Why is open source game-dev not a thing?

• Unciv

  68 7,694 9.9 Kotlin

  Open-source Android/Desktop remake of Civ V

There are some I believe, i.e. https://github.com/yairm210/Unciv

• Thrive

  110 2,573 9.9 C#

  The main repository for the development of the evolution game Thrive.

  

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

• Cataclysm-DDA

  1,903 9,646 10.0 C++

  Cataclysm - Dark Days Ahead. A turn-based survival game set in a post-apocalyptic world.

  

Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is open-source

• osu

  406 14,261 10.0 C#

  rhythm is just a *click* away!

  

osu! is open-source: https://github.com/ppy/osu

• pixel-dungeon

  11 3,440 0.0 Java

  Traditional roguelike game with pixel-art graphics and simple interface

There's like a hundred versions on Pixel Dungeon on various stores because it's just a completely open source project.

• daggerfall-unity

  302 2,553 9.5 C#

  Open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine

Daggerfall Unity is a rebuild and improvement of Daggerfall in Unity.

• Mindustry

  272 20,969 9.9 Java

  The automation tower defense RTS

Also Mindustry

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• invaders

  3 1 5.3 TypeScript

  Retro space invaders game for my website (by JustinLloyd)

My open source game projects are generally one shots, e.g. https://github.com/JustinLloyd/invaders requiring very little in the way of updates because I don't have the time to commit to ongoing maintenance.

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