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Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

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Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#31

Why does the screenshot have one tile have Gabe Newell in it? is it a dig at an ex-microsoftian or something?

Gabe 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.

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

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post #5

0ad 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.

Technically it's 0 A.D., but that's a minor note. For those unfamiliar with the project, check out 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.

I love the music in the game: http://play0ad.bandcamp.com/ How many free games come with something like that!

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#34
post #3

How legal is this? Just wondering.

Like 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.

Where does a designer stand if they want to make the missing resources so that the whole game can be shipped for free?

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#35
post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Like 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.

Where does a designer stand if they want to make the missing resources so that the whole game can be shipped for free?

Doom's done it - https://freedoom.github.io/

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#37

Anybody know of a Command And Conquer: Red Alert clone, that supports online play? Really missing that game.

Check out 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!

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#38
post #10

It'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 P…

I'll add Spring, which started as a Total Annihilation engine, but has since grown into a full blown RTS engine. https://springrts.com/

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#39

Why does the screenshot have one tile have Gabe Newell in it? is it a dig at an ex-microsoftian or something?

Gabe 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 /p…

now that's knowing your meme. well explained!

Re: Openage – Free Age of Empires 2 engine clone

#40
post #10

It'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 P…

The Doom ecosystem is huge: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doom_source_ports

Well, Doom source ports started from Carmack's source, that's a bit different than these clean-room from-scratch reimplementations.
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