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The Mirror - A Godot fork meant to rival Roblox/UEFN just went open source (www.themirror.space)

submitted 8 months ago by popcar2@programming.dev to c/gamedev@programming.dev

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This is kind of huge, isn't it? I've been seeing this engine around for a while (it was still in closed alpha I believe) and it seemed really well done. It's a Godot fork that's intended to be a simpler experience like Roblox, where it has visual scripting, handles all the multiplayer itself, and allows you to create worlds collaboratively with friends and co-workers in real-time.

The only thing people seemed iffy about was monetization and its closed-source nature, but now that it's here and FOSS, anyone think it might blow up and be a great introduction to game development for beginners and kids?

I'll probably test it and see how it is later, but it does seem like it's still in alpha.

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[–] stormesp@lemm.ee 20 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

The people that handle the engine posting that meme on what is supposed to be an official website is bad enough, but i think they dont even understand why Fortnite and Roblox are popular, they are not popular because they are easy to use, they are popular because they are easy to use AND they are attached to two of the most popular and well known games on earth.

Obviously i hope that stuff like Godot gets more traction, but saying that this is going to dethrone or kill uefn and roblox is just hilarous tbh.

Edit: Oh, i see now why everything seemed so sketchy, they have been promoting this since 2022 as a platform for metaverses, webchain and all that web3 bullshit

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Edit: Oh, i see now why everything seemed so sketchy, they have been promoting this since 2022 as a platform for metaverses, webchain and all that web3 bullshit

That might've been the investor pitch but luckily it doesn't seem like any of that has made it into what exists now. Seems like they're just going to take a percentage of profit from games on their platform.

[–] superfes@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

It'll be nice to have more competition in the market.

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Doesn't seem like it's a fork but just an app built using Godot, unless I'm misunderstanding something.

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It is a fork with added features

[–] pipe01@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

Oh I see, the link on their home page goes to a different repo

[–] thefreepenguinalt@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

BASED!!!

Is it intended for making online multiplayer games?
Will such games be integrated into a platform?
If said platform exists, will the mods try not to be prudish with what gets published?

[–] popcar2@programming.dev 2 points 8 months ago

Yes
It seems like they have a platform/launcher with user-created content in it. They get 10% marketplace fee but since it's fully open source you can probably publish your game outside of their platform.