Game Beavers Try Collective Approach To Development

Posted by simoniker on Saturday January 3, 2004 @06:31PM from the beavering-along-different-path dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the Game Beavers independent game site, which bills itself as "a non profit corporation owned and managed by its licensed members." This ambitious project explains that those who can participate must "...have contributed at least three game assets and have signed the legal agreement allowing the other members the rights to use their submitted assets", which "includes code, 3D models, maps, game levels, textures, music, sound, and everything needed to build a game except the engine." This game engine currently needs to be the $100-per-programmer Torque Engine from GarageGames, who also mention the launch on their site. The Game Beavers site include a sample Windows game built using shared assets, Beaver Patrol, and the site FAQ has more information on the overall concept.

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kinda laggy by xilmaril · 2004-01-03 18:50 · Score: 4, Interesting

(I just tried it out. this isn't an informed opinion, just mine)

as gameplay goes, they have a long way to go. it's laggy as hell, respawns you exactly where you died, that sort of thing, but like the description said, it's just a demo.

grahpics, on the other hand, look decent. not excellent, but not too shabby. now, if only they'd release all this gpl, we'd have a 2nd half-decent OS FPS.