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I was in no way serious with my suggestion to actually use it 
. The Lua syntax of Novashell is convoluted and clunky, and I think I gave up on it back in the day when I couldn't figure out a "say_stop()" equivalent and checked the documentation only to find large blank spaces everywhere. By the end of its life, Seth was mainly using it as a map designer, which it excels at even today. It's still worth checking out the included top-down RPG and Dink demos if you haven't before though, just to imagine what could have been.
In terms of a Dink port, it looks like Seth was actually going to implement a full-fledged map importer at some point but never finished it.
. The Lua syntax of Novashell is convoluted and clunky, and I think I gave up on it back in the day when I couldn't figure out a "say_stop()" equivalent and checked the documentation only to find large blank spaces everywhere. By the end of its life, Seth was mainly using it as a map designer, which it excels at even today. It's still worth checking out the included top-down RPG and Dink demos if you haven't before though, just to imagine what could have been.In terms of a Dink port, it looks like Seth was actually going to implement a full-fledged map importer at some point but never finished it.
