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The Suggestion...

By: steve on 22 Sep 2006
Rating: 3.25 in 4 votes
Status: rate | *In Roadmap*
mr3 | general | [Suggestion_4568]

Open Source Merlin

I'm thinking about releasing the source code to MR3 and the Map Editor. How would you all feel about this?

Pros
- You could use as starting point to build your own MR-type games
- You could try out ideas for MR3, including enemies (easy) maps (really easy), scripts (possibly tricky) and spells (hard)
- You could see (and possibly learn from) how MR3 was put together.
- You might be able to submit bug fixes
- You might wish to submit patches /improvements
- It could possibly unleash a massive wave of creativity.
- It could be done almost instantly.
- When I stop working on MR3 you don't have to.

Cons
- I will never make any money with an open source game
- You will need to use Adobe Director to open the file. This costs money, or you could become a software pirate.
- If you use Director MX 2004 and send me the file, I will not be able to open it, since I use Director MX, and can't afford to upgrade (and refuse to become a software pirate).

I am going to suggest an alternative as well.
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Comments

22 Sep 2006 [comment_16443]
NEW! cjfjcjfjc
ok,i might be able to do everything except spells here.but if i cant write a 10-line program using blitz basic,i wont be able to do even an enemie.


23 Sep 2006 [comment_16458]
NEW! AzErT
Well last I checked Director was really expensive... so was MX

Honestly, I don't know what to say about this. I liked this game being "Steve's Game" and nobody else's partly because its his site, partly because I like the same guy doing the sequels to MR.

I'm sorry that extraneous work had to get in the way of development. MR3 has taken, if I even remember correctly, about 5 years to develop! Not all that time was spent developing, but we are willing to wait for it if its just *that* good.

In fact, I think that this is why we are even begging for it to be that good, even if its a hard thing to ask for.

Even if we contribute scripts, I think that you should keep the "secret knowledge" as well as the rights to the game.

To put it bluntly, I'm against Open Source Development.


23 Sep 2006 [comment_16459]
NEW! Darren
NONONONO!!!!!!
BADBADBADBADBAD!!!!!!
NO GOOD IDEA!!!!!!
NO WAY!!!!!


23 Sep 2006 [comment_16464]
NEW! I
Well okay but I really like the Online Game Rendering Engine because when you want to open a file you have to get the adobe reader which i have to pay


23 Sep 2006 [comment_16465]
NEW! I
I'll give it a five


25 Sep 2006 [comment_16473]
NEW! matt
Nooo!!!!!

You just can't do it, Steve!

Besides, if you hand out the code and someone else makes a game seemingly more appealing than yours, you will LOSE ALL OF YOUR PRECIOUS FOLLOWERS!!!! (ME!!!)...

HOWEVER, I have Director MX 2004, so, maybe I could just save it as a MX file and send it (I believe I can do that).

Well, anyways, sorry for the SUPER ULTRA MEGA ATOMIC EVILLY LONG PERIOD OF inactivity.

I have just been dealing with my personal life and all concerned subjects therein. I'm sorry Steve, but I can no longer devote 96.7777777777777777777777778% of my life to TMB anymore. PLEASE DON'T KILL ME!!!!!!!

Anyways, in my NEW AND IMPROVED FANGAME I have made some progress (considering I stopped work a month ago and started up again a week ago).

I know it's dangerously off-topic here, but it's short, so, meh: I have everything set up right, and it's all working swell (considering I made it completely in Flash 8 Pro). I also made a Gameplay Mode I call NEVER ENDING DEATHMATCH. Basically, every enemy you kill generates a new enemy at a random location, and after killing a certain number of enemies (or obtaining a certain number of points, I haven't decided which, but they both work), more enemies (and harder enemies) will appear. There are no levels, just, it continues forever.

Okay. That's enough for this topic.

VOTE NO ON SUGGESTION 4568!!! OR YES!!! YOU DECIDE!!!! (PICK NO)


25 Sep 2006 [comment_16475]
NEW! I
Please can you send or put the open source merlin now. Please?


25 Sep 2006 [comment_16485]
NEW! Morsh
This is not pertaining to the topic, because I have no personal preference on this topic since I don't own any of the programs you've mentioned, but I wanted you to know I am proud that you, too, are not a software pirate. The only piracy I do is after unprotected British ports with my deadly vessel, The Quack Pearl.


27 Sep 2006 [comment_16487]
NEW! firestorm
Hmm, we have Director at school. I think it's MX 2004 though...

Oh well, it'd be a fun alternative; I love screwing with data files for games; you can get some really fun (and odd) results.


29 Sep 2006 [comment_16516]
NEW! firestorm
AzErT, why are you so against Open Source?


29 Sep 2006 [comment_16533]
NEW! MR ROX!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO


6 Oct 2006 [comment_16616]
NEW! I
Never Mind!


7 Oct 2006 [comment_16630]
NEW! Carefree_Butterfly
Bleh.

The open source could ruin you.

I sent an message... steve.


7 Oct 2006 [comment_16657]
NEW! Darren
...OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...
That was just a continuation of MR ROX!'s comment.


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