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Comment on Valve adds "all the Team Fortress 2 client and server game code" to its Source mod tools, letting modders "build completely new games based on TF2" and publish them on Steam

captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Valve has made an emasculatingly large amount of money this way. Following in the footsteps of Id Software, Valve has been very open with their development tools. I don’t know about the very earliest copies but the ZOMG GOTY edition of the original Half Life included its SDK on the disc. Counter Strike and Team Fortress started out as mods that Valve just…hired.

Releasing the tools to their customer base and then hiring the cream that rises to the top is a strategy I struggle to get mad at.

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BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Thinking back, HL had a ridiculous quantity of high quality mods and TCs back in the day. Hell, Valve have even allowed HL to be remade and sold on steam.

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- captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  “We’d prefer you didn’t use the word “Source” in the game title. You wanna sell Black Mesa on Steam?”
  
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- RageAgainstTheRich@lemmy.world ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  I miss The Specialists and Vampire Slayer mods so so much…
  
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  - UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Science and industry.
    
    There are some discords where people play HL1 mods once a week.
    
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