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We have two main database authors, CV32 and Divefreak who have led two streams of platform database curating for public consumption. As you can see from this sub-forum's threads, neither of those masters are active presently which severely limits the attractiveness of the game to scenario authors. For many, if they can't put the latest platforms in a scenario, they will turn to a different simulation. Being inclined toward writing code I tend to try to solve with technology, in this case writing a new Platform Editor (PE) and the littany of associated changes to the other game components. Benefits: 1. Make the number of entries in the database nearly limitless, up from roughly 4096 per annex today. This 4096 limit, despite being doubled from 2048 is a limit that has been reached in the newer databases. 2. Eliminate dependency on Microsoft Access which few people have and despite free MS Access Runtime being available, installation of it is fraught with difficulties (mismatched Office versions breaking other apps, Access not working, etc.). 3. Allow additional fields and features. Think finally being able to associate URLs to photos, articles, videos to a platform's record. 4. Allow more collaborative editing with attribution. User 1 creates a platform, User 2 makes it faster, User 3 gives it more damage points. The scenario author could choose any of the 3 versions of the platform and you could track back to see the platform's editing lineage. Lots of questions and potential complexity here if an author wants to share a platform for use but not allow further modification and other similar use-cases. Challenges: 1. Would want to start with a web-based editor for simplicity meaning the website would have to be alive and working for database editing. The exported database could still be distributed as a file so would not be lost to websites crumbling. We would also use an open format (JSON, XML, ...) where someone could more easily write another editor as compared to the current binary format. 2. Not a small undertaking, other flashier changes would be put on hold for let's say much of 2022. 3. We'd need a authentication provider. It is easy enough to use the forum software here but worth a discussion if people would prefer using a different identity provider (Google, Facebook, etc.) Thoughts? What additional information do you need in order to formulate thoughts?