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FoiL
Joined: Tue Oct 30, 2007 4:02 pm Posts: 1434
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Petethegoat wrote: MaximDude wrote: Release open-source, save Cortex Command. I'd be interested to know if you consider this a possibility, actually. So would I.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:41 pm |
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Lizardheim
DRL Developer
Joined: Fri May 15, 2009 10:29 am Posts: 4107 Location: Russia
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Vain that's just stupid.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:42 pm |
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God
Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:58 am Posts: 11 Location: Where you least expect
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
IMO, Open-source would probably kill CC for good. The fact is that having a release at all is a gift enough, especially during these harsh economic times. Most indie devs lose motivation after four or five releases, the fact Data is even posting at all is a miracle. He could of built our hopes up and left for good straight afterwords.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:47 pm |
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Benpasko
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:26 am Posts: 1633
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
God wrote: IMO, Open-source would probably kill CC for good. The fact is that having a release at all is a gift enough, especially during these harsh economic times. Most indie devs lose motivation after four or five releases, the fact Data is even posting at all is a miracle. He could of built our hopes up and left for good straight afterwords. So sayeth the lord. And yeah, basically this. If CC went open-source, it would make things worse, rather than better, I'm sure. Rather than just plugging in a few mods, you'd have to download the version, made by someone, then see if there were mods compatable with it, and working properly.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:48 pm |
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MaximDude
Joined: Wed Nov 22, 2006 3:19 pm Posts: 2073
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
FoiL wrote: Petethegoat wrote: MaximDude wrote: Release open-source, save Cortex Command. I'd be interested to know if you consider this a possibility, actually. So would I. Hell, I don't know. If Dan doesn't wish to finish what he started, why not give people who do (and can, atleast partially) a chance to do so? I believe that one day it will happen.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:49 pm |
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Petethegoat
Joined: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:02 pm Posts: 905
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
I fail to see how being opensource would kill CC. It would just mean that the extremely motivated forumites would be working on the engine, rather than Data, who has admitted to being a lazy ♥♥♥♥
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:50 pm |
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God
Joined: Wed Dec 15, 2010 5:58 am Posts: 11 Location: Where you least expect
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Beyond the technical issues there is also finding a driven dev(s) that is willing to continue development of CC even though it may be a dead end situation. The fact that after seven years of development we still have the founding dev is a miracle.
--edit-- I have no idea why people think Data doesn't care, he mentioned in his last post that "down the road it will make a big difference" meaning he is planning to continue development of CC, stop parading to make it open source when we already have someone that is as dedicated as Data.
Last edited by God on Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:55 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:52 pm |
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Roast Veg
Data Realms Elite
Joined: Tue May 25, 2010 8:27 pm Posts: 4521 Location: Constant motion
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
I think he should make it open source as a reward to people who have done a great service tot he game in his eyes, or pay the super-ultimate-open-source-collectors-edition price of... er... about $150USD?
I don't know how your currency works.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:53 pm |
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am Posts: 1743 Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Dan could theoretically cloudsource his programming to an extent with no monetary or sales risk to him.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:53 pm |
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Benpasko
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:26 am Posts: 1633
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
What does cloudsource mean?
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:54 pm |
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Petethegoat
Joined: Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:02 pm Posts: 905
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
It's basically a synonym for crowdsource. (google)
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:55 pm |
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ss2man44
Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 2:49 am Posts: 130 Location: In a house.
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Petethegoat wrote: MaximDude wrote: Release open-source, save Cortex Command. I'd be interested to know if you consider this a possibility, actually. It DID happen with most of the games in the first HIB.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:56 pm |
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Ophanim
Joined: Wed Dec 26, 2007 6:33 am Posts: 1743 Location: Trapped in UCP. Send help.
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Yeah I was thinking of crowdsourcing, not cloudsourcing.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:56 pm |
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Benpasko
Joined: Sun Aug 09, 2009 9:26 am Posts: 1633
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Petethegoat wrote: It's basically a synonym for crowdsource. (google) I'll have to look up what Crowdsource means now.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:57 pm |
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clOWN
Joined: Wed Dec 30, 2009 10:44 pm Posts: 64 Location: Oregon USA
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Re: Hey people, seriously now
Bad idea Veg. Anything given to just a few people tends to find it's way to turrents almost every time. We should use this negative Attitude and make our own games with gamemaker or c++ or something.
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Wed Dec 15, 2010 11:58 pm |
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