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Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 2:53 pm
by OldRod
Well, 3 days in a row, some big engine goes free-to-use... This time it's Source 2, but not sure when it will actually be available.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/3/3/8145273 ... developers
Re: Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:31 pm
by hallsofvallhalla
Wahoo! Man this is going to kill a ton of indie or smaller game engines.
Re: Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 7:33 pm
by vitinho444
I don't really like Source... I don't know if it's because it was proprietary, but all the games look the same... but hey! This week is crazy for game dev
Re: Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:20 pm
by Xaleph
Are you kiddddddding meeeee? I __LOVE__ source engine!! Omg.. this is great news.. I love the epic battle between these companies..
Re: Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 11:50 pm
by Jackolantern
vitinho444 wrote:I don't really like Source... I don't know if it's because it was proprietary, but all the games look the same... but hey! This week is crazy for game dev
But do you mean all the games look the same as in rendering engine? Or just because of the models? I would figure you could make a game that looked nothing like other Source engine games. For example, I would assume a block puzzle game would not look similar to the FPS games made with Source.
But yes, this has been a crazy week for engines. It appears suddenly engine owners are worried about getting left behind in the indie sphere, which is quite a refreshing change of pace for the game industry. Indies would not only be forgotten, but wouldn't be remembered in the first place only 5 - 10 years ago when engines were in one of two camps: cheap, low-powered engines for indies, or completely unobtainable, AAA engines. They were worlds apart.
Re: Source 2 Engine Free
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 9:13 am
by vitinho444
Jackolantern wrote:
But do you mean all the games look the same as in rendering engine? Or just because of the models? I would figure you could make a game that looked nothing like other Source engine games. For example, I would assume a block puzzle game would not look similar to the FPS games made with Source.
Well the 3D models were very similar ofc, but it just looked the same... I think it's because of the style and not so much for the engine itself, CSS, L4D, CS: Go, Team fortress it just feels the same in my opinion.