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Phil M · 29 Aug 2007, 12:33

I doubt Jolt are going to pay for anyone to port the entire game over to PHP. This was supposed to happen with PA:Next but it failed. Jolt prefers to stay as far back as possible, it's far easier to let someone make simple modifications with the horrid Perl code than to put many hours of effort into something new.

This would be the perfect opportunity to restart the game in PHP, as such an effort would have to start from scratch.

Yes it is a bit of a pipe dream. I feel that Planetarion development has stalled so badly that it needs a huge infusion of enthusiasm to bring it back as a great game again. Instead of Appocomaster being the one man band for developing the game, there is the potential for many people to contribute to the improvement of Planetarion.

29 Aug 2007, 12:33	#4
Phil M Registered User Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 47	Re: The open source idea I doubt Jolt are going to pay for anyone to port the entire game over to PHP. This was supposed to happen with PA:Next but it failed. Jolt prefers to stay as far back as possible, it's far easier to let someone make simple modifications with the horrid Perl code than to put many hours of effort into something new. This would be the perfect opportunity to restart the game in PHP, as such an effort would have to start from scratch. Yes it is a bit of a pipe dream. I feel that Planetarion development has stalled so badly that it needs a huge infusion of enthusiasm to bring it back as a great game again. Instead of Appocomaster being the one man band for developing the game, there is the potential for many people to contribute to the improvement of Planetarion.