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Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
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lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego
Date: 
Tue, 18 Apr 2000 00:26:26 GMT
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The way this works is a creative company invents a gaming engine and several
others copy it.  Classic example Wolfenstein/Doom invented by Idg.  These guys
invented the 3D shooter engine that was copied by many others.  Once software
engine is created, it is simple to adjust the graphics, maps and weapons to
suit your theme.  The same is true with Warcraft.  Blizzard invented the
engine (technically Dune invented it, Blizzard just perfected it), and many
others copied it (command and conquer, Age of Empires, etc.).  So for TLG to
produce the game would require the expense of licencing the engine, and the
work to adjust the game specifics (graphics, characters, maps, etc.)

I know this is a very simple explanation for a very involved process but my
point is that this would be easier than you might think.

Scott

In lugnet.castle, Pearson Castner writes:
You could just make a war2 TC like they did with myth... Its not hard at all.



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  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
(...) Wolfenstein was created by....ummmmm....dang....that was so long ago even I forget. I mean the ORIGINAL Castle Wolfenstein (Apple ][). Top down graphics, not first person. But yes, the engine by IDG has been copied many times. These guys (...) (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)
  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
(...) This is partly true, but I would like to clear up some of your nomenclature. You could say that Id created the First Person Shooter (FPS) genre of games when they created Wolfenstein 3D. This is different from an engine, as an engine is a (...) (25 years ago, 18-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)  

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  Re: Lego Warcraft would be soooo cool...
 
You could just make a war2 TC like they did with myth... Its not hard at all. (25 years ago, 16-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle, lugnet.gaming, lugnet.dear-lego)

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