In reply to Devin Walker.

Aesop Story Engine (not AESOP) is a free plugin that has been out for a while now, and provides the components within the story.

Lasso is our new front-end editor, that works with or without Aesop Story Engine. If you use Lasso without Aesop Story Engine, you won't have any components to drag around or change. We developed Lasso to make Aesop Story Engine easier to use, by giving full front-end control of the story components.

Story.AM was launched a couple months ago to "Founding Members." Those Founders shaped Story.AM into what it is today, and also received Lasso for free.

After Story.AM launched, we didn't have very many people sign up. So we decided to make it free, for a wide variety of reasons. Story.AM is a hosted platform, and includes both Lasso and Aesop Story Engine.

By making our tools freely accessible, we'll get the feedback that we need. I hope this clears up any confusion.