From: Chris Gehlker <gehlker@...>
Date: 2002-07-26T15:17:36+09:00
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: GUI's and the Rouge, Part III (yes, finally) 1/2

On 7/25/02 12:49 PM, "Justin Johnson" <justinj@mobiusent.com> wrote:

> 
> 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

I guess it all depends on how one interprets "video" and "core
functionality". To me video game implies something like a shooter or Tetris.
I have a nice 3D graphic shell for GNUChess but I don't consider it a
"video" game.

And I agree that video games have a lot of functionality in addition to to
their "core" functionality but the UI is still the primary attraction. A
text version of Unreal wouldn't be the same even if it had the same
networking model.
> 
> "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.
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