Das ist jetzt ein wenig Offtopic aber ich bin auf das Client Projekt Quintessence gestossen und was diese Russen vorhaben kann man als Revolution bezeichnen:
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The very aim of the project is simple – to create the game of our dream. The dream itself is about going back to the ‘good ol’ days’ and, at the same time, refreshing that old school feeling we many oldschool RPG fans remember. It would also be great if that experience would last, without players getting bored after few months of playing. If you recall your first impression from your favorite games, then you can understand the feeling you had. The main problem, however, is the fact, that while nostalgia is still a case for many, years have passed since when popular RPG titles had their ‘golden days’, and the old mechanics do not impress us anymore. Since there are no other RPG projects like that, which would offer something new and, at the same time, preserve that sense of involvement, it soon became clear that if something you want does not exist, do it yourself.
Having said that, in our game we strive to achieve the combination of legendary RPG titles of the past century, such as Ultima and Baldur’s Gate series, preserving our originality thanks to our unique in-game world, with its own history and life, and quality game mechanics, incomparable with other games, not to mention online RPG’s.
Den ganzen Futurecreep kann man hier nachlesen:
https://quintessenceonline.wordpress.com/about/Hier ist ein Video wo sie ihr API System demonstrieren indem sie ein Kartenspiel in das Interface integriert haben.
Die Sehnsucht nach ner Rollenspielengine ala Siebenwind scheint ja da zu sein. Vielleicht sollten wir als Community überlegen, uns mit den restlichen RP shards zusammenzutun und solche Entwicklungen Crowdfunden. In den Zeiten von Kickstarter und Patreon scheint das nichtmal abwegig etwas auf die Beine zu stellen.