[seul-edu] Re: [kidsgames] Possible engine for Carmen-like game

[Bruno Coudoin <bruno.coudoin@free.fr>]

We should take care and refuse to use non open source engine.
Remember the mess KDE is in for having taken the short path for its own
engine !

Java is a very good and pleasant language but to me same warnings applies.
Do we remain free if we build tools based on proprietary software.

Bruno Coudoin.


Doug Loss a écrit :

> I recently posted a message about developing an engine for a Carmen
> Sandiego clone project that just started.  I'd like to get your
> ideas about this.
>
> jm mentioned a couple of adventure game engines as possible engines
> for this project in a private email to me.  I looked at them and a
> bunch of others and while they all looked good they were either not
> available on Linux or not ready to use yet.  However, this one looks
>
> like a good possibility: <http://java.indy3d.net/>.  It's written
> entirely in Java, which makes it run on Linux as well as Windows and
>
> Macintosh.  It's free for non-commercial use, although it isn't open
>
> source.  It's scripting language looks pretty straightforward.  I
> think we should give this serious consideration as the engine for
> this project.
>
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