Why do people want open-source video games?https://jairajdevadiga.com/2024/06/21/lets-make-games-open-source-so-future-generations-can-enjoy-them/
>>683768792>Let’s make games open source, so future generations can enjoy them So future generations can enjoy them
>>683768979It's so sad how no one was able to play Super Mario Bros. (1985) after the Nintendo Entertainment System was deprecated because it never got native ports [other than Super Mario All-Stars (1993), also made for a deprecated console] and it was closed-source.
>>683768792so I dont have to spend thousands of hours of my life reverse engineering a game myself
>>683769676>the headline game on the major breakout console before any kind of serious DRM has been preserved, so everything else will be fine
>>683768792Modding is fun.
>>683770605MODs actually become harder to distribute with the source code available. A modding API is better.
>>683770392It's so sad how no one was able to play City of Heroes (2004) after its servers shut down. By the way, source available ≠ open-source.It's so sad how no one was able to play most SafeDisc and StarForce protected games after Windows 10 completely deprecated the drivers used for copy protection, and they were closed-source.
>>683770220You should not reverse engineer games
>>683772178I should because otherwise nobody else will be able to play it a decade from now
>>683773201That's a lie and you know it. Windows has excellent backwards compatibility. Finally, emulation and virtual machines exist.
>>683773307It's an MMO
>>683773321Reverse engineering it is not likely to lead you anywhere, tho.
>>683770647you fucking what
>>683773438It's been in development for years, it works and a lot of content exists but not all of it. the hard part is reverse engineering game mechanics
>>683771221>It's so sad how no one was able to play City of Heroes (2004) after its servers shut downBecause people got the source code and server tools, you drooling retard.
>>683773567If only you were not a retard who could not read.>By the way, source available ≠ open-source.The source code availability doesn't need to comply with the Open Souce Definition.
