maybe.
I'm honestly considering it. Not because I don't have time for HA! anymore (just the opposite in fact, I've spent more time on it lately than I have in months.) I'm considering it because I actually have a renewed interest in working on it and improving it and (gasp... finishing it!)
I'd like to open up the source code, and get some help. I don't expect my little game to ever become the next Crawl or Nethack (google as needed) but I would like to see it realized. I know there is some really crap code in the game so there are definitely areas for improvement.
I've been working on it since .NET 1.0, .NET 1.1, and now .NET 2.0 so while I've rewritten a few things (like screen writes and key handling) to support the newer console class, there are still a lot of improvements to be made.
I know my code will catch some hell from people with nothing constructive to offer, and that's definitely a factor I'm weighing against the benefits of opening the source. Like I said... I already KNOW there's crappy code in there... and that some things might not make much sense. That's one reason I'd like some help.
I'd also like to write more about what goes on in HA! under the hood. If I open up the source code, I can point to specific parts of it and write a few thousand words now and then about the theory behind this or that. Or how and why I decided to implement things a certain way.
Opening the source would also (hopefully) make it easier to restructure some things so that it could be more extensible. I'd like to get it into a state where other people could use the basic HA! engine (such as it is) and write adventures of their own.
Whether I open the source or not, development will continue and I will still be the primary maintainer. Any code changes, suggestions, enhancements would be welcomed and considered, but I would still have the final say on what goes in HA! Of course if the source is opened, you can make your own variant with your changes if you like. I would just need to put a license of some sort in place that says anything you make from HA! should be free and open source as well. (Not that I picture anyone actually charging money for HA! or its derivatives, but you never know...)
So anyway... I'm curious as to what other folks think about this. I haven't made my decision yet.