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T_X@gbryant @gardiner_bryant as you asked for other #OpenSource games: #Warzone2100, #0ad and #7kaa - all fully freely licensed, including assets. I think wz + 7kaa could be particularly interesting for a vid bc. of their history. When we got our first family PC I also got a games collection, which had both the original C&C and 7kaa. So I got super excited when I discovered a few years ago that 7kaa got opensourced. Gameplay-wise wz is my fav. though, love the huge tech-tree.
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@gbryant @gardiner_bryant the loyalty system in #7kaa needs some getting used to, otherwise you'll be surprised why your own peasants and knights start to attack you after 20min :D. But it also makes it pretty unique.
Friends of mine are big fans of #0ad. Great soundtrack + graphics, big variety of peoples to try. But is also more resource hungry. #Warzone2100 was probably pretty resource optimized back then already, as it had to run on the PlayStation 1, too. And now allows huge battles.
Friends of mine are big fans of #0ad. Great soundtrack + graphics, big variety of peoples to try. But is also more resource hungry. #Warzone2100 was probably pretty resource optimized back then already, as it had to run on the PlayStation 1, too. And now allows huge battles.
@gbryant @gardiner_bryant also, I'm still a bit cautious regarding the C&C licenses of #EA's recent "OpenSourceing". Like the "To use the compiled binaries, you must own the game." here: https://github.com/electronicarts/CnC_Red_Alert/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#compiling-win32-only
Or the extra clauses in the LICENSE.md. Both might be #GPL incompatible? Also for both this C&C release and #OpenRA assets are not freely licensed.
In contrast, for #Warzone2100, #0ad and #7kaa are fully freely licensed. So I can directly install them on Debian.
Or the extra clauses in the LICENSE.md. Both might be #GPL incompatible? Also for both this C&C release and #OpenRA assets are not freely licensed.
In contrast, for #Warzone2100, #0ad and #7kaa are fully freely licensed. So I can directly install them on Debian.
@gbryant @gardiner_bryant I would be super interested in watching a video about investigating these license differences in games and explaining what they mean (for the long-term future?). And I guess could be quite educational. But maybe I'd be one of the few ones interested in such a specific topic :D.
@gbryant @gardiner_bryant ah, and speaking of licenses (or in this case it was the trademark, I think) and games: The #Nexuiz / #Xonotic drama. Another example for the term #Enshittification, coined by @pluralistic.
A video about that would probably be quite educational and interesting to watch, too.
(sorry for all this texting, last one from me for today :D. Just discovered your videos today, @gardiner_bryant and I like their style and your personality :-). )
A video about that would probably be quite educational and interesting to watch, too.
(sorry for all this texting, last one from me for today :D. Just discovered your videos today, @gardiner_bryant and I like their style and your personality :-). )