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		speeder on Sept 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Commander Keen source code released 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.

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