Open Source Devil Whiskey?

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 10:49 pm

Growler buddy, It is painfully obvious that Decklin does not give a flying F**k about anything to do with DW, or DW's following. I doubt he ever reads the forums. Simply politeness would dictate any response.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Thu Sep 23, 2010 9:54 am

Yeah, it's really a huge shame.. DW seems like an orphan owned by an unloving parent. Is it too soon to begin casting curse spells??

cutterjohn · Post by **cutterjohn** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:54 am

Stopped by again since I remembered to checkup on my games that are now under Decklin's control even though I purchased them before he obtained IP rights to them, i.e. Devil Whiskey & Demise...

Anyways, voted for yes to open source DW as Decklin seems to be INFINITELY more focused on Ascension, the Demise "sequel"/bugfix meanwhile DW continues to languish in virtual purgatory... be nice to be able to get the linux version up to parity with the Windows version and at least update some of the SDL stuff...

(Kind of wish that he's open source Demise as well, but I'm guessing not as he seems to be spending a great deal of time on Ascension...)

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:13 am

I remember someone on the forums lamenting the fact that he got control of DW. It seened harmless enough at the time, but he has taken DW on a Descension in the time since his Ascension.

Domhnall4h · Post by **Domhnall4h** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 4:47 pm

Possibly the fact that there's only a handful left on these forums drives him to feel that DW is no longer worth any investment. Makes me glad I backed up everything, though since I'm on Win7 I doubt I could get it running properly.

Of course, the question remains as to whether he actually has the source files. It's possible that he only bought the IP and distribution rights, and does not actually have the source file. Given my faulty memory, I don't remember if he released any patches afterward, so someone whose lived here their entire lives will have to comment there.

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 5:05 pm

It runs fine on W7

slackmg · Post by **slackmg** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 1:42 pm

I agree it runs fine on W7. I've got it running on my laptop (w7-32) and my desktop (w7-64). No issues with either one.

nesrats · Post by **nesrats** » Thu Nov 11, 2010 7:26 pm

Opening the source to the community would be a great way to go. I'm certain some sort of agreement could be retrofitted to allow both DW and Demise to exist in an OS community.

I am interested in putting in some moderate bits of help to revamp and restore the web sites and maybe help with some content.

Deck has my word that I will help with the web fronts and maybe with his blessing we can recruit help setting up open source accommodations. Technology fixes could be part of the release.

It might not be difficult to simply have two games based on the DW engine.
A full content DW game and an open source version that has the basic maps and sample art and music. Everything else would have to be community coordinated and released.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:10 am

Starsen, er..Nesrats, that sounds great--excellent suggestions.. just doesn't seem Deck has any interest in doing anything with DW.

butt hoo nose--he may surprise us awe.

Dom, to my knowledge--no Official patches were released after Deck took over, but I think maybe an Unofficial patch (from RicksTavern--with help from 1 or 2 others?) & a couple mods came out A.D. (After Deck).

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:32 am

Growler,
Why don't you buy dw from Decklin, and open source it. I am sure a furbutt like you must have noting but cash.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 3:45 am

Cash my furry s'arse!
In This economy??

Ok, prolly got a few mil lying around..stashed under the piller in one of the dankier caves.

Seriously, I thought about it, but doubt he'd be willing to sell it for anything reasonable. But if I did buy it--I'd immediately declare it Open Source! And figure out the details later.

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Mon Nov 22, 2010 5:31 am

And that is why u r everyone's favorite furbutt

Domhnall4h · Post by **Domhnall4h** » Wed Nov 24, 2010 2:38 pm

I'd buy it, but souls of the damned have dropped in value drastically. I'm forced to subside on IRS agents (who have no souls to speak of).

Seriously, if I did something foolish such as win the lottery, I'd probably buy the rights myself. I'd probably just release it as freeware open source however, as I doubt it would be worth the effort to promote sales.

Growler · Post by **Growler** » Wed Dec 01, 2010 6:41 pm

Dom, please tell me ya meant to type 'subsist' on IRS agents..?

And since when is winning the lottery = foolish?
Unlikely, yes--but 'foolish'??

But yeah, I'd prolly release it as freeware to booty.. then make Gazillions on swag.

chaney · Post by **chaney** » Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:47 am

subside, subsist, subserve, etc. They all work in this warped world of ours.

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