Moodle and Web 2.0

“Why moodle is too slow to implement new cool things? Do you plan to change your way of work, rethink some internal strategies to launch more and better tools?”

News and estimations about Moodle HQ employees vary, but the number is often capped at 50, and only a fraction of them are software engineers. Moodle is not a large company, and a part of its development depends on volunteer contributions. This is often the case for open source technologies, especially when the development is not critical or broadly requested. All things equal, Moodle HQ is better off working on security and performance rather than “cool things.”

The Moodle lesson feature offers some capability to provide a simulation, but it is limited. Making the assumption that I need to create a SCORM package in order to “plug in” a simulation or game into Moodle, my question is:

Do you have a recommendation (or list) of simulators or game engines that can create a standalone SCORM package for use with Moodle? By standalone, I mean a complete package executable on the Moodle user’s device without requiring a back-end simulation or game server, or other external resources.