Re: [Stellarlegacy-developer] Anyone out there?

[Alberto B. <is...@fr...>]

Hi,

On Wed, 11 May 2005 at 07:04:35PM -0500, Brent Blalock wrote:

>I'm also busy with a new job while I moonlight at my old job.  (There's
>nothing more satisfying than working a 9-hour Saturday importing donor
>records for a non-profit.  Woo hoo!)

Live by the DBMS, die by the DBMS :)

>I think the project suffered from poor management and questionable
>software engineering.  (Don't get me wrong.  I think that in a few
>years, this project could become like FreeCiv.)  The main thing is that
>you all need to come together and come up with good, collective goals. 
>This may or may not require a "leader" to manifest.

If you compare with other OSS projects, we were definitely above a lot 
of them.  The problem with game developement is that as soon as you 
lose interest in the game, you lose interest in the developement.

>It looks like each of you have different goals and expectations for the
>project.  How "Stars!-like" is it?  What are the rules?  Which
>technologies does the client use?  What about the server?  Your answers
>to these questions are sometimes fundamentally incompatible.

Not really.  The aim has always been a general framwork with an initial 
specialization to being a Stars! clone.  What is actually absurd is that 
all the core functionality is there and already was there when we 
stopped.

>(1a) An opinionated, motivated leader who can impose his will on the
>project and make things happen;

Yes, and have 3/4 of the people flee :)

>or
>(1b) For you to collectively conduct a meeting where you come up with
>core goals and answers to fundamental questions (see above);

Much better :)  This is not very far from what was happening at the end.

>(2) One or more people with enough time to actually write code.  :)

This is the real problem.  It's not a matter of what language you use, 
if only a small minority codes the project is dead.
Personally, if you need help taking over the old codebase, I'm willing 
to help, but I don't think I'll contribute much, since (as I wrote 
above), I'm not interested in the game now.

Bye,
Alberto
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