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Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by johnnyanmac »

blensor wrote: post #28
big-green-man wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://x.com/anthonywaldz/status/1840345290228047911#m Several contributors cannot work on Godot anymore, hence the fork.

According to Akien, at the time that fork was created the total number of blocked users on github was 3, as of this morning the total number of blocked users on github has increased to 5. So that doesn't really seem to be the reason why that fork was created. Maybe it's someone who was unhappy with the development in general and this was the reason to pull the trigger but overall this does look a bit off.

No public members and there's a total of one PR merged in that's just as bizarre as this entire situation.

But apparently the redot discord server is buzzing and this already has 1500 stars. More than I'd expect for a pure revenge server. Who knows what's going on at this point?

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by krapp »

johnnyanmac wrote: post #31
blensor wrote: post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to Akien, at the time that fork was created the total number of blocked users on github was 3, as of this morning the total number of blocked users on github has increased to 5. So that doesn't really seem to be the reason why that fork was created. Maybe it's someone who was unhappy with the development in general and this was the reason to pull the trigger but overall this does look a bit off.

No public members and there's a total of one PR merged in that's just as bizarre as this entire situation. But apparently the redot discord server is buzzing and this already has 1500 stars. More than I'd expect for a pure revenge server. Who knows what's going on at this point?

>More than I'd expect for a pure revenge server.

Seems about right to me. Don't underestimate how organized and developed the anti-woke outrage machine is, and the fact that this blew up on Twitter when the "game engines are woke" meme was ascendant. It's a perfect tempest in a teacup.

I mean, it's literally just a fork of Godot with a reskin at this point, that few people would even know about outside of the context of the controversy that led to it. What reason would is have for having as many stars other than hype and virtue signaling political alignment?

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by ultra_chad »

krapp wrote: post #32
johnnyanmac wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No public members and there's a total of one PR merged in that's just as bizarre as this entire situation. But apparently the redot discord server is buzzing and this already has 1500 stars. More than I'd expect for a pure revenge server. Who knows what's going on at this point?

>More than I'd expect for a pure revenge server. Seems about right to me. Don't underestimate how organized and developed the anti-woke outrage machine is, and the fact that this blew up on Twitter when the "game engines are woke" meme was ascendant. It's a perfect tempest in a teacup. I mean, it's literally just a fork of Godot with a reskin at this point, that few people would even know about outside of the context…

Outrage machine? You mean people sincerely disagreeing with the hateful bullshit the Godot community managers and moderators have been saying publically?

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by ultra_chad »

despera wrote: post #29
big-green-man wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

https://x.com/anthonywaldz/status/1840345290228047911#m Several contributors cannot work on Godot anymore, hence the fork.

I cannot verify that this guy is a contributor to Godot. Nothing shows up on his main github account relevant to godot. Only with that new fork. Don't get me wrong, Godot did ban few accounts. Those totally weird hecklers who made issues and PR's trolling against basic human rights. Again, if you have a proof of a ban campaign of ACTUAL contributors, please show it.

No weird hecklers and no one trolled against human rights, except for the people in charge of Godot trolling against the human right to free expression of course.

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by ultra_chad »

pachorizons wrote: post #23
0x_rs wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Verifiably false. Godot's new community manager chimed in a mongolian horse-rider simulator discussion [0] that had nothing to do with it (but UE5), claimed the engine to have become "wokot" and immediately proceeded to block every single account expressing any criticism from questioning stirring useless drama online to fixing the engine, quoting its founder, or having never interacted with the account at all, and th…

It might have been useful to include the Godot Foundation's statement on the issue, as it directly acknowledges this. https://www.reddit.com/r/godot/comments/1fsvcdg/from_the_god...

lol what a load of horse shit

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by ultra_chad »

whoknowsidont wrote: post #26
big-green-man wrote: post #6

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That's a disingenuous take. Godot is blocking devs on github, preventing them from getting updates for their projects, because of ideological disagreement.

>Godot is blocking devs on github, preventing them from getting updates for their projects No, that's not how any of this works. But nice try.

Everything he said is correct, of course. But nice try.

Re: Redot Engine: A Fork of the Godot Engine

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Post by ultra_chad »

archagon wrote: post #20
big-green-man wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's beside the point.

You said that "Godot is blocking devs on github, preventing them from getting updates for their projects." In fact, no devs are blocked from getting updates for their projects.

They are, in fact.
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