Do you find open source games interesting/good thing as a gamer? (mastodon.gamedev.place)

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Do you find open source games interesting/good thing as a gamer?

@games I am a game developer working on game called Mushy Score. I decided that my niche would be to create open source games. I think these could be helpful for developers or teachers to teach about games and how they are made. Most open source games are small game jam games, but there are few “real games” that are open source like 0 A.D. and Doom. As a non-developer do you think open source games could be good thing?

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[-] XenBad@lemmy.world 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I’m a dev, but not a game dev, and I think that open source games that are popular are more likely to stay around, even if the original dev team stops working on it as it can be forked, which is pretty awesome for longevity. Also other “real” open source games: osu! and Veloren.

[-] LucasWaffyWaf@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago

Doom's engine was made open source in 99, which was instrumental for opening up modern source ports and the current modding scene which I'd argue is one of the strongest.