Just a general question. outside of, err… freedom. what benefits for let’s say, a game developer or gamers alike from an open source game?

  • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆
    6•3 years ago

    some of the major ones are:

    • modding
    • porting old games to new hardware to keep them alive
    • education where people can learn how the engines are made
    • code reuse, open source engines can be built and extended upon allowing people to focus more on improving gameplay instead of reinventing the wheel
    • ability to run games on different platforms such as Linux by leveraging community effort
    • @EvelynOP
      5•3 years ago

      Wow, I forgot the reason QuakeVR is a thing now was because of the fact It’s open source. we need more open source games!