Wanted list
Tuesday, February 2, 2010 - 16:09
It would be very interesting if game projects could also be registered with the site.
and one interesting feature should be a "wanted" list where the game projects could ask for specific material.
this would help both the artists by having a focus for development and the game projects since they could adquire their art much faster.
I (as a game dev) like the idea but the posted art should still go to the general categories, not only to the game. (It would appear twice: in the game's category and in the general category)
Indeed. I think this site is going to be integral to FOSS games in the future. I bet the FSS might eventually help flip some bills. It does make sense that people could come here to find games too, but I think a directory of links might be a better idea. A dictionary of FOSS games registered and some information, so we don't have to carry around old, dead ideas from 14 year olds that tried for a week to make a game and now we're going to host their content for years. Decentralization is bad.
Under the Links, there's a Game Project entry currently only with two titles. I bet if you contact bart, he will add any foss game project there.
Decentralization is bad, but I don't know if OpenGameArt has the resources (human, financial and hosting) to be able to handle the specific artworks of specific games. And we also have the Free Art Search for finding free art scattered among the different games.
I am not talking about decentralization, as Pompei2 said, art should go to the general categories, not only to the game; and the game project should receive a message via e-mail or something...
The "wanted" list does not need the game to be registered, i just think the registration should make things more organised
I understand that, but that makes unnecessary duplication. Two examples I am familiar with:
- Battle for Wesnoth plans to make unit sprites facing north too. Currently that means rough 200 units fully animated. If they would make that through OpenGameArt that means 200 new submissions for bart. But since there's stirct quality assurance in Wesnoth you also need Jetrel's approval. What happens if it gets featured on OpenGameArt, but not on Wesnoth? Maybe you need just a little modification, is the communication running on OpenGameArt comments, or the Wesnoth boards with all the other Wesnoth contribs? Or if everything is ok, than it will be hosted on both OpenGameArt and Wesnoth?
- OpenArena has the plan to make GPLv2 licensed textures replacing all the Q3 and TA textures. There are still 400 missing. If more people are working on them, how should we organize not to duplicate the effort, on the OpenGameArt boards or rather on the OpenArena boards? And once again, if they are ready would the textures be on OpenGameArt and OpenArena SVN too?
Both project use GPLv2 license, which narrows down the uses. And if we post those materials on OpenGameArt should we not post the already existing stuff too (sprites and tiles of Wesnoth, 3D model, textures of OA etc.)? Wouldn't it be more clean, that the games handle their own art and their repos are added to the Free Art Search? (Both projects mentioned above are covered in the search.)
OpenGameArt should be a place for multi-licensed (or public licensed), generic stuff. The wanted list usually requires specifically themed and licensed artwork. I think dealing with massive amount of specific stuff requires more resources than needed.