Post #3398677
2026-06-18 01:04 UTC
I mean… as much as we hate this, I always had this thought at the back of my mind. Games commonly become abandoned not because of greed, but because of financial reasons. Same financial reasons would make it impossible for many companies to hire programmers to modify the game for playing single-player. Sometimes outright impossible due to game design (can’t really make NPCs smart enough to act like players in MMO, which are needed for raids, etc.).
I don’t see how can this realistically become a legal obligation, but devs should still be encouraged to make their games in a way they can keep functioning without servers
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@black0ut@pawb.social 2026-06-18 04:50
In the worst case, it would be free to open source the server code. Companies can just do that, and the community can take it from there. I think SKG even allows releasing just a binary in their proposition. Either way, keeping NPCs entertaining or realistic enpugh to substitute other players is also something that SKG says it’s not asking for. Even if there aren’t other players, being able to enter the world should be enough to consider the game playable.
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@tb_@lemmy.world 2026-06-18 06:48
A server browser or other such support can be built into the game from day one, they don’t have to change anything towards the end.