Why do you need one more scrypt altcoin?
There are plenty, just make a thread in the marketplace but be careful not to get ripped off. I also don't see why we need any more crapcoins though. Is yours going to have anything unique or original?
Yes. It's going to be exclusively obtainable through a web-based game. It's not an IPO or gimmick. I just need a digital currency I can distribute automatically via the game, and as I have experience in coding with the bitcoind, a bitcoind-based coin is ideal. Doesn't need to be scrypt, but as I'm not trying to market this to investors/miners, it doesn't need anything fancy. It's just a payout/in-game purchase mechanism.
I really don't have any interest in trying to convince anyone it's the next big thing. It's just for fun.
Nullu, but then you most likely need a PoS coin, otherwise you need to put on some hash power to confirm transactions. If so, then take PPC code or NVC. Feel free to PM me should you have any questions on parameters. I believe it's not a big deal to adjust it to your needs.
How stable are the source for those coins? I know of a couple of POS coins that have ran into some difficulties. Have they been stable long-term? Or been fixed for common POS issues?
The both I mentioned are the ones which were taken most often to make a new clones. The PPC is sha256d based and NVC, originally a PPC clone, is scrypt-based. Its hard to say which of these to has more development.