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Re: Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

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Post by popcar2 »

xeonmc wrote: post #7
popcar2 wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's a fake OS in the sense that it's actually an application, not something that can be ran as an operating system like Linux or Windows. I've been a bit careful with my wording when advertising this, I wouldn't want to give the wrong impression.

Would "desktop environment" be a more appropriate description?

Absolutely, but I feel like it's a technical term that might be hard to understand or advertise. When I explained the project to my non-technical friends before showing them, I told them "Ah, it's like an operating system" and they generally understood what I'm going for.

Re: Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

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Post by ranting-moth »

popcar2 wrote: post #10
iosonofuturista wrote: post #6

Popcar2 , a note on your disclaimer that you are not affiliated with the Godot foundation. Is that usual in projects using an engine? Or is it because of your , IMHO, poor naming choice. Think of this way, if the tagline of the project was “EstragonOS, a fake os made in godot”, would the disclaimer be so proeminent in the page? I think you know you are playing with fire, to make the disclaimer a larger font. It’s not…

Thank you for the concern, I did indeed add it preemptively because of the project's name. The reason I chose "GodotOS" is because the project was initially intended to be a sort of tech demo for Godot's UI systems, and I spent most of my time in the official Godot Discord showcasing its development and getting lots of feedback. One of the contributors of the engine itself gave me the thumbs up. Of course, if anyone…

It's OK, I'll name my project Popcar2-OS.

Re: Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

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Post by scoopr »

Heh, back when, I used to do (Q/Turbo)Basic stuff like:

   PRINT "Welcome!"
   INPUT "Password: ", pw$
and so on, with very little actual functionality. I guess some themes of toy projects are evergreen, even if the sophistication is on another level :)

Re: Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

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Post by nightowl_games »

iosonofuturista wrote: post #6

Popcar2 , a note on your disclaimer that you are not affiliated with the Godot foundation. Is that usual in projects using an engine? Or is it because of your , IMHO, poor naming choice. Think of this way, if the tagline of the project was “EstragonOS, a fake os made in godot”, would the disclaimer be so proeminent in the page? I think you know you are playing with fire, to make the disclaimer a larger font. It’s not…

"playing with fire"

I don't think the Godot Foundation would be against this.

Re: Show HN: GodotOS – Fake operating system interface made in the Godot engine

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Post by VMG »

mysterydip wrote: post #2

Reminds me of all the "OSes"/GUIs that got made back in the QBasic days: http://qbasicgui.datacomponents.net/ Always a fun project to do. Thanks for carrying the torch forward in something modern! ps, my favorite of the QBasic ones is probably M-GUI: http://qbasicgui.datacomponents.net/95_mgui.html which even included its own programming language to make apps in!

Fascinating. I wish I could run them in a browser VM - it would probably be pretty fast as well.
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