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Runesword 2 CRPG Gets Open Source Release

Posted by simoniker on from the free-as-in-free dept.

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing out that CrossCut Games has released the source code and a fully unlocked playable version of RuneSword 2, a "[Windows based] CRPG designed to appeal to 'pen and paper' role-players. The game comes with two full-length adventures, a number of smaller adventures, and a completely flexible construction set." There's more information over at the CrossCut Games forums for the game, where it's noted that the developers "had to remove the music files", but "all the source code (and the unlocked version of RS2)" are currently available, with "another few hundred meg of 'unused' graphics, sound and many other tid bits" that may be released in the future.

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  1. Great to see more open sourced classic games by Kiriwas · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Games like this filled my time endlessly and its great to see sources being released more often. It's like magicians giving away secrets after 50 years, it usually leads to more quality magic shows. In the same way, as novice programmers and tinkerers get to see techniques used in these games, I feel that the quality of games in general will go up. Either that or we'll just go back to playing the classics! For FREE!

  2. Before anybody gets any ideas of a Linux port... by ClassicG · · Score: 5, Informative

    I think you should know that the game was written in Visual Basic. Good luck - you'll need it. Also, the game doesn't seem to work in any flavour of wine that I've tried, including winex, so it looks those of us that have left windows behind are out of luck... Not that I'm complaining about these guys releasing the source to their game - that's only ever a good thing! But it still sucks a little that it looks like, open source or not, this is going to remain a Windows-only game.

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