'There were people creating popular mods in their spare time whose lives would have been altered for the better if they could make this their profession,' he says, 'literally lift them from a struggling menial job situation. Now he focuses on his own games, with an indie project called The Falconeer in the works. Sala stepped away from modding during the paid mods controversy. But it also led to me forgetting what I had done a lot, 'hmmm where did I put that overpowered katana I used for testing? Oh well, nobody will probably find it', which caused quite a few raised eyebrows amongst players.' As he explains, 'there was so much feedback and commenting, which can be intoxicating as well, just the general high of being in communication with your users. It became popular fast, which was good and bad. Which gives the entire mod a very haphazard and linear feel.'

But none of it was planned, and it was all uploaded piecemeal as soon as it was playable. 'I started off with a player home as a test, and that become a hub for a string of exotic adventures. Sala is very aware his mod has flaws, because he made it up as he went along.

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