Comments on: GDC 2008 http://snarfed.org Ryan Barrett's blog Fri, 18 May 2012 05:50:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: ryan http://snarfed.org/gdc_2008#comment-487 ryan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://snarfed.org/wordpress/gdc_2008#comment-487 <p>one of the more interesting <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-21-2008/0004760453&EDATE=" rel="nofollow">announcements</a> i <i>didn't</i> catch at GDC was <a href="http://www.insomniacgames.com/" rel="nofollow">Insomniac</a>'s <a href="http://nocturnal.insomniacgames.com/" rel="nofollow">Nocturnal Initiative</a>. basically, they're releasing a bunch of their internal libraries as open source. cool!<br /> <br /> traditional game developers have slow to embrace open source, especially when it comes to their own code. japanese game developers in particular were famously secretive with their "trade secrets" and technology in the past. they went go to great lengths to protect it from competitors. today, developers aren't nearly as protective, but they're still much more likely to offer their own technology as commercial middleware than to open source it.<br /> <br /> happily, it looks like that culture is changing now. indie game developers have been championing open source for a while, and now Insomniac is too!</p> one of the more interesting announcements i didn’t catch at GDC was Insomniac‘s Nocturnal Initiative. basically, they’re releasing a bunch of their internal libraries as open source. cool!

traditional game developers have slow to embrace open source, especially when it comes to their own code. japanese game developers in particular were famously secretive with their “trade secrets” and technology in the past. they went go to great lengths to protect it from competitors. today, developers aren’t nearly as protective, but they’re still much more likely to offer their own technology as commercial middleware than to open source it.

happily, it looks like that culture is changing now. indie game developers have been championing open source for a while, and now Insomniac is too!

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