There’s a free software package that allows you to create World of Warcraft-seeming side-scroller games. They’ve released the whole thing for free, but they don’t provide a lot of info to go along with it.
I’ve been keeping an eye on this, and I haven’t noticed anyone taking advantage of it. The programming is mostly scripting, although I haven’t figured out how to put it all together yet.
If you know something about Flash- based programming with XML, or if you want to try your hand making games with this thing, let’s put our heads together: I’ve created a google group for the purpose. Let’s see if we can’t figure out the procedure for making a game.
–If anyone knows how to get the attention of the WTF?! guys, let me know. Maybe we can get a demo of how the tools work, or some such.