Even the Ocean from Melos Han-Tani, Marina Kittaka and Analgesic Productions recently had the source code released. This follows on from them also releasing the source code to Anodyne back in 2020.
While the source code and assets are now publicly available, it's not open source since it's using a custom license, the same they used for Anodyne which was adapted from the source code release of VVVVVV. They did initially say it's open source but after feedback they've adjusted it to say it's "99%-open-sourced". As for why it's not fully open source they said:
Technically it is not “Open Source” because that would require me to give everything away for free. There’s a clause that prevents us from getting screwed by someone just selling the game as-is or copying it completely.
Unlike other source releases, they provide the full assets so you could get the entire game free, instead of just the code.
What is the game? A physics-shifting puzzle platformer where you'll delve into dangerous power plants and massive creatures! Run into Light and Dark Energy-infused hazards to shift your movement physics to conquer each challenge. Explore towns and cities, and help a world thrown out of balance.
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As for why they open source it they mention how they've "always been worried about its future" and that while "the toolchain to compile it is quite stable, it seems to be broken on Mac, and I can’t figure out how to compile it for Linux". The game is built with open tooling like Haxe, OpenFL, and HaxeFlixel so with the code being open it should allow anyone to tinker with it and perhaps even sort out a Native Linux version.
Read their blog post for more, check it out on GitHub and the game is available on Steam.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
. . . Oh. Not what that meant, you say? But it says . . .
BloodScourge Sep 25, 2023
Quoting: BloodScourgeHmmm... Not too fond of this license. Open the code under a FOSS license, keep the assets close/proprietary, if you don't want someone to resell the game as is. Best of both world...Yeah, that's the normal way, not really sure why they do it like this.
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: BloodScourgeHmmm... Not too fond of this license. Open the code under a FOSS license, keep the assets close/proprietary, if you don't want someone to resell the game as is. Best of both world...Yeah, that's the normal way, not really sure why they do it like this.
So that the developers can keep making money from the game, whilst having the source code available to anyone who wants to tinker with it, port it to Linux, or whatever.
I whole-heartedly approve of that kind of business model, and I believe more game developers should do this. It's a win-win situation for both the original developers and Linux/FOSS fans.
Quoting: Talon1024I think you're misunderstanding. I was agreeing with what BloodScourge pointed out. Releasing the code is the normal way, not giving the entire assets - so devs have no real problem continuing to sell the game.Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: BloodScourgeHmmm... Not too fond of this license. Open the code under a FOSS license, keep the assets close/proprietary, if you don't want someone to resell the game as is. Best of both world...Yeah, that's the normal way, not really sure why they do it like this.
So that the developers can keep making money from the game, whilst having the source code available to anyone who wants to tinker with it, port it to Linux, or whatever.
I whole-heartedly approve of that kind of business model, and I believe more game developers should do this. It's a win-win situation for both the original developers and Linux/FOSS fans.
To compile game I need to use distrobox and debian 10 image because software and libraries used to compile are little old and those versions are not available as packages in debian12.
how to compile:
distrobox-create --name debian10 --image debian:10
distrobox enter debian10
mkdir $HOME/haxe
sudo apt update
sudo apt install haxe neko build-essential gcc-multilib g++-multilib git
haxelib setup
--- you will see promt and enter your absolute path of $HOME/haxe
cd $HOME
git clone https://github.com/analgesicproductions/Even-The-Ocean-Open-Source.git
cd Even-The-Ocean-Open-Source/
cp Open\ Source\ Assets/installHaxeLibraries.bat Open\ Source\ Assets/installHaxeLibraries.sh
cd Open\ Source\ Assets/
sh installHaxeLibraries.sh
cd ../
cp -r txt/flixel/. $HOME/haxe/flixel/4,0,0
cp -r txt/addons/. $HOME/haxe/flixel-addons/2,0,0/flixel/addons/tile
cd $HOME/haxe/hxcpp/3,4,188/tools/hxcpp/
haxe compile.hxml
cd ../build/
haxe compile.hxml
cd ../../project/
neko build.n
cd $HOME/Even-The-Ocean-Open-Source/
haxelib run lime build "Project.xml" linux -release -Dfdb
---exit distrobox
exitto run the game
cd $HOME/Even-The-Ocean-Open-Source/export/linux64/cpp/bin/
./EventheOceanregards,
Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: Talon1024I think you're misunderstanding. I was agreeing with what BloodScourge pointed out. Releasing the code is the normal way, not giving the entire assets - so devs have no real problem continuing to sell the game.Quoting: Liam DaweQuoting: BloodScourgeHmmm... Not too fond of this license. Open the code under a FOSS license, keep the assets close/proprietary, if you don't want someone to resell the game as is. Best of both world...Yeah, that's the normal way, not really sure why they do it like this.
So that the developers can keep making money from the game, whilst having the source code available to anyone who wants to tinker with it, port it to Linux, or whatever.
I whole-heartedly approve of that kind of business model, and I believe more game developers should do this. It's a win-win situation for both the original developers and Linux/FOSS fans.
The business model I "wholeheartedly agreed with" was the one where the developers release all the code and none of the assets, so that people would still have to buy the game to play it, even if they have access to the source code.
However, the developers may need to release some of the assets so that other developers or contributors can properly play around with them in the engine's editor. But seeing as how Haxe/OpenFL doesn't have an editor (at least AFAIK), it is indeed weird that they would release all the assets free of charge under a proprietary license.
My best guess at this point is that the developer wants to confine their assets to this game, and they don't want the assets being used in other games or things.
Last edited by Talon1024 on 26 September 2023 at 9:33 am UTC
Quoting: Talon1024The business model I "wholeheartedly agreed with" was the one where the developers release all the code and none of the assets, so that people would still have to buy the game to play it, even if they have access to the source code.Right...so you're just agreeing with what both of us said 😅
hardpenguin Sep 26, 2023
Quoting: dyatlovI was able to compile and run on my debian 12 machine. (...)Amazing! Great job!
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