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I'd add to that, with the disclaimer that I'm neither a game developer nor a computer scientist: 5.) Creating video games is extremely labour-intensive, which

I'd add to that, with the disclaimer that I'm neither a game developer nor a computer scientist: 5.) Creating video games is extremely labour-intensive, which is why there are so few Free and Open Source ones 6.) Game-development is an infamously awful line of work. High competition, abusive working conditions, and inadequate compensation. If an academic wants a hobby that overlaps with another line of work, there are plenty of choices. 7.) Only a few areas of computer science have anything to do with game development

juanuys 5y ago
> 5.) Creating video games is extremely labour-intensive, which is why there are so few Free and Open Source ones If you mean free as in "gratis", then there are loads of free games available online. E.g. https://itch.io/games/free https://itch.io/games/free (468,224 results) ...and that's just one site. There are free games on Steam, and free games on aggregator sites like Kongregate and its ilk. If you mean free as in "libre", then sure, there are fewer games. But, frankly, most game code bases I've seen is a complete mess. Might as well just start your own from scratch ;-)
- seba_dos1 5y ago
  > E.g. https://itch.io/games/free https://itch.io/games/free (468,224 results) ...and how many of them are a simple prototype-grade stuff made over a weekend or so at something like a game jam? Not trying to throw a shade - I've personally contributed to elevating that number myself :) (also, bunch of them aren't really gratis, but only have some gratis component - itch.io doesn't distinguish these cases when filtering)
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