Comment by bagels
20 hours ago
"would also require publishers to keep the game functional after support ends"
You are signing up for a life sentence of maintenance. No thanks.
20 hours ago
"would also require publishers to keep the game functional after support ends"
You are signing up for a life sentence of maintenance. No thanks.
"Games with online functionality would also be required to provide an offline mode before the servers supporting them are shut down."
Providing an offline mode doesn’t imply continued maintenance.
> Providing an offline mode doesn’t imply continued maintenance
There should be a liability cap for developers under a revenue ceiling and an exemption for free games. An indie developer shouldn't be worried about getting sued because a component of their game wasn't properly audited for offline use.
Indie developers don't build online games in general so you're making up strawman scenarios to defend multi-million corporations.
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Release the server code, job done.
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Potentially it adds a lot of work depending on what kind of game it is. Some make no sense without the online component - think something like Counter-Strike
I think parent meant "offline support" meaning you get bots (PvE) and LAN/custom server (PvP), which CS is perfectly capable of since 1.6.
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