Whilst publishers fight amongst themselves about which FPS is best or who owns which I.P., developers are getting all warm and fuzzy and encouraging the sharing of tech.
Ian Johnson, head of Codemasters’ new Guildford studio, thinks UK development teams should start sharing knowledge.
“I think if, as a group, we had the confidence to share resources between ourselves instead of grabbing onto things like they are some valuable golden eggs, that would be ideal, that’s nationally relevant too, but obviously getting there will mean many hurdles.”
Joining the group hug are Ubisoft, Rayman creator Michel Ancel has said the ‘UbiArt Framework’ (the tech behind the lush Rayman Origins) will soon be free for all developers to use.
“UbiArt has been built to be shared. If the guys who invented the paintbrush only kept it for themselves then fine art would be in a sorry state, it would be ephemeral. So yes, I want UbiArt to be open source, I want it to go out and be shared and evolved.”
Foxhound
Nice idea :-)
Spotter5
Gran Tursimo tech on the next f1 game then please :P
KeRaSh
That would mean only Red Bull racecars would feature HQ models while the other cars look like crap? :P
Paranoimia
Ha! This is funny, and here’s why…
http://www.tweetdeck.com/twitter/Paranoimia/~fTg3g
hazelam
i can only see this as a good thing.
having access to a much larger talent pool has got to be useful.
TSBonyman
Good idea, Insomniac and Naughty Dog used to do this, might still do. And I guess where a publisher owns several studios i wouldn’t be surprised if tech was already shared between them.
aerobes
I’ve often thought this in the past and it’s good to read.
Now, if only EA and Konami would play nice and create the ultimate football game.