Someone should port this to a language that isn't C, not that I'm volunteering.

bob_george33 · on Sept 17, 2014

There is already someone porting Keen5 to C https://github.com/sulix/omnispeak

jiggy2011 · on Sept 17, 2014

I meant porting it away from C, the repo in the OP is in C.

speeder · on Sept 17, 2014

Why is that? Unless you mean port from C90 to C99 or the most recent C...

That game is perfect for C, why on earth port it to something that is not just better or more modern C?

q3k · on Sept 17, 2014

Because C isn't web-scale.

zenojevski · on Sept 17, 2014

The game renderer is also too coupled to the game backend. They should be separate pieces which only communicate via a RESTful API. Except the first frame should be rendered server-side to save time.

grrowl · on Sept 17, 2014

Why?

I could understand wanting to port it to platform x, but the language choice isn't the biggest barrier to modification/extension here.

fl0wenol · on Sept 17, 2014

First, maybe someone should remove the dependencies on EGA and modify the graphics engine a bit to make it more generic and multi-platform.

Then you can worry about switching languages. Which is really pointless, but whatever floats your boat.