The joys of being a PC gamer! Thanks to the modability of our platform, only we can patch the ugly out of a game, utilize tools to help us keep track of WoW's economy, and randomly dragons in Skyrim again.
Crafted by Olympus Games, Gmod is a tool that wants to help you get your mods working "faster, safer, and easier than ever before!"
For the past few months, they've been running a closed beta that s the likes of Skyrim, Torchlight, and Fallout: New Vegas. Now they're hoping to be able to more games, including World of Warcraft, Half-Life 1 and 2, Minecraft, and even—amazingly—the Thief series.
"We've been pounding the code for more than two years constructing a system that will all mod types for all games," they say, "and we're almost complete!" The Gmod client will allow automatic syncing, one-click enabling and disabling of mods, easy ways to find and share mods, and the ability to use mods from any source . This provides benefits over the Steam Workshop, which is limited only to games available on Steam.
Gmod is drumming up right now, with a Kickstarter campaign that's seeking $75,000 to fund the thing. One can access the beta client for $5, or pony up $15 for that plus a year-long subscription. A small price to pay, surely, to facilitate the appearance of certain Marvel superheroes in our gritty, serious fantasy RPGs.
