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0 pointsTimJRobinson4y ago0 comments

It's about the composability with external tools and users being able to trade assets without you having to explicitly code for it. Games companies want this for the same reason they want modders - because their game is enhanced by it and adds more value for its players.

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c-cube4y ago

You say that like it's technically easy to transfer assets between games that might use differentl engines. It's not like a database entry.

Also it's bad for players, as the visual identity of the game would be destroyed by items coming from other games. Yikes.

SketchySeaBeast4y ago

Building the actual game object in game is the hard bit - they already solved the "get an item from an external source" problem with keycodes.

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