ejmr wrote:
Would it attract more developers? I have no data to back up this claim, but I will say yes. At the very least I would suggest LÖVE to developers more often, and if others feel the same that increases its word-of-mouth advertising.
Hm, I disagree on this point. In fact, the names are one of the reasons why I want to be and stay here. I cannot say I would leave if the names were less immature - it would still be a great framework after all - but I can say that I have made lots of advertisement for the engine becasue of the names. "Löve", along with the library names, is great advertisement because it will stick.
So I believe your argument goes both ways - some people like it, others don't. And that's totally okay. But I think it repells some people and draws others in (although looking at the number of active users here, I think the second group might be larger). The thing I DO know is that there are many other frameworks which don't have such names for their libraries. So the group of developers who is too offended by the names to use this engine can easily choose another one, but if we stop using these names then those who do like them will be left out.
Point being: I'd really like to keep you here, and anyone else who can cope with the names. But I would like to keep the queerness, un-seriousness and unprofessional-ness of the engine, because I like it and because I think it will draw in just as many users.
Btw: you can not only re-name the engines, you can also ask people to google for the full name in the future. Won't work with quickie, but with hump and secs you won't have a problem, I guess.
Other than that, I can only second what vrld said - I agree wholeheartedly.
I would even take this one step further: Why don't we have a thread "A community-culture problem with violence" and discuss the need for violence in video games. I'm very dissapointed by the fact that, again and again, talking about love, sex and similar issues is inappropriate or unprofessional, while at the same time teaching our kids how to use an axe or gun to shoot players (or zombies or whatever) is totally okay. Having grown up with computer games and movies, I knew how to handle, reload, aim and pull the trigger on a gun, long before I lost my virginity. THAT I think is a culture problem.