DayZ creator Dean Hall releases open-source game development framework Brutal
Industry veteran Dean Hall, known for DayZ, has launched Brutal, a free, open-source C# game development framework developed by his companies Ahwoo and RocketWerkz. Hall criticizes major engines like Unity and Unreal for failing to be accountable to developers and potentially exploiting them through restrictive licensing as agentic workflows emerge. Brutal aims to offer developers more control and options, with several projects already utilizing it.
- Entities
- Company: Ludeon Studios
- Company: RocketWerkz
- Company: Epic Games
- Person: Felipe Falanghe
- Company: Unity
- Game: Dayz
- Game: Rimworld
- Company: Ahwoo
- Topic: Open Source
- Game: Kitten Space Adventure
- Game: Kerbal Space Program 2
- Person: Tim Sweeney
- Topic: Game Engines
- Person: Dean Hall
- Topic: Game Engine Framework
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