Given that we've developed the current set of scenarios with the tools we have, we're not critically lacking in capability. But there's clearly a barrier to entry. So what's missing?

Mostly an easy way to start editing a scenario. I had thought about installing the .ocf unpacked, and the scenarios packed, so that the scenarios would show up as single files in the file managers, and a double-click on them could start the editor with the scenario loaded. But that encourages editing the scenarios in-place, which isn't the right workflow for a newbie, and the real contents would remain hidden behind the compression. So how about an "edit" button somewhere in the scenario selection dialog, that would unpack the scenario to a ocf in the openclonk directory in the home directory of the user, and then start the editor with that scenario? And perhaps a file manager window showing the scenario contents at the same time? And the editor could grow a menu item for packing the scenario, or perhaps another button next to the edit button.

Also, the editor should have menu items to start external editing programs for scenario components and recreate the landscape when the landscape.txt or map.bmp is edited. Or perhaps offer to restart the scenario.