Hmm... I'm suprised some zealot hasn't leapt down my throat throwing these links at me: http://www.tenebrae2.com/
http://industri.sourceforge.net
Industri is beginning to look quite amazing!
The question of proprietary or not is irrelevant when it comes to game story lines. It's all about acess there. I'm fine with having to pay for the story. There's a number of games out there that are good SOLELY because of the story. I am however, not as sure about paying for an engine.
Yes, it takes work to build a game engine, and often times the story that goes along with that engine is good (Another thing; remember all those games that get abandoned... never to be updated. with source acess they could live on). But what about indy devs? A lot of indy games suck because they don't have the time/money/skills to build an engine, but have an awesome concept. If they had acess to (sort of what is mentioned in the article) a commercial engine, there are groups of people out there that could put out a game that would rival the top titles out there right now, because they would have the dedication to story that commercial devs skimp out on often.
Perhaps that's what scares commercial developers; perhaps if given acess, the community could do a better job than they, and put them out of business . I'd buy an engine, if there was a long list of good games that had been made for that, so that I was buying just the story. (remember interactive fiction?)
I know there are games out there that have this kind of capability, look at all the Mods to UT2004, but one wonders what kind of ever more amazing things a community could do with source acess.
I know my logic is flawed, but does someone here see my point? Imagine the creative possibilities
This has me intersted. As I said just minutes ago, the biggest turn off for me with RPGs was not they gameplay, which was enjoyable, but the fantasy setting, which isn't my cup'o'tea. Seems almost cliche to be a dwarf lord, or now, post WoW, a dark elf.
That'd be strange. I can see it now, guy sitting on the subway quietly swearing to himself 'Effing invisible bastards....'
I wouldn't have thought it to be viable. There's so much dark in the game, it would look funny on a handheld (and damn hard to play).
Cool as it would have been to have been a regular spinning meteor, I'd say you're right. The star movements seem to confirm it. Of course, we could still be massivly off base. Slashdot isn't always the most accurate, but it usually does a good job as a bunk buster.
It's sad but nearly true. I think people should almost be forced to take a legal studies course before touching a computer. At least that way they know partially WTF is actually being said in an EULA. I try to read them, but, the way they screw with the language screws with my brain in a way nothing but Brainfuck does.
And I won't be the last to say that this is an end to an era, at least for the thinkpad series. Stories of tech confrences and the sea of black notebooks are legendary.
I'd be inclined to agree. If you showed someone a thousand pictures, without the masturbation, they would not get addicted. I guess the only solution is to ban touching oneself. Yeah right.
There's not much I have to be proud of in my country, but not having a senate comission on the erotoxic effects of porn is one of them. (I lie. I'm terribly proud of my country. 'Cept that when we actually do have an MP stand up, she gets fired. Woohoo for freedoms!)
He's in the states now. Living in California, though he's in North Dakota now (If i read correctly. I was a little too freaked out by the yellow lung balls to pay attention to loaction)
Well, I know for a fact you can do decent desktops on ancient hardware. My daily hardware is an elderly (don't call it old;) ) laptop with only 64 of ram, but I'm running Xorg with Enlightenment and the whole deal.
Shouldn't all 'System files' be readable, but not personal folders? I would think that is what the above poster was attempting to get through... though I'm not qute sure. (not that I'm saying he's right... which he isn't)
I agree it was impressivly cheap. However, I would have loved to have seen a team that spent less than the prize money win.
Oh well, I just hope everyone keeps flying. Remember people: We got to see the beginning of something, something which people haven't seen since the flight of the Spirit of St. Louis.
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Hmm... I'm suprised some zealot hasn't leapt down my throat throwing these links at me: http://www.tenebrae2.com/ http://industri.sourceforge.net Industri is beginning to look quite amazing!
Yes, it takes work to build a game engine, and often times the story that goes along with that engine is good (Another thing; remember all those games that get abandoned... never to be updated. with source acess they could live on). But what about indy devs? A lot of indy games suck because they don't have the time/money/skills to build an engine, but have an awesome concept. If they had acess to (sort of what is mentioned in the article) a commercial engine, there are groups of people out there that could put out a game that would rival the top titles out there right now, because they would have the dedication to story that commercial devs skimp out on often.
Perhaps that's what scares commercial developers; perhaps if given acess, the community could do a better job than they, and put them out of business . I'd buy an engine, if there was a long list of good games that had been made for that, so that I was buying just the story. (remember interactive fiction?)
I know there are games out there that have this kind of capability, look at all the Mods to UT2004, but one wonders what kind of ever more amazing things a community could do with source acess.
I know my logic is flawed, but does someone here see my point? Imagine the creative possibilities
This has me intersted. As I said just minutes ago, the biggest turn off for me with RPGs was not they gameplay, which was enjoyable, but the fantasy setting, which isn't my cup'o'tea. Seems almost cliche to be a dwarf lord, or now, post WoW, a dark elf.
I've never been a big RPGer, however, the main reason behind that was that I was never huge on the fantasy setting. Perhaps this RPG is for me...
Well, I'm tempted to say 'It's called a printer', but I know that's not what you want.
That'd be strange. I can see it now, guy sitting on the subway quietly swearing to himself 'Effing invisible bastards....' I wouldn't have thought it to be viable. There's so much dark in the game, it would look funny on a handheld (and damn hard to play).
It actually says on the product page; supported OSes: Windows and Linux 2.6.7
Cool as it would have been to have been a regular spinning meteor, I'd say you're right. The star movements seem to confirm it. Of course, we could still be massivly off base. Slashdot isn't always the most accurate, but it usually does a good job as a bunk buster.
Yup, in 2006 he'll be able to make popcorn right in your living room. Just watch your hand, as we all know burning flesh can be such a drag.
It's sad but nearly true. I think people should almost be forced to take a legal studies course before touching a computer. At least that way they know partially WTF is actually being said in an EULA. I try to read them, but, the way they screw with the language screws with my brain in a way nothing but Brainfuck does.
That's pretty funny, because all those links are pointing to some joe's random IP.
And I won't be the last to say that this is an end to an era, at least for the thinkpad series. Stories of tech confrences and the sea of black notebooks are legendary.
That and canadins have an excellent track record int winter excercises. Hmm. Let's wonder why?
It's always nice to have a real dev answer comments on slashdot. It makes warm fuzzies inside for E users.
What the hell? I missed that one in my first read. Then I thought it was a joke. Then, shockingly, I realized They are serious .
I'd be inclined to agree. If you showed someone a thousand pictures, without the masturbation, they would not get addicted. I guess the only solution is to ban touching oneself. Yeah right.
There's not much I have to be proud of in my country, but not having a senate comission on the erotoxic effects of porn is one of them. (I lie. I'm terribly proud of my country. 'Cept that when we actually do have an MP stand up, she gets fired. Woohoo for freedoms!)
I must say I like the name zen better than iPod, one of the major reasons being that I hate mixed case titles.
He's in the states now. Living in California, though he's in North Dakota now (If i read correctly. I was a little too freaked out by the yellow lung balls to pay attention to loaction)
Perhaps. Maybe she could be good, if she got of the candy pop kick.
Sorry, I'll take my Bach to Carey any day. I'd pay more for Bach in fact.
Well, I know for a fact you can do decent desktops on ancient hardware. My daily hardware is an elderly (don't call it old ;) ) laptop with only 64 of ram, but I'm running Xorg with Enlightenment and the whole deal.
Shouldn't all 'System files' be readable, but not personal folders? I would think that is what the above poster was attempting to get through... though I'm not qute sure. (not that I'm saying he's right... which he isn't)
but but... can't CSI do that already!
I agree it was impressivly cheap. However, I would have loved to have seen a team that spent less than the prize money win. Oh well, I just hope everyone keeps flying. Remember people: We got to see the beginning of something, something which people haven't seen since the flight of the Spirit of St. Louis.
Is a wonderful option for learning geography. Much better than nearly anything else!