Train2Game students looking to get their hands on modding tools for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim may have to wait for a little while after the game is released.
“We put a big premium on our editor, which we then ship with the games,” Bethesda Game Studios director Todd Howard told Gamasutra.
“It’s going to come out again with Skyrim, the Creation Kit. So when it comes to content creation, we just have so much of it that we have to put a lot of development time into the tools, because the game is so big.
“We’re hoping [the Creation Kit] will be available as a download on launch day. I don’t know if I can promise day-one, but it will be very close.”
Skyrim looks extremely impressive indeed, and it’d be interesting to see what modders can do with the Creation Kit.
You can find out a little more about Skyrim here on the Train2Game blog
In an interview published on the Train2Game blog last month, Red Faction: Armageddon Lead Level Designer Jameson Durall said that modding is an excellent way for those with desires to get into the games industry to practice their skills.
Indeed, Valve, who was reported by the Train2Game blog will be releasing the Source SDK for free have a long history of supporting modders, and as many Train2Game students will know, the popular shooter Counter-Strike begun as a mod for the original Half-Life.
Some amazing games have been made by modders for various engines, who knows what they could come up with when using the Skyrim Creation Kit.
So Train2Game, is the Skyrim Creation Kit something that interests you? Or are you just looking forward to the game itself?
Leave your comments here on the Train2Game blog, or on the Train2Game forums.
The Train2Game Blog 