Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

All off topic discussions go here. Everything from the funny thing your cat did to your favorite tv shows. Non-programming computer questions are ok too.
Post Reply
Coomer69
Member
Member
Posts: 31
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:49 am

Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by Coomer69 »

In 'Latest News', the last update was in April 2013 and the last forum post was in June...
Are they still around? I was just wandering if anyone here knew why the site is so inactive.

Also: first post, yay!
no92
Member
Member
Posts: 307
Joined: Wed Oct 30, 2013 1:57 pm
Libera.chat IRC: no92
Location: Germany
Contact:

Re: Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by no92 »

The site is inactive as there is no need for it. OSDev is a well-known community with lots of useful information on the wiki, an active forum and (relatively) nice members. If there's no need for it, nobody will care about it.

Example needed? Here you go: We had a big thread on CompilerDev about 2 months ago, which resulted in a new site, which has exactly 6 members by now.
Coomer69
Member
Member
Posts: 31
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:49 am

Re: Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by Coomer69 »

no92 wrote:If there's no need for it, nobody will care about it.
I can't argue there but it is a useful resource. :)
Last edited by Coomer69 on Mon Oct 13, 2014 8:59 am, edited 1 time in total.
User avatar
neon
Member
Member
Posts: 1567
Joined: Sun Feb 18, 2007 7:28 pm
Contact:

Re: Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by neon »

Hello,

I apologize for the lack of updates on the site; I have not had much time to be able to work on it the past few months. It is long overdue for a few more articles that are in progress - slowly being worked on when time allows it - which, unfortunately, has not been very much.

If interested, current articles being worked on include process management 2 and graphics 3. We have also been working a lot on the restructure of Neptune and other internal development efforts. When Neptune makes it to 0.1 Beta we plan to release it once again under Open/Shared Source as a supplement to the series. Finally, we have been working on the second version of the site, rewritten in PHP and AJAX to simplify the publication process and improve experience.

Although the site has slowed down, quite a lot is still happening behind the scenes and we hope to have some more releases coming up soon.

Regarding the forum software, it was to provide another way to contact the editor and others regarding the series rather then general OS development questions. We disabled the forum due to bugs in the forum software and the painful process of updating the software and site reintegration -- which will be resolved when the new site rolls out.
OS Development Series | Wiki | os | ncc
char c[2]={"\x90\xC3"};int main(){void(*f)()=(void(__cdecl*)(void))(void*)&c;f();}
Coomer69
Member
Member
Posts: 31
Joined: Thu Feb 20, 2014 4:49 am

Re: Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by Coomer69 »

@neon Sounds good!
mooseman
Posts: 24
Joined: Sat Mar 27, 2010 2:15 am

Re: Is BrokenThorn Entertainment dead?

Post by mooseman »

Sounds great, neon! Very glad to hear that things are still ticking over on that site and it's still going.

*Very many* thanks for the effort you've put in to the tutorial so far - it's great!

Looking forward to the "process management 2" section in particular. Keep up the great work!

Bye for now -
- mooseman
Post Reply