Sophocles (.scp) Obsolete
Sophocles saved each project as a single encrypted .scp file. The company vanished in 2008, the app died with its activation server, and the format was never documented — until ScriptBridge reverse-engineered it.
Format facts
- Created
- 1999
- Created by
- Tim Sheehan / Sophocles Software, LLC
- Status
- Obsolete — no current software writes it
- Reference
- Wikipedia: Sophocles (software) ↗
Software that uses it
Native format of Sophocles.
What it carries
- the full screenplay text: scene headings, action, character cues, dialogue, parentheticals and transitions
- act headings written in the Sophocles editor
What it can't represent
- import only — we rescue scripts out of the format; no current software still writes it
- the title page and production breakdown data are not read in this version
- password-protected Sophocles files cannot be converted
Where it came from
Sophocles (1999, Tim Sheehan) was a well-liked Windows screenwriting suite whose 2007 beta added production management. The company was bought and quietly shut down in 2008, stranding every script saved in its proprietary .scp format. ScriptBridge recovered the encryption by reverse-engineering the final 2007 build, so stranded scripts open again.