BitCraft Online an upcoming AAA mmo goes open source (bitcraftonline.com)
from mnmalst@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 11:49
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BitCraft Online an upcoming AAA mmo goes open source

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maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone on 29 Apr 12:05 next collapse

This is uncharted territory and we are essentially running an experiment. For this reason we’re not licensing or open sourcing the game’s assets - the art, music, and IP will still be protected for the time being. But all of the code that makes the game run will be made public. We have not chosen the exact license under which we will be open sourcing the game’s code, but it will be one of the OSI’s approved open source licenses.

Blackmist@feddit.uk on 29 Apr 14:32 next collapse

That’s fair enough. They still need to be a business after all.

Id open sourced Doom and Quake decades ago, but you still can’t just have all the assets for nothing.

bork@sh.itjust.works on 29 Apr 21:32 collapse

Sounds like SpacetimeDB is where they are really heading right now.

3dmvr@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 07:49 collapse

that makes sense, especially if they buy it and dont make it

Voyajer@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 12:15 next collapse

Interesting, at first glance it seems to be a new take on what Wurm online was

Chozo@fedia.io on 29 Apr 12:30 next collapse

What was Wurm Online?

iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works on 29 Apr 12:50 next collapse

An old take on what BitCraft Online is.

blinfabian@feddit.nl on 29 Apr 13:11 collapse

what was BitCraft Online?

CMLVI@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 13:23 collapse

A new take on Wurm Online

hypnicjerk@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 14:28 collapse

who’s on first?

Thassodar@lemm.ee on 29 Apr 22:17 collapse

MUDs

b000rg@midwest.social on 29 Apr 19:49 collapse

To actually answer your question, Wurm Online is an MMO based on player governance of a medeival-like world, with terraforming and construction as a focus. Basically one big medeival role play Minecraft server. It’s a bunch of fun though, if you can find the time to literally build a village from the ground up in your free time.

Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 20:07 collapse

Also, it’s basically the same thing as Veloren, another current open source mmo voxel world builder rpg. But looks like maybe smaller voxels on average.

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 12:45 next collapse

Neat! I’ll wishlist it but I doubt my PC can handle it worth a damn. Hopefully it comes to PS5 and my bros and I can start us a nice little commune!

A social-focused sandbox MMO could be a nice place to show anarchist concepts to people tbh

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Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 20:09 next collapse

In the mean-time, Veloren already exists, and seems to be exactly what this is planning to be. An open source voxel mmo world builder rpg.

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 20:33 collapse

Neat, thanks!

CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 22:18 collapse

“Initial focus on PC”

I hope they’re using those words correctly and I can pay it on Linux.

A_Union_of_Kobolds@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 23:46 collapse

To be fair just about everything seems to

Dremor@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 12:59 next collapse

That’s the kind of move I like to see.

I worked on a fork of another Open-Sourced MMO (forked from Ryzom Online). Lot of nice idea (like spell crafting, among other), but the tech stack and system was so old it was more a pain than anything. You couldn’t even jump in that games 😂.

popcar2@programming.dev on 29 Apr 14:21 next collapse

That’s… Kind of insane! I’ve been following Bitcraft every now since it got announced but I never expected them to go to this direction. The blog post makes sense but I’m curious what license they’re going to use. It could be a legal minefield to try and stop people from stealing the game, re-branding it, then profiting off of it.

It’ll be really curious to see how this plays out because there isn’t really any major games that went open source, much less one that’s going to be actively monetized like Bitcraft.

Our focus will be on a smooth and successful Early Access launch on Steam, which is our highest priority. Only once we are happy with the state of the game will we start the process of open sourcing BitCraft.

Anyway, it sounds like open-sourcing the game might take a while. I hope early access works out for them.

3dmvr@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 07:50 collapse

Asset flips aren’t as straightforward and easy as ppl claim, but yeah will be a thing prob a non issue like red eclipses crypto clones

XGRiDEN@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 14:24 next collapse

Mhm… what’s Bitcraft?

warm@kbin.earth on 29 Apr 15:22 next collapse

No idea but it certainly isnt AAA.

illi@lemm.ee on 29 Apr 16:30 collapse

An in-develpment MMO

XGRiDEN@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 22:28 collapse

ic ic

chonkyninja@lemmy.world on 29 Apr 18:22 next collapse

Never heard of it, nor played it. But I’ll definitely buy a copy to support development and future curious minds!

pulido@lemmings.world on 29 Apr 21:49 next collapse

Minecraft legit ruined a generation of gamers.

Also, no Linux version?

SchwertImStein@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Apr 23:11 next collapse

especial that they say that they run on open source operating system

Dremor@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 06:34 next collapse

They said “focus on PC”, not “focus on Windows”.

SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Apr 06:56 collapse

What do you mean ruined?

ArtificialHoldings@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 02:25 next collapse

There are so few open source games, they have just cemented a permanent audience for themselves for the next 10 years by announcing this.

Zoomboingding@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 04:44 next collapse

The team is 22 people… so that’s definitely not AAA

copd@lemmy.world on 30 Apr 05:47 next collapse

lmao bitcraft is not AAA. misleading title

O_R_I_O_N@lemm.ee on 30 Apr 06:21 next collapse

Where did you read AAA? cuz it ain’t that

kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Apr 06:22 collapse

Looks like Veloren