Goonhub
07-18-2017, 09:22 PM
As time moves on an more patches roll in, Gooncode continues to shift and change. Entire features may be reworked, niche tools may fall apart with few people dedicated enough to fix them, and every new patch is a new addition to the game which is, after being added, often an abstraction to future patch makers.
I feel like the flow of patches after the leak has been incredibly beneficial to the liveliness of Goon, and I've seen a lot of important bugfixes and neat features added by dedicated players with a bit of coding knowhow and elbow grease.
To this end, I feel like Gooncode could benefit from annual (or, more generally, regular) releases of code, albeit with sensitive code expunged. Removed code could consist of secrets, telescience Zs, valuable proprietary code, etc. This would leave the playerbase with recent, sterilised code that would allow them to safely build on previous patches, fix recent bugs, and work with tweaks that may be important for balance or stability.
Not only would this take a load of the dedicated programmers by shifting the weight of bugfixing, it would also allow the codebase to continue to steadily gain from the patching scene that has, in my opinion, enriched the goon experience.
I feel like the flow of patches after the leak has been incredibly beneficial to the liveliness of Goon, and I've seen a lot of important bugfixes and neat features added by dedicated players with a bit of coding knowhow and elbow grease.
To this end, I feel like Gooncode could benefit from annual (or, more generally, regular) releases of code, albeit with sensitive code expunged. Removed code could consist of secrets, telescience Zs, valuable proprietary code, etc. This would leave the playerbase with recent, sterilised code that would allow them to safely build on previous patches, fix recent bugs, and work with tweaks that may be important for balance or stability.
Not only would this take a load of the dedicated programmers by shifting the weight of bugfixing, it would also allow the codebase to continue to steadily gain from the patching scene that has, in my opinion, enriched the goon experience.