| ▲ | tmpz22 2 hours ago | |
Jagex is an interesting finance story if you look into how they're passed around between private equity as one of the UKs largest game studios. As a product the inside scoop is that the recent success of the game is in large part due to the community itself. The community development of Runelite, the OSRS wiki, the 117 HD plugin, and YouTube personalities. I don't have high hopes that the status quo between Private Equity and the community will sustain itself. | ||
| ▲ | gbear605 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | |
Of note, just today Jagex released a plugin interface for Runescape 3 which was developed together with developers from the Runelite team and the existing Runescape 3 third-party plugin tool (Alt-1). The relationship seems pretty friendly right now. | ||
| ▲ | lanyard-textile 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Given that Jagex (and whoever owns them now) can pull the rug and kill Runelite at any time, it's remarkable there's been some sense of harmony at all. Concessions have been made both ways. The relationship isn't perfect. But the fact that there's a relationship and a two way dialogue at all? Unheard of. | ||