popcar2Mar 16, 2024

The Mirror - A Godot fork meant to rival Roblox/UEFN just went open source

https://programming.dev/post/11529402

The Mirror - A Godot fork meant to rival Roblox/UEFN just went open source - programming.dev

This is kind of huge, isn’t it? I’ve been seeing this engine around for a while (it was still in closed alpha I believe) and it seemed really well done. It’s a Godot fork that’s intended to be a simpler experience like Roblox, where it has visual scripting, handles all the multiplayer itself, and allows you to create worlds collaboratively with friends and co-workers in real-time. The only thing people seemed iffy about was monetization and its closed-source nature, but now that it’s here and FOSS, anyone think it might blow up and be a great introduction to game development for beginners and kids? I’ll probably test it and see how it is later, but it does seem like it’s still in alpha.

Show threadstormespMar 16, 2024

The people that handle the engine posting that meme on what is supposed to be an official website is bad enough, but i think they dont even understand why Fortnite and Roblox are popular, they are not popular because they are easy to use, they are popular because they are easy to use AND they are attached to two of the most popular and well known games on earth.

Obviously i hope that stuff like Godot gets more traction, but saying that this is going to dethrone or kill uefn and roblox is just hilarous tbh.

Show threadanonMar 17, 2024

People’s sudden, blind hatred for anything to do with crypto is a great indicator of their own personal incapacity for critical thinking and a proclivity to lazily adopt the opinions of their peers.

Crypto bad! /s

Wait until you find out that in-game items in MMORPG’s are really just NFT’s under a less crypto-bro pseudonym!

Perhaps you should boycott all online video games entirely because they’re all technically using crypto bro concepts like NFT’s to represent in-game items.

Show threadstormespMar 17, 2024
Haha, thats so funny that inside your own comment you tell why nfts are a scam and the blockchain solves no real problem and then had the guts to send the message.
Show threadanonMar 17, 2024

It’s even funnier that you’re all high and mighty while demonstrating a lack of understanding about NFT’s.

Here’s some nuance for those like who that are allergic to it: I AGREE THAT NFT’s ARE A DUMB IDEA WHEN THEY ARE USED TO SELL JPEGS. I never bought a single NFT.

However, in crypto world, they are also TOTALLY VALID:

  • IN THE CONTEXT OF A GAME WHERE OWNERSHIP OF ITEMS IS A THING

  • IN THE CONTEXT OF DAPPS WHERE A UNIQUE ITEM MAY BE NEEDED IN FOR VARIOUS FORMS OF LOGIC

  • D.I.D (digital identity)

  • in thousands of other contexts where uniqueness needs to be codified

Show threadstormesp
Oh, what a surprise, you say there are thousands of contexts, but you only list 3, and on 2 of those its more efficient and secure to actually not use blockchain. So what we have left? Dapps? Which people are trying to push but they are barely of any relevance? Oh damn. I guess that blockchain is really skyrocketing of outside of speculating with nfts and cryptocurrencies! /s
Mar 17, 2024 at 6:52pmWeb