Re:Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
by simias on Sunday May 09, 2021 @08:04AM
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It's fine not to like the game or some of the changes but I don't really get the resentment towards the devs that I read in some of these replies though.
If there's one thing where I believe that "if you don't like it, just fork it" is warranted it's this type of game. It's not like it's production-critical for anyone, so there's no deadline and you can take your time. It's a rather minimalist 2D game, no complex game engine knowledge is required. When I looked into the code a few years ago I found it very readable so it's a nice target for customization.
If you feel like modern DCSS doesn't go in the right direction just fork whatever version you preferred and go from there.
If there's one thing where I believe that "if you don't like it, just fork it" is warranted it's this type of game. It's not like it's production-critical for anyone, so there's no deadline and you can take your time. It's a rather minimalist 2D game, no complex game engine knowledge is required. When I looked into the code a few years ago I found it very readable so it's a nice target for customization.
If you feel like modern DCSS doesn't go in the right direction just fork whatever version you preferred and go from there.