Weren't you just talking about games that would bring in the masses?
I'm working on an open sourced implementation of the Bard's Tale Construction Set. The Bard's Tale series was one of my favorite games as a child. I chose to work on it, providing graphics and (now) sound to an open sourced game. Never once did I imply that this game would ever "bring in the masses", especially to the Amiga, which has no port.
How about you do the same 
Perhaps you should look on this site, where I informed everyone of said game and asked if anyone was willing to port the game to the Amiga to help me with *MY* development in the game. I am no coder, which is why I asked if anyone would be interested in such a game. *NOBODY* responded and I dropped the issue.
I'd also like to point out that if you go to the history of the BTBuilder engine, more code was added during the first year I joined the project than the previous years. In addition, a majority of the work was done, before there was even a windows port for me to test my own graphics in. Testing was done, by me sending the developer graphics and him showing me graphical bugs and glitches, via screen shots. I had to eyeball it and hope for the best.
So yeah, I'll "do the same", because it's not like I was doing this for free, or of my own volition. It's not like I could just use the game, right out of the box. Sure, it was a game that was originally designed for Linux, but when I offered up graphics to the developer, when he had none, continuing to do so, even when I could not even use the Construction Set, coming to the "Amiga Community" to ask for help in the form of a port that I could test graphics in UAE with and still being denied, Dennis was kind enough to *CHANGE* his code, to accommodate me and my use of Windows.
I offered up a work-in-progress game to the Amiga Community. Had I the knowledge and experience to do so, I would have ported it, myself, but I don't. Instead, I provide what I can, which is graphics and music to the original developer, who has *NO* Amiga, nor does he have a *REASON* to develop for any platform other than Linux, as he doesn't use any other operating system.
Yet, he chose to.
He chose to, because I was kind enough to offer him something that he couldn't provide himself and in doing so, reinvigorated his wanting to finish coding his work.
Maybe you should ask JJ about how I tried to mediate a solution between Amiga Inc. and Hyperion, five years ago when all the lawsuits started? How I tried to heal the wounds between, the Blue, Red and Aros Camps? How I wrote up a business plan that would have worked, but because of the parasitic nature of *BOTH* parties and their need to say "It's the others fault for all this", it feel to pieces within moments. Maybe you should look up my plea to all Camps, posted on *EVERY* major Amiga site on how we needed to look to the future, combine our efforts and keep the Amiga alive?
And maybe, just maybe, you should talk to Cammy, who started the contest for the "Amiga X-Mas Game", which was a morale booster for the community and ask her about the simple prize certificates I designed for her to give out to the winners of the contest.
I was merely making a point. OS4 (which in my eyes is the NEXT-GEN AmigaOS, as it's officially sanctioned) doesn't have any apps or games that can draw it attention. While I applaud Hyperion for their port of Timberwolf, we're still *LIGHT YEARS* away from Linux and even more so with Windows and OSX. I've asked, time and time again, for what *I* would like in the next Amiga system, but it falls on deaf years. I've done a lot for this community and I'm constantly shit on.
Yet, I'm still here.......
PS - I guess since I care so little for the "Amiga Community", it's pointless for me to continue working on the series of Aladdin4D tutorials I've been working on, huh? See, I'm a CGI/Special Effects artist by trade and while my knuckles got bloody on Lightwave, Sculpt3D and Cinema4D on the Amiga, I've since migrated to the PC platform, using Maya and Studio Max.
Pyromania made a mention once about new features and the new manual for Aladdin4D. I merely asked about what it could provide me that my current application, Maya, couldn't. Not only was he honest in saying that it was below what I was used to using, he *GAVE* me a copy, for free. When I expressed my gratitude for such a kindness, I asked him if there was anything I could do to to show it.
He asked me, *IF* (I want to reiterate how important this *IF* is) I had the time, to write up some tutorials on the features of Aladdin and how to use them. They didn't have a lot of tutorials and could use as many and all the help they could get.
So yeah, Britelite, I'll "do the same".
[NOTE] - To Karlos, Red, MikeyMike, Wayne, Pyromania, Bloodline (you're not a moderator, but I always gave you the respect of one), MagicM, TJLazer (ditto to Bloodline) and anyone else I've known on this site for the past 12 years or so, I'm sorry for going off, but this guy has *NO* validation to jump on me, when I've been around here more than most, never once been disruptive, rude or condescending to anyone. He wants to flame me for "whatever", when I've gone above and beyond the call of duty for the Amiga Community and never once asked for anything, other than the friendships that I have acquired here over the years.
If I get banned for this, I understand if I was considered out of line and I'm more than willing to accept my punishment.
- Methuselas
AKA Madin Tolifen
