Path: chuka.playstation.co.uk!news From: James Rutherford Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.mydemos Subject: Re: The Super Bub Contest Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 14:43:48 +0000 Organization: The Hex Heroes Lines: 52 Message-ID: <3677C724.F532A1FA@writeme.com> References: <3670020C.B9959B04@ndirect.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: huldra.dai.ed.ac.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.06 [en] (X11; I; SunOS 5.5.1 sun4m) Alex Herbert wrote: > At last, I've finally put something on my home page - The Super Bub > Contest! > > www.netyaroze-europe.com/~teapot > > [...] > > As you lot haven't seen any of my stuff before, I'd appreciate any > comments. (This maybe ought to be a personal mail, but I reckon the sentiments are relevant to everybody). That's one great game- well designed, obviously competently written and superbly polished. BUT! (and this is a rather significant BUT!)... You _really_ have to credit your sources: (1) Out of courtesy. (2) To prevent legal wrangles. (3) So that nothing is taken away from what you've done. I started playing your game and I thought - 'yeah, this is stirling stuff'. But, the doubts started creeping in when I realised you hadn't credited the other sources. The character graphics are 'borrowed'. So what? So nothing, I say - They fit the game nicely and its not as though you're making any money out of them, or anybody should be getting heavy with you. The problem is that you don't mention where the graphics came from; in the game, in the readme, anywhere. This /very/ unprofessional - almost unexcusable, I'd say. It really doesn't do you justice either. The music is cool - but now I'm quite prepared to think that you didn't write it. Is the game design yours, or is it 'borrowed' from some lesser-known shareware game? I'd like to think the former, but I'm inclined to believe the latter. Look - I _know_ you're a competent coder. But if I didn't, I now be tempted to think that the source was 'reused'... I don't mean to rant, but Alex - you've had games published, you know how this deal works and you /really/ ought to know better. No matter how obscure your sources, the chances are that someone else will recognise them. Set the good example, sunshine, or I'll send 'da boys round! Nice game tho'. James (but you can call me Mr. Toaplan...)