Flax Engine 1.8 Brings ASTC Textures, New UI Editor & New Vehicle Features

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Flax Engine 1.8 Brings ASTC Textures, New UI Editor & New Vehicle Features

A new version of Flax Engine 1.8 has been released, the open-source game engine that's available for free for non-commercial and education use but with a 4% royalty for commercial games...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Flax-Engine-1.8-Released

[varikonniemi]

It looks pretty good, but what chance do they have to attract game studios with 4% tax when competition at same level is free?

[uid313]

Seems rather pointless and uninteresting. For open source projects you probably want a open source engine instead of a proprietary one and there are open source ones available such as Godot and O3DE. If you go for a proprietary engine there are more established ones with more vibrant communities and better career options such as Unity and Unreal Engine.

[novideo]

This engine is not "open source" at all as it doesn't meet the first point of Open Source Definition. And it certainly isn't free software either.

[ssokolow]

This engine is not "open source" at all as it doesn't meet the first point of Open Source Definition. And it certainly isn't free software either.

...and it doesn't comply with the Debian Free Software Guidelines either. (Not surprising, given that the DFSG was essentially a clarification of the FSF's rules, and the OSD is derived from the DFSG.)

[ayumu]

Michael, let's try and not use the words "Open Source" for something that clearly does not meet the OSI definition, nor FSF's four freedoms.