[POLL] do you think blockland should have an engine upgrade?

[hillkill]

i've always thought about this, and i'm pretty sure it's been discussed before, but what do you think about this?

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[Ipquarx]

First off, an engine upgrade is not going to happen, it would require a complete reworking of the entire game which is completely impractical. Badspot is a businessman, not a volunteer worker.

From a money standpoint, no, it shouldn't happen.
A lot of the limitations come from the limitations of torquescript. If you change that to something more capable, you break everything, literally everything, in the process.
Breaking literally everything would basically break the whole development community. From a community standpoint, no it shouldn't. It will only further the games inevitable fade into obscurity.

But, for the few that stay, for the few that continue to develop and innovate, it will be better.

[hillkill]

i wouldn't call badspot a businessman, he just creates games in his downtime i'm p sure

[Trogtor]

yes but no also totally then not really

[hillkill]

First off, an engine upgrade is not going to happen, it would require a complete reworking of the entire game which is completely impractical. Badspot is a businessman, not a volunteer worker.

From a money standpoint, no, it shouldn't happen.
A lot of the limitations come from the limitations of torquescript. If you change that to something more capable, you break everything, literally everything, in the process.
Breaking literally everything would basically break the whole development community. From a community standpoint, no it shouldn't. It will only further the games inevitable fade into obscurity.

But, for the few that stay, for the few that continue to develop and innovate, it will be better.

so what if instead of the current blockland being changed and all sorts of terrible stuff happen, there would be the possibility of a blockland remake

[Planr]

yes but no also totally then not really

I would be all for Badspot making a new Blockland game on a newer engine. But afaik he doesn't want to do that, sooooo

[Lego lad]

Blockland 2 - Cry engine

get to work ye laze dogz

[?Sir Info? 2]

Blockland 3 - Source Engine
Get back to work

[superdupercoolguy]

Blockland 3 - Source Engine
Get back to work

haha because so many "3" tiles are released in source engine

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Is blockland on the latest(last) version of the old version(the one it currently uses) of Torque?

[Mouse droidz 21]

If everything wouldn't get destroyed then yes it should get an engine upgrade. In fact you wouldn't even need a source, crytek or Unreal engine for its new addition since torque today looks really good: http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d

[DannyPoliceM]

We don't need a new engine. We need new features and a replacement for RTB.

[Bdarty]

If everything wouldn't get destroyed then yes it should get an engine upgrade. In fact you wouldn't even need a source, crytek or Unreal engine for its new addition since torque today looks really good: http://www.garagegames.com/products/torque-3d

I must agree the graphics for the current torque are nice. Instead of getting another engine. Why not just get the current version of torque

[The Lawyer]

Imagine how beautiful Blockland would be on the Unreal Engine.

[Foxscotch]

I must agree the graphics for the current torque are nice. Instead of getting another engine. Why not just get the current version of torque

because the difference between torque game engine and torque 3D is big enough that it would be just as easy to switch to unreal

[Shift Kitty]

i wouldn't call badspot a businessman, he just creates games in his downtime i'm p sure

Games are his primary source of income.