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Devil Whiskey to Bring Back RPG Gaming

Posted by Zonk on from the rpgs-for-for-the-crotchety dept.

jSpectre writes "Remember how much you loved The Bard's Tale? Or maybe you're looking for something a little different than the current crop of RPG games? Then check out Devil Whiskey for both Linux and Windows. The developer also promises to release the source after some of the development costs have been recovered! O'Reilly has an article discussing development of the game as well."

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  1. Re:Ransomware... by Hast · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Of course they are free to sell the game which-ever way they want. My point is that that if you want to draw benefits from having an OSS game than it seems that giving away the code and selling the data is an idea that makes it possible to do both.

    Now you have the case where many people may try the demo and conclude that it is lacking in some ways (in the interface) and thus not buy it. If some of those could alter the game and make it more enjoyable/playable then it would seem like a benefit for the producers to use that.

    The biggest development in the last years as far as games are concerned is IMHO modding. Modding has provided a lot of garage groups the possibility to make what they want and at the same time the companies behind the games can sell them for a longer time.