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Originally Posted by rinthea  Can someone explain to me what a scripting language is and why it would be important for designers to have? (or not have  ) |
It's a pre-built mini-program. In a graphical MUD I once dabbled in, it was what we used to build the game. You didn't need to be a programmer when you had that, you just needed to understand how the building client worked. You used that to add things into the game.
The main programmer usually is the one who implements the system for others to use.
I have no idea how they survived without one. Amazing!
I have no idea how it's done today, but it has to be much more complex then what I did. Today it's scripting entire game engines.
If you think of WoW's LUA language for addons. That's a scripting language so the person doesn't need to understand the more complex code of the game's actual program.
