As platforms evolve, old games become unplayable. Open sourcing them will help us preserve them for future generations.

A lot of old games have become unplayable on modern hardware and operating systems. I wrote an article about how making games open source will keep them playable far into the future.

I also discuss how making games open source could be beneficial to developers and companies.

Feedback and constructive criticism are most welcome, and in keeping with the open source spirit, I will give you credit if I make any edits based on your feedback.

  • poVoqM
    19•6 months ago

    Absolutely and with great game engines like Godot it has never been easier to make open-source games from scratch as well.

    • @RageAgainstTheRich
      10•6 months ago

      I legit do not understand new devs picking unreal or unity instead of godot.

      Is it because they think they can crank out a AAA level of graphics for their game?

      • @rockSlayer
        13•6 months ago

        Development is very much a “use what you know” type of field, especially at big game companies. Learning a new game engine is like learning a completely new programming language, often because you’re doing both. Every game engine has a scripting language, and very few use the same scripting language.

        • @rockSlayer
          10•6 months ago

          It’s an open source game engine comparable to unity. It’s governed by a foundation dedicated to maintaining it, so it has no risk of pulling a unity

            • stickyShiftEnglish
              6•6 months ago

              No risk. Godot is distributed under the MIT license. If the foundation does something shady, you’re free to clone the entire engine, name it “Frodot”, and continue to add features to your own version.

              Exporting to other platforms like Xbox, Nintendo Switch depend on some additional infrastructure, so the same may not apply.

        • @Zachariah
          6•6 months ago

          It’s what you’ve been waiting for.