Re: [glob2-devel] We must do a game, not an engine

[Stéphane Magnenat]

> I'm quite happy that development in glob2 takes places.
> I don't like the idea of focusing the development.
> I don't have the impression that the current work is diffusing.
> If someone believes that the perfect engine is a good thing and wants
> to program it, I won't stop him.
> If our users demand better campaings, we should put this on the todo
> list and get the word out that we want some.

I don't say we should slow-down with the core engine. Yet Glob2 has a bad 
tradition of people rewriting the core engine alone, disconnected from the 
community, that leave afterwards. This leads to the next generation redoing 
the same thing.

I don't want to refrain the motivation of anyone, but we should try to work on 
the game side too, to make the game lovely to contribute to.

Some times ago, I added the ability to the old map edit to skin the units. The 
new map edit does not implement this possibility. This is frustrating. While 
this may look like a toy feature, but it allows for ambiance customization 
(the idea was to have wild animals in the solo campaign).

Steph

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