infon
VVVVVV
| infon | VVVVVV | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 28 | |
| 46 | 6,827 | |
| - | - | |
| 10.0 | 9.7 | |
| about 12 years ago | 20 days ago | |
| C | ActionScript | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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infon
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Ask HN: Favourite Open Source Game?
Oh wow. Didn't expect anyone to remember. It was fun to program that one as the programming game for our local hacker conference and then seeing players compete. At some point later IIRC someone even wrote an somewhat advanced AI and created a small paper for it. The game should still be usable, but didn't get any love for a while now.
Fun anecdote: infon itself is a followup to my own teen programming project written in Quick Basic (see https://github.com/dividuum/infon/wiki/History) and all the Lua embedding and experience I gained from it ultimately ended up being used in a followup project (info-beamer) which is now at the core of my own company and my full-time job.
So write more games everyone!
VVVVVV
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why are gamedevs so against sharing code?
*The Monkey's Paw curls* https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
- It just keeps getting worse the more you scroll
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How to install old(er) linux games with unmet dependencies?
VVVVVV at least has since become open source.
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Good Games for 13 year old laptop with linux mint (Its a Mac book pro 5.1)
VVVVVV - A platformer where you flip gravity instead of jumping. Was recently open-sourced to celebrate the game's 10th anniversary!
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Can you give an example of well-designed C++ code, and explain why you think it is so?
Yeah, just look at this beauty! https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV/blob/master/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
- Ask HN: Favourite Open Source Game?
- how would i make a game like VVVVVV
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Is making a game supposed to be this messy?
Finally, games are really that complex. Check out for example Terry Cavanagh's blog post on releasing the source code for VVVVVV, and check out the source for Game.cpp (although keep in mind this was ported from ActionScript).
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Nothing but the truth here..
So it seems to be an unofficial policy rather than a written rule, if those allegations are true (remember that those are Wolfire's claims of what Valve said). Certainly there doesn't seem to be consistent enforcement - for instance Tales of Maj'Eyal is free, but $7 on Steam. Apparently there are some minor differences - does that mean that they can claim that it's a "separate version" and hence doesn't need price parity, even though 99.9% of the game is identical? There's also VVVVVV, which is open source (albeit years after initial commercial release) where you can freely build the exact same copy as on Steam ($5), including steamworks support. Does that count as a "separate version" when you just have to compile code? Admittedly these are two indie games, albeit extremely well-known ones, but then - isn't Wolfire Games also an indie studio?
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Seems Steam Deck verification is using Proton instead of native builds in some instances
I think it's worth noting VVVVVV has actually been open-sourced https://github.com/TerryCavanagh/VVVVVV
What are some alternatives?
Teeworlds - A retro multiplayer shooter
Celeste - Celeste Bugs & Issue Tracker + some Source Code
oolite - The main Oolite repository.
osu - rhythm is just a *click* away!
bitburner - Bitburner Game
shapez.io - shapez is an open source base building game on Steam inspired by factorio!
unknown-horizons - Unknown Horizons official code repository
skia-binaries - Prebuilt binaries generated with GitHub Actions that are downloaded by skia-binding's build.rs script.
pioneer - A game of lonely space adventure
SNKRX - A replayable arcade shooter where you control a snake of heroes.
openscope - openScope Air Traffic Control Simulator