UNIX Car Wars

schoon · 09-22-2004, 05:34 PM

Don't get thrown by the topic title, as this has absolutely nothing to do with computers or programing.

However, it does have to do with communal, open source projects. My thought being, if SJG isn't doing anything with Car Wars for a bit, what's to prevent the rabid fans from seeing what progress can be made on their own (in a totally freely distributed sort of way so as to not step on anyone's rights)?

I thought that the new Car Wars was a step in the right direction for a number of reasons:

It played faster
The matchbox scale was brilliant
It was more simple, without being simplistic

All it needed was a decent vehicle design system and we would have been rolling (figuratively speaking ;))

IMO, it was just poorly marketed, and died on the vine before we got to any of the really good stuff.

Granted, I'm sure there are millions of opinions concerning the proper level of detail, and/or means to go about a VDS and the other stuff they didn't get to, but if it keeps me (and the other fanatics) off the streets for a while, well that's kind of positive already ;)

Thoughts?

09-22-2004, 05:34 PM	#1
schoon Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Oakland, CA, USA	UNIX Car Wars Don't get thrown by the topic title, as this has absolutely nothing to do with computers or programing. However, it does have to do with communal, open source projects. My thought being, if SJG isn't doing anything with Car Wars for a bit, what's to prevent the rabid fans from seeing what progress can be made on their own (in a totally freely distributed sort of way so as to not step on anyone's rights)? I thought that the new Car Wars was a step in the right direction for a number of reasons: It played faster The matchbox scale was brilliant It was more simple, without being simplistic All it needed was a decent vehicle design system and we would have been rolling (figuratively speaking ;)) IMO, it was just poorly marketed, and died on the vine before we got to any of the really good stuff. Granted, I'm sure there are millions of opinions concerning the proper level of detail, and/or means to go about a VDS and the other stuff they didn't get to, but if it keeps me (and the other fanatics) off the streets for a while, well that's kind of positive already ;) Thoughts?