A philosophy, or pragmatic methodology that promotes free redistribution and access to an end product's design and implementation details.
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Android 2D game engine [closed]
I'm looking to make my first 2D sidescroller for android, and would prefer an open source engine good for 2d games. I might eventually have 3d backgrounds too, so if it can handle those that would ...
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Jam based project to VS2010 port with Jamplus
I am fairly new to Jam toolchain, and I decided to work on open source game Lincity-NG (http://lincity-ng.berlios.de/). As a first step I am trying to port it into some kind of an IDE ( hopefully MS ...
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What are the pros and cons of an open source game? [closed]
Me and my brother have been thinking about making a game in java recently. We also had a thought about making it open source. My question is what might be some pros and cons of this? Are there any ...
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Is Minecraft's source code available? [closed]
I recall Mojang stating they would release the source code of Minecraft sooner or later, but searching both on google and on Minecraft sites I wasn't about to find it.
So... is it available ...
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Sending high scores to a web server in an open source game
I've never dealt with sending/receiving data from web servers in my games, so I absolutely have no idea how to do this. I tried googling for a good solution but couldn't find anything satisfying.
I ...
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Can other programs and tools be emedded in a video game for games downloaded on line? [closed]
I have a two questions about video games I'd like to ask that I bet you can answer.
Can someone embed a separate free-standing program or separate tool inside of a typical video game that would be ...
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Exporting XNA class library as a DLL file
I have downloaded an open source project that I intend to use with my current game. The download came with all the class files from the original project as well as a pre-compiled DLL file representing ...
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Is it OK to reuse art from open-source games?
There are a lot of open source games, such as Flare (Diablo clone).
Is it OK to re-use the art they put in their open source game and make a profit?
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Game dev. in C, experience [closed]
I started studying C 3 month ago and I still find it quite harsh sometimes :)
I'd like to get involved in some kind of game open source project to get some experience with both C and game development ...
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Which Open Source Licenses can address concerns for an Open Source Game Engine?
I am on a team that is looking to open source an engine we are building. It's intended as an engine for Online RPG style games. We're writing it to work on both desktops and android platforms.
I've ...
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Farseer Physics Engine and the Ms-PL License [closed]
Am I able to produce code for a game which uses the Farseer engine and release my code under an open source license other than the Ms-PL?
My concern is with the following section from the license:
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What are good ways to find collaborators for a coding weekend? [closed]
Not sure if this belongs here, feel free to push it somewhere else if needed.
When i was at university we would sometimes come together into a room full of beer and fast food and crank out software ...
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What's best to use OTF or TTF?
What's the most recommended format should I use for fonts, OTF or TTF or another?
In looking for:
Performance/Efficiency with SDL_ttf library
Free/Open-ness [1]
[1] I'm planning to use GPL3 and ...
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3D game editor with C++ support and Bullet Physics [closed]
I am very new to game development and hence the question. Is there any open-source game editor that uses Bullet Physics engine with C++ code edit support.I have read about blender but it allows python ...
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Is there any existing (old) game that released graphic as free or open source? [closed]
I'd like to (re)create an online version (html5/JS) of some old game, for example something like HoM&M 2.
Maybe, some of old games were released as free or open source (I'm interested in the ...
