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Fan Area => The Hydlaa Plaza => Topic started by: larrydag on September 01, 2004, 03:24:02 pm

Title: Do open-source games work? Interesting article from OSNews.com...
Post by: larrydag on September 01, 2004, 03:24:02 pm

http://www.osnews.com/story.php?news_id=8146&page=1

I think that open source games can make a difference in the gaming community.  It will be interesting to see how it develops.  

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Post by: RussianVodka on September 01, 2004, 04:10:10 pm

People loose interest fast they say... I know some people in PS that have been here for years... I myself was here for over a year now.

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Post by: Kiva on September 01, 2004, 04:10:22 pm

Very interesting, but not very PlaneShift related. Hydlaa it is.

[Edit: I\'ve been here for over 3 years... It\'s nothing special.]

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Post by: dfryer on September 02, 2004, 07:19:57 pm

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[Edit: I\'ve been here for over 3 years... It\'s nothing special.]

Au contraire, you\'re *very* special, as are most people who\'ve been exposed to that much deadly forum radiation.

It is interesting the the article comments on the applicability of the open-source model to \"iterative\" development, where you can have a working product but then continue to add features, which is what we\'re seeing.  In addition, by limiting access to the content before release, Planeshift functions a little closer to the model of a commercial developer so that there can be some \"surprise\" for everyone involved.