I keep looking around for MIT, BSD, zlib/libpng, or even LGPL games that
are written in C, use OpenGL, and are worth "Chickenizing" for
proto-commercial purposes. I still haven't really found anything yet;
can't tell you how many times I've cranked up the SourceForge search
filters. Recently I started using Google for my searches to cast a
wider net. I located a project called Sauerbraten
http://sauerbraten.org/ which is zlib/libpng licensed and written in
C++. C++ is really hard to get away from.
Sauerbraten hasn't committed to any kind of scripting language yet. I
asked them whether they would be interested in Chicken Scheme.
http://www.cubeengine.com/forum.php4?action=display_thread&thread_id=813
They said:
"Basically, Aard decided against using any scripting language at all.
The reasoning is that he only wants people with a clue doing anything
significant with the engine, rather than someone changing 3 lines of
script code and declaring it their own fantastical new game they made
themselves. The C++ code is small and easy to understand, so the
scripting is rather unnecessary.
And for anyone with a clue who wants to use a scripting language for
their own Sauer project, it's trivial to add."
Also, this guy Aard is a language design junkie.
http://strlen.com/proglang/index.html So if they ever add a scripting
language, he'll just make one. The upshot is that Sauerbraten might be
good starter code, but I'll be completely on my own. Nobody from
Sauerbraten is going to be interested in my work.
So my question is, does anyone here want to form a team to Chickenize
Sauerbraten, basically forking the project? I don't know their
codebase, so I don't know how much C++ compatibility is worth keeping,
vs. just refactoring whatever into Scheme. We could put an original
Sauerbraten build in a Darcs repository and take dumps of their changes
periodically. Then have another Darcs repository for Chickenized
Sauerbraten. I imagine there's some way with Darcs' patch theory to
pass patches back and forth as we see fit. Darcs is a distributed
revision control system, this kind of problem is part of what it's for.
Another wrinkle is that the code is zlib/libpng licensed, but the
artwork isn't. It's under various individual licenses, I don't know
what yet. Replacing any poorly licensed artwork and making the
licensing uniform would need to be done at some point. But it is not an
initial priority; I'm just saying the game project is not "commercial
ready."
So, let me know if you're seriously interested. Also if you know of any
suitable OpenGL C game projects with liberal licenses that would be
better candidates. I don't know how far Chicken will get with C++, with
or without SWIG.
Cheers,
Brandon Van Every
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