RE: [GD-General] Prices of well-known 3D engines

[Tom F. <to...@mu...>]

My tuppence:

Buying an engine makes your first game cheaper & quicker, and your second
(and subsequent) games more expensive.


Tom Forsyth - Muckyfoot bloke and Microsoft MVP.

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil Stewart [mailto:ne...@r0...]
> Sent: 04 June 2003 12:13
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: Re: [GD-General] Prices of well-known 3D engines
> 
> 
> > I'm not implying anything of the sort.
> >
> 
> Well, you kind of did, to tell the truth. :)
> 
> > I'm saying, and I'm gonna be extremly specific as to not 
> anger Phil again,
> > it's cheaper for a game starting from scratch with no 
> pre-built technology
> > to buy an already made engine that is well designed, well 
> documented and
> > suitable for the game.
> 
> Which is fair enough, although pretty much stating the 
> obvious. I thought
> your original statement was trying to make a more interesting 
> point about
> buying an engine in a much wider set of circumstances. For 
> example, I know
> several people who believe that it is always better to buy a 
> good engine,
> even in circumstances where many other people believe 
> developing an engine
> is a better idea. I thought you were going down this path, 
> and I have to say
> I'm disappointed because I would have been interested to see 
> what people
> thought about this.
> 
> 
> - Neil.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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