Re: spiral arm II

From: Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk>

Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 22:52:28 +0000

On 20 Apr 2004 10:41:49 GMT, MadCentral wrote:

> Ah, the old "open source" argument. <grin>  I can't speak for anybody else, but
> I'd release the source for a game I own over my dead body. <g>  It seems, given

Out of interest, why so strongly against it? I can understand not wanting to
release Nexus, given it's nature, but a basic game...

My thinking - in so much as it can be called that - was that if you release
something where the core game isn't actually making you money any more, but
is still solid, then best case you get at least some dev effort for free.
Worst case everyone ignores it, but you still haven't lost anything.

Fundamentally, on that game (if you picked up the improvements people made)
you'd be competing on customer service. Now, granted it's been a while since
I played with Madhouse, but I seem to remember your customer service was
probably one of the best around. That actually seems to give you an
advantage. ;-)

> I've got the KoM source around somewhere, but jeez, its incredibly broken.
> Just awful.  You'd be better off just remaking it.  "Return to Medokh" ?    I
> thought about it for a while, just for fun and since I had the rights to run it
> briefly, but couldn't get hold of enough of the old rules and sample printouts.

I couldn't even if I wanted to (which I might, just for fun) - I don't have
any rulebooks or turns. I don't, in fact, have anything apart from reviews
by Nicky in Flagship, and I'm not even 100% sure where *those* are. But such
is life. ;-)

--
Paul

"They called me mad, and I called them mad, and damn them, they outvoted me."
  -- Nathaniel Lee, on being consigned to a mental
     institution, circa 17th century.

References

Re: spiral arm II
Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk>
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:55:26 +0000
Re: spiral arm II
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:41:49 +0000

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Re: spiral arm II
Paul Walker <usenet@blacksun.org.uk>
Sat, 17 Apr 2004 14:55:26 +0000
Re: spiral arm II
madcentral@aol.com (MadCentral)
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 10:41:49 +0000