Valve officially announces Source 2, will be free for everyone

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With all these game/graphical engines going semi-free (not really free cause their catches) I hope they don't forget about consoles. None of these companies have made it clear if it includes the different console versions...Well except the unreal engine, i mean it was designed as universal from the start. Anything incompatible in the unreal 4 with your system can simply be turned off/not used.
Everything is designed on PCs, even if the intended release platforms are consoles. If you're suggesting allowing console users to design stuff with their controllers, that's just silly.
 

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Everything is designed on PCs, even if the intended release platforms are consoles. If you're suggesting allowing console users to design stuff with their controllers, that's just silly.


I wasn't and actually most game development is actually done on a Mac. :ha:

:evil: However it isn't beyond impossible anymore to develop games on a console. The PS4 and Xbone definitely have enough hardware resources for them to be used in making games. Attaching a keyboard, mouse, HDD, etc is easy as pie in today's world as well. The only missing hoop is development software designed for designing games on the consoles. But there is nearly no point in creating or porting development software to a console. Cause nearly everyone and their chimps in the free world have at least one home computer.

What I was saying was aside from unreal 4, there are still console specif versions of source and other game engines despite of game development being done on a computer.
 

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I wasn't and actually most game development is actually done on a Mac. :teach:
Porting to a Mac would be a lot easier and the Mac would have a much bigger game library were that true. As-is, you'd be shooting yourself in the foot big time if you were to buy a Mac for gaming. I do imagine most game engines/tools can be used on either Mac or PC, though. Some even on Linux.
 

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We will be making Source 2 available for free to content developers
I cannot say that means "free for everyone" but I do not know exactly what a "content developer" is firs of all.
Unity (game engine) and Unreal Engine 4 are free for anyone to use it. You only have to pay when you get a certain income.
 

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I cannot say that means "free for everyone" but I do not know exactly what a "content developer" is firs of all.
Unity (game engine) and Unreal Engine 4 are free for anyone to use it. You only have to pay when you get a certain income.
From what I understand they more or less just require you to release your game on Steam in addition to any other storefronts you choose to release it on. Which means that Valve would get their usual cut of about 30% for every copy sold on Steam.
 

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