* Dennis Payne dulsi@identicalsoftware.com [2022-01-08 17:23]:
On Fri, 2022-01-07 at 10:53 +0100, Ismael Luceno wrote:
People who value free software would publish their games as free software... Why don't we have so many games then?
We do have a lot of games. Obviously not as many as commercial games. They tend to steer towards procedural or acade games rather than complex story games. High quality graphics are less common but not unseen.
https://trilarion.github.io/opensourcegames/statistics/index.html Lists 519 linux games at the moment. Some may not be completely free but a good chunk of them probably are. It has a backlog of games to add as well.
It is unclear what "open source" means, there are many "custom licenses" and "other licenses".
Most people developing games would love to make a living as game developers. However I disagree that most people developing games are motivated by it. We are usually motivated by a game we want to make. We might think it could make money but usually it is the desire for the game first.
People join National Novel Writing Month for the same reason. They have an idea for a novel and want to write it. Some will pursue publishing it. Some will self publish perhaps even knowing it won't be a giant seller. Some will just give it away.
Great, keep it going.
Jean
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