming an independent team to design this chunk of the game while the existing team continues to work on the main game code. Drop me an email if you''re interested... razor@nebula2130.com -- Razorwyre -- www.nebula2130.com/n2o