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Re: RPG in a Box

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post #74

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Wouldn't Lua be the classic/obvious choice for this application since it has such inertia [1]? I remember RPG Maker supporting Ruby back in the day but a lot has changed in the past 20 years... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Lua_(programming_lang...

In a better universe Godot went with Lua instead of GDScript.

They actually started with Lua! They made GDScript due to https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/about/faq.html#what-w...

Re: RPG in a Box

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post #75

I was expecting a creative solution for shipping rocket propelled grenades. I am sorely disappointed.

You can use it to design a game where rocket propelled grenades fall in love, if that's any consolation.

Re: RPG in a Box

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post #57

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I think Blender was (and still is) exceptionally good at community building. Just freeing your product might not get you enough traction by itself.

Clearly you are unfamiliar with the process. Step 1, open source project. Step 2. Step 3, profit.

* Step 1: Ask for $100,000 to fund the start-up

* Step 2: Open source project

* Step 3: Find other streams of revenue (donations, grants, subscriptions, sponsorships)

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