cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/37479548
BitCraft Online an upcoming AAA mmo goes open source
Submitted 1 day ago by mnmalst@lemmy.zip to games@lemmy.world
https://bitcraftonline.com/blog/open-sourcing-bitcraft-online
cross-posted from: lemmy.zip/post/37479548
BitCraft Online an upcoming AAA mmo goes open source
lmao bitcraft is not AAA. misleading title
The team is 22 people… so that’s definitely not AAA
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.
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
Where did you read AAA? cuz it ain’t that
There are so few open source games, they have just cemented a permanent audience for themselves for the next 10 years by announcing this.
Interesting, at first glance it seems to be a new take on what Wurm online was
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.
Minecraft legit ruined a generation of gamers.
Also, no Linux version?
What do you mean ruined?
especial that they say that they run on open source operating system
Theybsaid “focus on PC”, not “focus on Windows”.
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 😂.
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!
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.
Neat, thanks!
“Initial focus on PC”
I hope they’re using those words correctly and I can pay it on Linux.
To be fair just about everything seems to
Never heard of it, nor played it. But I’ll definitely buy a copy to support development and future curious minds!
Looks like Veloren
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 day ago
Blackmist@feddit.uk 1 day ago
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 1 day ago
Sounds like SpacetimeDB is where they are really heading right now.
3dmvr@lemm.ee 1 day ago
that makes sense, especially if they buy it and dont make it