Using the word "release" is fair enough. I wasn't familiar enough with Mozilla Labs when I initially read the post.
I think there are two major reasons why people want to see examples/demos:
The first, is to learn from said open-source example, and see how specific parts of the template/library are integrated.
The second, less obvious reason, is to see if other people are actually using this template at all in the first place. This is important to me as a game developer because I don't want to invest my time into something that's not proven to work.
As minimalist as the template is, having a full game developed using the template would be the ideal example/demo in my book. Not only would it show off what the template could help with, it could also be used as an open-source reference for people interested in game development in general. You could easily have one demo game for each genre of game that might be made using this template.
Do you have any interest in partnering with developers to make demos/examples?
Agreed on both of those reasons. We absolutely are interested in partnering with developers who want to make demos or examples based on this template. If you (or anyone else reading this) is interested, I'd love to hear from you either via email at dmose@mozilla.org or on irc.mozilla.org in #games (I go by dmose there).
I think there are two major reasons why people want to see examples/demos:
The first, is to learn from said open-source example, and see how specific parts of the template/library are integrated.
The second, less obvious reason, is to see if other people are actually using this template at all in the first place. This is important to me as a game developer because I don't want to invest my time into something that's not proven to work.
As minimalist as the template is, having a full game developed using the template would be the ideal example/demo in my book. Not only would it show off what the template could help with, it could also be used as an open-source reference for people interested in game development in general. You could easily have one demo game for each genre of game that might be made using this template.
Do you have any interest in partnering with developers to make demos/examples?