Wolfire Games Releases Overgrowth Game As Open-Source

[c117152]

Hmm... nice. Open-source game code releases are not common nowadays.

Aren't most game engines open source nowadays? As for the game logic itself, it's usually content related scripts anyhow...

What makes the Overgrowth OSS release good is that it's a procedural engine with great physics that has fighter game level twitch response combat mechanics and a fantastic world editor.
Hopefully now it will be picked up by some indie dev for a soulslike and get the respect it deserves.

[potens]

19.99 USD to play open source game?

So ? Kinda the same price as Doom3 BFG, C&C remastered, ... (open source also)

[ssokolow]

19.99 USD to play open source game?

It's like the DOOM games, where the engine is open-source, but the WAD file containing the textures, levels, etc. is still paid-for.

If you want to create something that's "The Dark Mod, now a standalone game" to Overgrowth's Doom 3, you're free to.

[piorunz]

19.99 USD to play open source game?

[tildearrow]

Hmm... nice. Open-source game code releases are not common nowadays.

[Michael]

Couldn't this be used as benchmark? (if it isn't already)

Quickly looking over the code there doesn't seem to be any benchmark support / timedemo / automation support currently... The benchmark references are just from the Bullet physics library.

[CochainComplex]

Couldn't this be used as benchmark? (if it isn't already)

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Wolfire Games Releases Overgrowth Game As Open-Source

Open-source friendly game studio Wolfire Games has released their Overgrowth title, which was released back in 2017 and the sequel to the Lugaru game, as open-source software...

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Overgrowth-Open-Source