Hello everyone, I just finished speaking to Justin, and I thought I owe it to you to tell you were we stand regarding the BSC games.
First, there is the issue of licensing. I asked him if he would allow Audyssey.org to purchase the key generator for $75 and issue new keys to people as needed. Unfortunately, he will not allow us to issue new keys, and he has said in effect that if people want new keys for Troopanum, Hunter, Pipe, whatever that they should purchase the key generator he is selling right now for $75. No exceptions are being made for the licensing of his games. Second, there is the issue of licensing the sounds and music for the games. Justin will not sell those to a third-party developer, nor allow anyone access to the *.bsc pack files containing the sounds. So recreating the games with the original sounds and music is pretty much not possible. Finally, Justin wants to retain his intellectual copyrights for Troopanum, Hunter, Pipe, Deekout, Crazy Darts, etc so redistributing his games or rewriting them is not legal under copyright law. I just thought you should know where we all stand in terms of these games. In summary while I know some of you may feel angry, upset, and perhaps disappointed at this news do remember we still have many other great developers like Draconis, GMA, Jim Kitchen, Blind Adrenaline, to name a few. Hopefully they will continue to write great games, and if we want more games remember there are a number of tools like the BGT toolkit and the Dragon Flame Engine out there to help create new and interesting games. We could even create games as good as if not better than those we are losing with these tools. So try and be positive rather than look at this as a negative experience. Cheers! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
