0 A.D. development moves to open source

Posted by feneur on July 10 2009, 05:23 PM

0 A.D. is a free, real-time strategy game currently under development by Wildfire Games. It's cross-platform, 3D and historically-based. Wildfire Games is switching from a closed development process to open source, making the game's code available as GPL and the art content available as CC-BY-SA. People are encouraged to reuse and learn from and improve our work. We are not releasing a playable game, but we want to show what we have achieved and make it easier for more people to get involved in bringing it closer to completion.

Check out our open source page for more details and info on how you can contribute.

Questions? Check out the developers forum and wiki.



User Comments:
Banoffee :: July 11 2009
Have u released the files yet?
 
anti-trend :: July 12 2009
This is amazing news! I will syndicate it for you. :) I think this will help a lot both in terms of progress and general interest. Very good move.
 
janwas :: July 12 2009
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Have u released the files yet?



Yes, details are given in the Getting Started guide, which is referenced from the open-source page mentioned above.

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This is amazing news! I will syndicate it for you.



Thanks smile.gif
 
dankl__ :: July 12 2009
the installation went smoothy but for some reason none of the buttons work in game
 
dankl__ :: July 12 2009
nevermind its fixed
 
Daxos232 :: July 12 2009
okay, i'm confused. So now theyre not actually going to finish the game, theyre just releasing the source code?
 
Brightgalrs :: July 12 2009
okay, i'm confused. So now theyre not actually going to finish the game, theyre just releasing the source code?

Go wikipedia the phrase "open source"...
 
Daxos232 :: July 12 2009
i know what open source means. but thanks anyways.
 
Mythos_Ruler :: July 12 2009
Open Source developers (people who download the source of the game and code with it) who are not actually part of the Wildfire Games development team will submit patches to us. We'll evaluate them, then add the patches to the game if they are stable and helpful. We even have a task manager system called "Trac" that twe've opened to the public with over a hundred "tickets" (tasks) that Open Sourcers can immediately begin working on if they so wish.

We fully intend to release a completed, full-featured game. Going Open Source is a step that could help us achieve the goal of delivering an enjoyable video game into the hands of our long-suffering fan base. biggrin.gif
 
M1AU :: July 13 2009
This is great news! Keep it up.
 
Belisarivs :: July 13 2009
Just wanted to inform you that packagers for openSUSE are notified about this, so openSUSE users can expect repository somewhat soon.
 
shumushin :: July 13 2009
Great news! Good move! What about some Ubuntu packages for early testers? :)
 
mattie :: July 13 2009
this is great news! and kind of unexpected :) but very good. the game looks so good you will certainly attract some new developers
 
Ykkrosh :: July 13 2009
Currently the game isn't really suitable for packaging for users - there isn't much of a playable game, and the code isn't particularly clean or stable or well-tested, and the idea is primarily to make it available for developers who can compile and debug it themselves. User-friendly packages would be very useful in the future, but for now it seems a bit premature smile.gif
 
Brightgalrs :: July 13 2009
Simply playing around in the editor and modding a few units is really awesome.
 
el_zoona :: July 13 2009
This is really amazing news! I think this was the perfect choice, hope this will end in one of the most amazing RTS.
 
leg25 :: August 4 2009
ei look friends i've this is stupid by me but i can't seem to download and test the game
can someone help me
 
Mythos_Ruler :: August 4 2009
Read this all the way through, m8

http://trac.wildfiregames.com/wiki/TortoiseSVN_Guide
 
Imperial :: August 4 2009
I can't wait until the games out of the testing stages!
 
DesertFox :: August 6 2009
Me too!
We want new screenshots!
 


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