Re: [Plib-devel] Re: KobayashiMaru & plib

[Wolfram K. <w_...@rz...>]

Steve wrote:

>It's not even legal in OpenGL.  

Interesting. Anyway, it was using his own software-renderer, not
OpenGL.

>I have a lot of fun working on these games - and to start with, I
>don't *want* help...that just increases the hassle factor and reduces
>the fun.

Ah, I understand.

>We fondly imagined
>that if we built a good game 'engine' and a couple of demo levels, we
>would have hundreds of OpenSource level designers building new levels.

Yes, strange it didnt turn out that way. Maybe there are too many
commercial games where you can create add-ons that draw away people
who like to do this.

>That's a little unfortunate because it makes it hard to write really
>complex games when only one person is involved.

Very true.

>True - but still, at least a third of that effort must have been
>programmers, musicians and artists...so 500 man-years then!

Yes. 

Bye bye,
Wolfram.