From: Justin Johnson <justinj@...>
Date: 2002-07-26T04:49:49+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2


Games these days come with a decent amount of non-graphics coding - AI, Game
logic, Inventory systems, Mission/Objective systems, Networking code etc etc
etc

The rendering system and the way it is used to depict a user interface is
equivilent to other GUI's I suppose.

--
Justin Johnson.

"Chris Gehlker" <gehlker@fastq.com> wrote in message
news:B96598C1.1E223%gehlker@fastq.com...
> On 7/24/02 5:15 PM, "Dossy" <dossy@panoptic.com> wrote:
>
> > Do customers (of software) pay for core functionality, or
> > the GUI?
>
> It really depends. Video games don't have any core functionality other
than
> a GUI. Software for operating power plants, refineries, etc is starting to
> have nice GUI's too but the selling point is still that the plant will
> operate more efficiently.
> --
> There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity
> that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but even to
> trees and plants. -Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
>