shapez.io vs Koi

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shapez.io		Koi
	Project
87	Mentions	10
6,178	Stars	372
0.5%	Growth	-
0.0	Activity	3.4
about 20 hours ago	Latest Commit	6 months ago
JavaScript	Language	JavaScript
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

shapez.io

Posts with mentions or reviews of shapez.io. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-10.

Niagara Launcher
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 10 Feb 2024

You can pay for FOSS software. I do it to support FOSS developers and maintainers.
software example: Krita https://store.steampowered.com/app/280680/Krita/ source code https://invent.kde.org/graphics/krita
game example: Shapez https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapez/ https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io
What is your opinion on gaming?
1 project | /r/freesoftware | 21 May 2023

Shapez.io is sold Steam but the source code and build instructions are on github: https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io
Shapez on Epic for free!!
1 project | /r/factorio | 7 Apr 2023

It's been free on github the whole time 😝
Any free games similar to factorio?
2 projects | /r/factorio | 6 Apr 2023

It's free on github too :P
Does anyone know how to build Shapezio from source?
1 project | /r/shapezio | 8 Feb 2023

apparently the instructions from github are outdated or something
Did you ever published an electron application on Steam?
1 project | /r/electronjs | 2 Feb 2023

I have experience in releasing an Capture Note made with Electron and there are some annoying processes, but it is possible without as much difficulty as I thought. From what I know, there are also games that have been released. Try looking for "Danger Crew" or Shapez. Shapez is open source, so it may be more helpful.
Built Shapez.io from github on Ubuntu 20.04; now I need to build a complex shape to level up, but I don't have a stacker yet? Is this broken?
1 project | /r/shapezio | 6 Dec 2022

It's possible that this is a bug in how I've built the local version, or that the local version is only a demo. So I have filed https://github.com/tobspr-games/shapez.io/issues/1500 to see if that's the case.
Is it possible to release an electronJS (html, js) on steam? Is there any rules to respect for the executable?
1 project | /r/gamedev | 6 Dec 2022

Pretty sure shapez.io is an Electron app, and that's on Steam.
Would it be a really bad idea to make your game open source? Give it a forum where anyone can commission features, and ask for donations from players/ modders to fund managing and debugging the project, keeping it a coherent whole.
3 projects | /r/gamedev | 28 Sep 2022

Hmm, like Thrive and Shapez.io?
What open source games do you play?
22 projects | /r/linux_gaming | 2 Aug 2022

Koi

Posts with mentions or reviews of Koi. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-06-17.

Generating and mutating procedural koi patterns for my koi breeding game. Source code & interactive example included.
2 projects | /r/gamedev | 17 Jun 2022

The entire game is also open source.
An interactive tutorial & article about procedurally generating and mutating koi patterns
1 project | /r/proceduralgeneration | 13 Jun 2022

I've used this technique to make my game Koi Farm.
Inheritance Mechanics for Creature Generation
2 projects | /r/gamedesign | 6 Mar 2022

Speaking of Koi Farm, Koi Farm has its source open on GitHub: https://github.com/jobtalle/Koi
Koi Farm, my koi breeding game, is coming to iOS, and we're still looking for testers!
1 project | /r/IndieGaming | 4 Feb 2022

Koi farm (already out on Steam) is coming to iOS, and we're looking for a few more testers.
Electron Publishing
2 projects | /r/gamedev | 31 May 2021

GitHub link for those interested.
The source code for Koi Farm, my koi breeding game, is now publicly available on GitHub
1 project | /r/IndieGaming | 31 Mar 2021

1 project | /r/gamedev | 30 Mar 2021

4 projects | /r/proceduralgeneration | 30 Mar 2021

I've asked many other game developers about their opinion on publishing source code, since this rarely happens. Opinions vary, although the consensus is that there is no strong reason to either do it or not do it. Therefore, this is a bit of an experiment. I hope it facilitates modding, and maybe I can merge some mods into the base game. The code is released under the Apache 2.0 with Commons Clause license, meaning anyone is free to do what they want with the code except for selling it.
Koi Farm has been made open source
1 project | /r/opensourcegames | 30 Mar 2021

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