I figure it’s about time that I post a bit more about what I’ll be doing.<\/p>\n
As I mentioned in my first post, my task is to create a generic script decompiler. That’s a bit vague, though – it can’t magically know how to decompile\u00a0everything<\/b>, and there’s no way I have time enough to teach it everything.<\/p>\n
Instead, I’ll make it work with two different engines: SCUMMv6 and KYRA. For SCUMMv6, I own Sam & Max, and for KYRA, I have a demo of Hand of Fate, so both of these will come in handy when testing the decompiler.<\/p>\n
Why those two engines? Well, apart from being pretty well understood, my mentors are also familiar with these engines. Although I could choose engines that neither of them know anything about, that would be a pretty foolish idea, since it’d be harder for me to get help if (well, most likely\u00a0when<\/b>) I need it.<\/p>\n
The reason for taking two engines is simple: if I only did one engine, it’d be hard to show that I actually took a generic approach. It’s the same problem if I just did two different version of an engine – it might need to be a bit more generic in order to allow for both versions, but it doesn’t say anything about whether the approach will easily extend to other engines.<\/p>\n
So now that we know what the end goal is, let’s talk about how we’re going to get there. I’ve prepared a schedule, and here are the primary points on it:<\/p>\n
Of course, these dates are just estimates, and there are other subtasks on the schedule – I’ve just omitted them to create this overview.<\/p>\n
So there you have it – a brief overview of my project. In later posts, I’m going to cover these steps in more detail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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