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From: "Markus Döbele" <mar_doe@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 07:22:06
Message-Id: 200508230906.33931.mar_doe@gmx.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth by Frank Schafer
1 Purebasic is very fast. The generated assembler code kicks ass.
2 And I can compile it for Linux, Mac OS and Windows.
3
4 If I find a Open Source Basic Compiler that can do the task. I consider
5 rewriting it again.
6
7 We are programming this game since 12 years :-)
8 The first Version we programmed on the Atari ST! :-))
9 There the language was calles STOS.
10
11
12 Am Dienstag, 23. August 2005 08:33 schrieb Frank Schafer:
13 > Hi Markus,
14 >
15 > have you ever wondered about the possibility to rewrite your game to
16 > another programming language. There's a lot of possibilities (even for
17 > FSF game engines).
18 >
19 > Just a thought
20 > Frank
21 >
22 > On Mon, 2005-08-22 at 23:42 +0200, Markus Döbele wrote:
23 > > So we have to treat Lost Labyrinth as closed source.
24 > > Because the source code of this game is only useful to other purebasic
25 > > programmers. And people that got the compiler. I understand.
26 > > Can't change that.
27 > >
28 > > Am Montag, 22. August 2005 22:52 schrieb Matan Peled:
29 > > > Markus Döbele wrote:
30 > > > > I created a tar.gz Version of this game too.
31 > > > > I'm sorry that its not possible to compile it with the demo version
32 > > > > of the compiler.
33 > > > >
34 > > > > What are gentoo users doing with other binary packages?
35 > > > > Like Acrobat Reader?
36 > > > >
37 > > > > Is this a big problem for this system?
38 > > >
39 > > > No, Portage can handle binary apps just fine. We have Java, Unreal
40 > > > Tournament 2k3/2k4, Doom 3, Neverwinter Nights... All kinds of
41 > > > binary-only apps.
42 > > >
43 > > > But all of them are closed-source (Except for the -bin version of some
44 > > > rather big packages, manly to save people the compile time...).
45 > > >
46 > > > It feels kinda wrong to install a binary package of a (small)
47 > > > open-source app on a source-based system...
48 > > >
49 > > > Its also weird having an opensource app that you can only compile using
50 > > > a non-free (as in beer) compiler...
51 > > >
52 > > > --
53 > > > [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled ]
54 > > > [Location ] :: [Israel ]
55 > > > [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5 ]
56 > > > [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com]
57 > > > encrypted/signed plain text preferred
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth Frank Schafer <frank.schafer@×××××××××.cz>
Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth Heinz Sporn <heinz.sporn@××××××××.com>