No scripting? The GUI, inventory, all new movement system etc were all done at that point... Even the train had been rescripted (sort of). There was a working time system and weather system, new bomy pet system with a GUI that let you program them to do things... Clothing system that lets you wear a crap ton of things... All of that was scripted already... most of the hard stuff was out of the way. Oh... there was even AI scripted that actually let the NPC have affection for you and walk around the overworld and do things and interact with players... The bread/baking job was totally done except a few minor things too.
Heck, there was even an all new system to chat and read signs.
When I meant "every level should have a purpose" I meant like... instead of levels full of trees there could be new towns or a start to a quest or new job or just an area with a couple new NPCs that you could talk to, or just nice looking levels in general. Honestly it wasn't really that hard to make, I just didn't have time to do it all by myself.
The only thing I recall needing scripting were jobs/quests/kingdoms. That was the major stuff that was left to go... Oh and I think the combat system was halfway done when I left. But yeah... one scripter could have finished most all of that by now.
edit: I forgot about all of the tools were also rescripted, new fun mining system that was totally redone, new bug catching job, birds that actually flew around in 8 directions that could land and you could catch them and keep them as pets, butterflies, roaches, the ability to become tiny sized, several quests had levels and documents done already, the overworld cliffs had been 90% fixed. All of the old trees were replaced with new ones. etc
Whoops, also forgot to mention a whole new playerhouse system where each person got to own a house and an outdoor level and you could buy furniture and put it in your house and have a mailbox and receive/send mail/gifts to people. You could even landscape your outdoor area. That was all scripted too (aside from the mailboxes)
Maybe you are working on a different Bomy Island?