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Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone
- silveira 11y ago0ad started as a AOE mod then they started their own engine and assets. I've been playing a lot of 0ad lately, I recommend it.
- JoshuaJB 11y agoTechnically it's 0 A.D., but that's a minor note. For those unfamiliar with the project, check out http://play0ad.com http://play0ad.com. It's a very mature codebase with over 10 years of development behind it. Everything is free as in freedom. One area they excel in that many other open-source games struggle with is in the quality of their models and art. I even know several other open source games which re-use the models.
- lubomir 11y agoI love the music in the game: http://play0ad.bandcamp.com/ http://play0ad.bandcamp.com/ How many free games come with something like that!
- silveira 11y ago0ad started as a AOE mod then they started their own engine and assets. I've been playing a lot of 0ad lately, I recommend it.
- k8tte 11y agoCool project! But i'm confused. On http://openage.sft.mx/ http://openage.sft.mx/ they say this is a reimplementation in C++14, but seems to be actually implemented in Python [1] ? 1: https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/tree/master/openage https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/tree/master/openage
- StepS 11y agoIt uses both. C++14 for the engine, and Python for the convert script and some other things. Check the README for more information.
- teraflop 11y agoYou're looking at a wrapper around libopenage, which is written in C++: https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/tree/master/libopenage https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/tree/master/libopenage
- k8tte 11y agothanks!
- JupiterMoon 11y agoHow legal is this? Just wondering.
- LeonM 11y agoLike many doom/quake clones (before ID released the source) I expect openage to be supplied without the artwork, you will need an original CD/image for that.
- alexpeattie 11y agoYep, the assets don't ship with the codebase - you need to provide your own original AoE II (or AoE II HD) installation.
- sleepychu 11y agoWhere does a designer stand if they want to make the missing resources so that the whole game can be shipped for free?
- JustinAiken 11y agoDoom's done it - https://freedoom.github.io/ https://freedoom.github.io/
- taneq 11y agoYou can make anything you want, just don't use any copyrighted work without the copyright-holder's permission.
- mdf 11y agoIt's amazing to see so many community powered open source projects dedicated to keeping old games alive (while also preserving the same look & feel these games had back in '90s). Along with the OpenMW[1], OpenRA[2], OpenTTD[3] and OpenRCT2[4] listed on openage's GitHub page, lots of others exist. To name a few: * OpenXcom[5] for X-COM: Enemy Unknown and the later Terror From the Deep games. * Nuvie[6], Exult[7] and Pentagram[8] for Ultima VI-VIII respectively. * GZDoom[9] (and various others) for running Doom, Doom II etc. * Freeciv[10] for running Civilization. [1] https://openmw.org/ https://openmw.org/ [2] http://openra.net/ http://openra.net/ [3] http://openttd.org/ http://openttd.org/ [4] http://openrct.net/ http://openrct.net/ [5] http://openxcom.org/ http://openxcom.org/ [6] http://nuvie.sourceforge.net/ http://nuvie.sourceforge.net/ [7] http://exult.sourceforge.net/ http://exult.sourceforge.net/ [8] http://pentagram.sourceforge.net/ http://pentagram.sourceforge.net/ [9] http://forum.drdteam.org/viewforum.php?f=23 http://forum.drdteam.org/viewforum.php?f=23 [10] http://www.freeciv.org/ http://www.freeciv.org/
- stefantalpalaru 11y agoThe Doom ecosystem is huge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doom_source_ports https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doom_source_ports
- Pxtl 11y agoWell, Doom source ports started from Carmack's source, that's a bit different than these clean-room from-scratch reimplementations.
- SXX 11y agoI'll add VCMI to your list as it's project I work on. It's open-source engine for Heroes of Might and Magic III. We're always happy to see any C++ programmers who wish to join us! http://vcmi.eu/ http://vcmi.eu/ https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi
- qznc 11y agoThe longest list I know of is http://osgameclones.com/ http://osgameclones.com/
- KuhlMensch 11y agoWhy does the screenshot have one tile have Gabe Newell in it? is it a dig at an ex-microsoftian or something?
- sjmulder 11y agoI suppose it's full of Newell references. Found this when browsing the renderer: GameRenderer::~GameRenderer() { // oh noes, release hl3 before that! delete this->gaben; https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/blob/master/libopenage/game_renderer.cpp#L191 https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/blob/master/libopenage/ga...
- jsmthrowaway 11y agoGabe Newell is tongue-in-cheek worshipped in the gaming community and has been for many years. Far from a dig. Any time you see a photograph or reference to him, it's an in joke, much like the guy who used to work at Twitch and became Kappa. Why this happened is a mix of things from Half Life to Steam, and it's honestly been long enough that nobody remembers or cares. The problem is, just like some recent folks on /pol/, the newer crowd doesn't realize it's a joke so Gabe has to be cautious how he interacts with the public now. I'm amazed he still handles his own email. He popped up on Reddit recently and amazingly corralled the discussion toward his (real world) car racing team, but it took work on his part. People hug him in public and he's said before that's taken adjustment. I've seen a GABEN license plate, to give you an idea of how far that gag goes. Funny you mentioned MSFT, too, because most people who perpetuate the gag don't know he worked there at one point; it might even predate their life.
- oxide 11y agonow that's knowing your meme. well explained!
- skrowl 11y agoOpenAge has only seen one release in 2015, but looks to have quite a few contributors. Also, there are no Windows builds. Cool looking project though.
- sparky_ 11y agoSo I'm a big fan of OpenTTD which is a similar premise - but I can't help but feel like the timing is going to hurt them here. OpenTTD, OpenRCT, et al, solve a problem that the original game is a subpar (or unplayable) experience on modern hardware; however Microsoft has just rerelease an HD version of AOE2 on Steam not even a year ago. So my fear is that it's directly competing with a equivalent proprietary executable with a lot of marketing dollars behind it.
- SXX 11y agoActually availability of game on Steam only benefit project like openage because it's increased audience of AoE2 a lot. It's was a good game, but community was slowly dying over many years. In same time "proprietary executable" it's just slightly updated version of 16 years old engine with all it's problems with simulation and networking performance. There of course some patches released, but HD not going to be rewritten from scratch and obviously not going to solve main problems.
- sparky_ 11y agoI agree that it's a good thing, I just mean to play devil's advocate above. I am afraid they'll have a harder time to attract players to the FOSS version due to the availability on Steam. And especially for RTS games, multiplayer community health/size is vital to growth.
- dtech 11y agoIn the short-term you are right, but in 5+ years AoE2 HD is going to run into the same problems and then this version might become more popular.
- brymaster 11y agoPreviously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8511084 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8511084
- nodesocket 11y agoAnybody know of a Command And Conquer: Red Alert clone, that supports online play? Really missing that game.
- funksta 11y agoCheck out http://www.openra.net/ http://www.openra.net/ * Actively developed (newest release just over a week ago) * Cross platform (Linux/OS X/Windows) * Reasonably active online player base I play it semi-regularly and it's a lot of fun!
- hayd 11y agoI've successfully: cloned the repo, installed the deps, compile, loaded the assets, and run python run.py... How do I play?? The game generates a map, but there's a very different HUD, with vim-like modes and lots of keyboard shortcuts on the RHS. Is there a tutorial or short introduction in how to get started? Edit: it's somewhat explained here: https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/blob/master/doc/usage.md https://github.com/SFTtech/openage/blob/master/doc/usage.md
- rdpi 11y agoURL is blocked from U.A.E. (Dubai). Anyone knows why?
- SXX 11y agoWebsite is hosted on GitHub Pages so any website using same CDN IP could be reason. https://www.robtex.com/?dns=23.235.43.133&rev=1 https://www.robtex.com/?dns=23.235.43.133&rev=1
- cypher_glyph 11y agoHave to make a mention of the PlayStation1 (!) RTS game that - in addition to being way ahead of it's time - has since been faithfully recreated for PC. https://wz2100.net/ https://wz2100.net/