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Creative names are all fun of fine but this - is not easy to google - is quite tasteless, less so if murder is mainly something you see on tv, but for some pe

Creative names are all fun of fine but this - is not easy to google - is quite tasteless, less so if murder is mainly something you see on tv, but for some people murder is sadly much less of an fictional rare thing it it would be a game, story etc. which has that name and covers that topic it would be fine but naming something pretty unrelated to that murder is just quite a bit of tasteless and unnecessary edge; if it had a flock of crows as a log it would at least be a funny joke

nkozyra 3y ago
> is not easy to google I guess one could have said the same about "unity" or "unreal" or even "Godot" at one point.
- TrueGeek 3y ago
  “.net”
  - morkalork 3y ago
    Sounds like the title of a 90s horror b-movie "Murder.net"
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    Which is at least easier to google for than Microsoft COM.
- dathinab 3y ago
  godot is a pretty unique name, tho
  - robertlagrant 3y ago
    Apparently hard to search for.
  - esrauch 3y ago
    Before the engine I'm sure all ten search results would have been about Waiting for Godot though.
    - antifa 3y ago
      Glad we're done waiting.
usrnm 3y ago
I wonder what you think of other stupid names, like "parsley", "cucumber" or "apple"?
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karmakaze 3y ago
When I read the title, I was thinking it was like saying "Hell is..." and wondering what would be so bad about making an ECS game engine in C#.
tomalaci 3y ago
I think that the name is too generic and popular. You see "murder", the word, in most news outlets, vast majority of movies/games/etc. - any media. Sure, you have "Unity", "Unreal", "Godot", ".NET" and etc. but I would argue that they are distinct and unique because they have some heavy-weight organizations and popularity behind them. I also think that they are not on the same level of generic use as "murder". This engine's name, however, will have to compete with the generic "murder" that is already used in various different contexts. Surprisingly, you can still find it as top result if you search "murder engine" so they got that going for them. Still, would of preferred if it was maybe some variation of "murder" word if they want to stick with that.
- ilkke 3y ago
  Agree it's terrible SEO but eventually "Murder engine" might be decent enough. At least it's edgy or lol or punk or or whatever box it ticked. The beauty of having the freedom to do whatever and see what it does for you.
DeIlliad 3y ago
> - is not easy to google Nobody is googling "Murder" looking for a game engine and being disappointed that they can't find it. If you search "Murder Engine" this is the first thing that pops up. > - is quite tasteless, less so if murder is mainly something you see on tv, but for some people murder is sadly much less of an fictional rare thing I have an immediate family member that was brutally murdered. I also have no problem with the name of the engine. Of the things to take issue with, this seems silly. You would hate LOVE2D which has libraries famously named ANAL and LUBE.
- dathinab 3y ago
  To clarify I find it tasteless and edge, i.e. a bad choice. This doesn't mean I have a problem with it, nor does it mean I'm offended by it or think others would be offended by it or hate it or anything like that. I also am not sure why you think I would find LOVE2D tasteless. The name has a clear connection to what it names, it paints a clear and positive picture and has a slightly less obvious joke in it onto which they then double down by how they name some of their libraries. That has style and taste. But murder is lacking all of that, or at least it's too non obvious. This disconnect between the name and what it is/the picture it paints is why I called it tasteless and edgy. It feels like there was either a lack of ideas or it wants to edge on and provoke but the picture this paints isn't beneficial/good for a 2d game engine in any way as far as I can tell. Even comes with a (small) to cause harm and require a renaming later one.
  - alex_lav 3y ago
    > To clarify I find it tasteless and edge, i.e. a bad choice. This doesn't mean I have a problem with it, nor does it mean I'm offended by it or think others would be offended by it or hate it or anything like that. If it doesn't bother you and you don't think it will bother others, how is it tasteless? > The name has a clear connection to what it names So Murder Engine is fine then. The desire to clutch one's pearls in disgust over any little thing is showing up a lot in this thread, I think.
    - dathinab 3y ago
DonHopkins 3y ago
At least it's better than "GIMP". ;)
- bdhcuidbebe 3y ago
  Nobody complained about git yet
  - DonHopkins 3y ago
    And doesn't a "debugger" imply the existence of a "bugger"?
    - furyofantares 3y ago
      That's the programmer
honeybadger1 3y ago
come on
Mystery-Machine 3y ago
This is why we can't have nice things.
blondin 3y ago
fully agree. this is a very tasteless name. i wouldn't even go as far as the easy to google argument with this.
osigurdson 3y ago
Murder murder murder murder. Sorry, you aren't the boss of us.
- dathinab 3y ago
  yep, I'm also never said anything beyond me not liking it in a specific way. Through given how the internet tends to be I could have been more clear that I'm not offended, neither think it will offend other, neither hate the name etc. etc. people just love to jump to conclusions. It's just that it looks like a very promising project and bad names can easily come back and hunt a project iff it has become much larger and more successful. So it having in my opinion a bad name felt like something which isn't irrelevant.
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nkozyra 3y ago

> is not easy to google I guess one could have said the same about "unity" or "unreal" or even "Godot" at one point.

TrueGeek 3y ago
“.net”
- morkalork 3y ago
  Sounds like the title of a 90s horror b-movie "Murder.net"
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  Which is at least easier to google for than Microsoft COM.
dathinab 3y ago
godot is a pretty unique name, tho
- robertlagrant 3y ago
  Apparently hard to search for.
- esrauch 3y ago
  Before the engine I'm sure all ten search results would have been about Waiting for Godot though.
  - antifa 3y ago
    Glad we're done waiting.

usrnm 3y ago

I wonder what you think of other stupid names, like "parsley", "cucumber" or "apple"?

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karmakaze 3y ago

When I read the title, I was thinking it was like saying "Hell is..." and wondering what would be so bad about making an ECS game engine in C#.

tomalaci 3y ago

I think that the name is too generic and popular. You see "murder", the word, in most news outlets, vast majority of movies/games/etc. - any media. Sure, you have "Unity", "Unreal", "Godot", ".NET" and etc. but I would argue that they are distinct and unique because they have some heavy-weight organizations and popularity behind them. I also think that they are not on the same level of generic use as "murder". This engine's name, however, will have to compete with the generic "murder" that is already used in various different contexts. Surprisingly, you can still find it as top result if you search "murder engine" so they got that going for them. Still, would of preferred if it was maybe some variation of "murder" word if they want to stick with that.

ilkke 3y ago
Agree it's terrible SEO but eventually "Murder engine" might be decent enough. At least it's edgy or lol or punk or or whatever box it ticked. The beauty of having the freedom to do whatever and see what it does for you.

DeIlliad 3y ago

> - is not easy to google Nobody is googling "Murder" looking for a game engine and being disappointed that they can't find it. If you search "Murder Engine" this is the first thing that pops up. > - is quite tasteless, less so if murder is mainly something you see on tv, but for some people murder is sadly much less of an fictional rare thing I have an immediate family member that was brutally murdered. I also have no problem with the name of the engine. Of the things to take issue with, this seems silly. You would hate LOVE2D which has libraries famously named ANAL and LUBE.

dathinab 3y ago
To clarify I find it tasteless and edge, i.e. a bad choice. This doesn't mean I have a problem with it, nor does it mean I'm offended by it or think others would be offended by it or hate it or anything like that. I also am not sure why you think I would find LOVE2D tasteless. The name has a clear connection to what it names, it paints a clear and positive picture and has a slightly less obvious joke in it onto which they then double down by how they name some of their libraries. That has style and taste. But murder is lacking all of that, or at least it's too non obvious. This disconnect between the name and what it is/the picture it paints is why I called it tasteless and edgy. It feels like there was either a lack of ideas or it wants to edge on and provoke but the picture this paints isn't beneficial/good for a 2d game engine in any way as far as I can tell. Even comes with a (small) to cause harm and require a renaming later one.
- alex_lav 3y ago
  > To clarify I find it tasteless and edge, i.e. a bad choice. This doesn't mean I have a problem with it, nor does it mean I'm offended by it or think others would be offended by it or hate it or anything like that. If it doesn't bother you and you don't think it will bother others, how is it tasteless? > The name has a clear connection to what it names So Murder Engine is fine then. The desire to clutch one's pearls in disgust over any little thing is showing up a lot in this thread, I think.
  - dathinab 3y ago

DonHopkins 3y ago

At least it's better than "GIMP". ;)

bdhcuidbebe 3y ago
Nobody complained about git yet
- DonHopkins 3y ago
  And doesn't a "debugger" imply the existence of a "bugger"?
  - furyofantares 3y ago
    That's the programmer

honeybadger1 3y ago

come on

Mystery-Machine 3y ago

This is why we can't have nice things.

blondin 3y ago

fully agree. this is a very tasteless name. i wouldn't even go as far as the easy to google argument with this.

osigurdson 3y ago

Murder murder murder murder. Sorry, you aren't the boss of us.

dathinab 3y ago
yep, I'm also never said anything beyond me not liking it in a specific way. Through given how the internet tends to be I could have been more clear that I'm not offended, neither think it will offend other, neither hate the name etc. etc. people just love to jump to conclusions. It's just that it looks like a very promising project and bad names can easily come back and hunt a project iff it has become much larger and more successful. So it having in my opinion a bad name felt like something which isn't irrelevant.
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