| A scripting language is a simplified (intentionally) programming language that allows a game designer with a basic understanding of programming to do most of the « cool stuff » you see in custom made encounters.
You can either ask a programmer to do the custom code for this (which is stupid considering the amount of scripted content a modern MMOG needs, your designers will quickly overwhelm your programmers with a zillion micro tasks), or the programmers can create a tool that allows you to do this “visually”. But if the necessary tools don’t exist (you just had a !awesome! idea but there’s nothing in the current tools that supports this) and you have access to a scripting language, you can create a custom script. | 