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What does the future hold?

43 points by amock 10y ago

angersock 10y ago
This is sad news. I hope the author is able to find work again soon, and perhaps even open source this fascinating experiment!
shawndumas 10y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11666734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11666734 ^ for more comments
mrspeaker 10y ago
I know there will be someone saying "We told you so - make games not engines!" (I saw that sentiment several times over the years) but damn, I'm super sad it's come to this... it is the most fun looking engine I've ever seen!
codezero 10y ago
You asked for advice on what to do: I'm not a backer and only followed as updates tricked down to here, so take this for what it's worth, almost nothing, get collaborators. Teach some really eager folks the basics and farm out your todos. Pay them if they need it, and build something even larger than you alone can.
AdrianRossouw 10y ago
I find it quite touching how the comments are filled with people telling the developer not to return their kickstarter money because they considered it a donation to allow him to follow his dream. I suspect there would be enough interest here to drive an open source project too.
- amock 10y ago
  He says at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11671968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11671968 that he's going to put the code on github, so I guess we'll see.
noonespecial 10y ago
I gave him $20. I don't want a cent back. I didn't pay for a "product", I paid to watch him try this novel approach to a game engine. Money well spent. Now "Transformers 3" on the other hand... I paid to watch that too. Michael Bay, you owe me $12 back for that stinker.
everyone 10y ago
I'm assuming people have already suggested he should try licensing the engine rather than try and build a whole massive complex groundbreaking game by self? I could see some teams coming up with some amazing stuff in this engine.
- jhanschoo 10y ago
  I agree; building a game atop of an engine based on a novel principle (voxel) seems like a terrible amount of risk and challenge for one person to take on.

43 points by amock 10y ago

This is sad news. I hope the author is able to find work again soon, and perhaps even open source this fascinating experiment!

shawndumas 10y ago

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11666734 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11666734 ^ for more comments

mrspeaker 10y ago

I know there will be someone saying "We told you so - make games not engines!" (I saw that sentiment several times over the years) but damn, I'm super sad it's come to this... it is the most fun looking engine I've ever seen!

codezero 10y ago

You asked for advice on what to do: I'm not a backer and only followed as updates tricked down to here, so take this for what it's worth, almost nothing, get collaborators. Teach some really eager folks the basics and farm out your todos. Pay them if they need it, and build something even larger than you alone can.

AdrianRossouw 10y ago

I find it quite touching how the comments are filled with people telling the developer not to return their kickstarter money because they considered it a donation to allow him to follow his dream. I suspect there would be enough interest here to drive an open source project too.

amock 10y ago
He says at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11671968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11671968 that he's going to put the code on github, so I guess we'll see.

noonespecial 10y ago

I gave him $20. I don't want a cent back. I didn't pay for a "product", I paid to watch him try this novel approach to a game engine. Money well spent. Now "Transformers 3" on the other hand... I paid to watch that too. Michael Bay, you owe me $12 back for that stinker.

everyone 10y ago

I'm assuming people have already suggested he should try licensing the engine rather than try and build a whole massive complex groundbreaking game by self? I could see some teams coming up with some amazing stuff in this engine.

jhanschoo 10y ago
I agree; building a game atop of an engine based on a novel principle (voxel) seems like a terrible amount of risk and challenge for one person to take on.