Re: [Plib-devel] KobayashiMaru & plib

[Alexander R. <a_r...@in...>]

Hi,

> > It's goal is to write a flexible, extensible, multi-platform (blah blah
> >  blah :-) Space Fight Simulator in 3D
> 
> Have you had a look at Parsec (http://www.parsec.org)?
> 
> I know that they don't publish their source (but IIRC they plan to
> release the game itself for free)...
> 
> It'll be at least interesting to get some new ideas. They've also got a
> few papers online (they are CS students; Parsec is their 'playing
> ground' for their ideas) which are very interesting IMHO.

HaHaHa - Parsec is no danger for my project.

When I first heard of Parsec, I had already written enough code, and
I was relieved to see that there is nothing and that they have
nothing exept some films, some sounds, no code, no source, nothing
you can really do with.

Now they they've got a selfrunning demo in glide. I don't have glide.

I don't know why they are building up a secret cathedral, I
dont't know why (for a 'free' game) they don't go open source,
it's simply a behaviour I cannot understand.

I am writen on KobayashiMaru since the start of the year, with very
long pauses inbetween, and I think I am quicker than them (exept
for models and gfx) and I am quite shure, that my game will be
of course be better than theirs, simply because it is open source
AND it is designed to be completely extensible, and if KobayashiMaru
will get developed further, it may grown so something which is bigger
and better, I want it to make it to a universal action/shooting
gaming engine, while Parsec will rot on disks and begin to
foul on the CDs, because the Heart will get no new blood.

Yes, I am truly an Open Source Freak.

I would gladly have dumped KobayashiMaru if Parsec would have been
the better one, to help extend Parsec to the thing I want, but
this is only possible with open source.


Alex


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                   Alexander Rawass
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   Project Homepage: http://kobayashimaru.sourceforge.net
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