Wrong to use a friends game?

[Slashmore]

A good friend of mine gave me his files..

He said he don't have time anymore and wants them to be used still so would it be wrong for me to use them as my own?

The game itself is kinda what mine was building up to other than his is a little to "Mafia" for my liking but that can all be changed..

The game it self doesn't have my features just the ground floor so i'd need to still put a lot of time into it for it be be playable.

Your views, please.

[Serend]

I'd say go for it.

Just give credit where credit is due. I think the worst thing is adding 1 echo and calling the scripts yours because you made modifications. But in general man - I dont think it will matter as long as you have a game your players enjoy.

Good luck!

[Harkins]

You have his permission and encouragement, so there's absolutely no reason not to. Go for it!

[Slashmore]

I'm not gonna turn around and say I made them from scratch I'm using them as a frame work.

I'm gonna chuck my game into it so makes a better and more stable game

My release date should be before Christmas now if I get working now get off facebook. lol

[Chris]

I you want to commit to "alien code" with credit and stuff why not using one of the open source games? Almost guaranteed these will be higer quality with more features and better tested.

Unless there are some "nostalgia" or "friendship" factors involved I would scrap it and go for more mature frameworks/games.