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December 18th 2008, 04:02 PM
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I think that what you pointed out is the reason why there is (or at least seems to be) more excitement about Windemere than FreeDink: "FreeDink is functionally a clone of Dink" and "Windemere is 'the next generation of that which is Dink'".

What I mean is that FreeDink is a rewrite of the original game to make it better, cleaner etc. and when it was announced it was also to ask for beta testers, help with the code, new sounds and so on.
Windemere on the other hand is presented as 'Dink 2' and when that was announced Merlin was saying 'Ok I've done the hard stuff so who wants to help out with the first new D-Mod?'.

So you can see why there seems to be more enthusiasm for Windemere, whether that is actually the case or not. Also for most people there's no real point to using FreeDink over v1.08 but Windemere would be a whole new thing. Also (again) as far as I know Windemere has been around for a lot longer than FreeDink and has become something of a legend, or a standing joke, however you want to look at it.