I'd not heard of these two games before. I particularly enjoy your focus on the ease of modding these games - that's something I think about a lot, too, when I play games.
I'd like to hear more about your opinion on the base games, even if it's short! I understand your focus is elsewhere, but I don't think a bad game can be modded to be genuinely good.
Yeah, I usually focus on modding ES game and blogging at steemit about game review and other topic. I have a mod named Jaling Expansion but still v0.1.1. I ever playing these two games. Endless Sky starts when there are conflict in human space and ended when player kill Syndicate (Extremist).
Game can be modded even total conversion, like Counter Strike, total conversion of Half-Life. Dota is a mod first on World of Warcraft then be game named Dota 2.