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2-D MMOG Glitch Released Completely Into the Public Domain
c0d3g33k writes "Glitch, a collaborative, web-based, massively multiplayer game developed by Tiny Speck, Inc. (tinyspeck.com) has been released under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal License. I'm not at all familiar with this game, but it is rare that both source code and all game assets are released into the public domain, which makes this announcement noteworthy. An excerpt from the announcement: 'The entire library of art assets from the game has been made freely available, dedicated to the public domain. Code from the game client is included to help developers work with the assets. All of it can be downloaded and used by anyone, for any purpose. (But: use it for good.)'"
I want to share with you a few of the tentative conclusions I've reached regarding Mayor Rob Ford's imprecations. And I stress the word "tentative," because the subject of what motivates Ford is tricky and complex. In the text that follows, I won't bother discussing the flaws in Ford's logic because he unequivocally doesn't use any logic. And, more important, he has for a long time been arguing that we ought to worship heinous twaddlers as folk heroes. Had he instead been arguing that I cannot think of any satisfactory rationale he could put forward that would justify his decision to respond to this letter with hyperbolic and uncorroborated accusations and assaults on free speech, I might cede him his point. As it stands, the leap of faith required to bridge the logical gap in Ford's arguments is simply too terrifying for me to contemplate. What I do often contemplate, however, is how he refers to a variety of things using the word "ultracentrifugation". Translating this bit of jargon into English isn't easy. Basically, Ford is saying that he is the most recent incarnation of the Buddha, which we all know is patently absurd. At any rate, there's a lot of daylight between his views and mine. Ford believes that mediocrity and normalcy are ideal virtues while I suspect that his stubborn fulminations are intended to rot out the minds of all freedom-loving, free-thinking people. Once that's accomplished, Ford can replace such people with compliant, Ford-controlled, and, above all, obedient robots who would never think to search for solutions that are more creative and constructive than the typically lusk ones championed by the worst classes of gloomy, malignant prigs I've ever seen. These automata will lure the dodgy into Ford's coalition of slovenly sophisters and pigheaded palterers as soon as our backs are turned.
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The art assets might be useful at least for prototyping other games.
But, well, I'm gonna use the source and assets for evil. Ya know? 'cause, public domain means not having to say you're sorry.
Seriously though, this is awesome. I've never heard of the game, but the more art and source that's freed the better. Now if some community could pick this up and run with it, turn it into a decent game, I'll play it.
HELP MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED BY AN ILLIBERAL ART STUDENT SET TO DESTROY THE INTERWEBZ!
and ... copied.
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* Barney The Dinosaur edition.
* Pornographic edition(s).
* Fangirl of [insert fandom] edition.
* Dr Who edition (a better crafted version of the above).
Laughter is the Spackle of the Soul.
anyone got a server up yet?
Add stunlock and a hero class and then sell it to Blizzard
They'll love you long time.
I wondered why that was there!
"Completely" released? Shame that the crucial server code is missing...
https://github.com/tinyspeck/glitch-GameServerJS
You're welcome.
If I have been able to see further than others, it is because I bought a pair of binoculars.
They only source for the "client".
If we had the server source we could have this game up and running in no time.
You can't take the sky from me
OGA is looking for people to help convert these assets into a more popular format and upload to OGA. Check it out here: http://opengameart.org/
I am personally interested in this, because I am currently working on a browser-based MMO as well and I also intend to release all the code and assets to the public.
There are some differences, though; my plan is to create a core consisting in DB, rules, lore, mechanics, etc., all backed by a very very basic and simplistic interface, accompanied by a powerful API which would enable people to create their own UI, animations, etc. A foundation on which you can build whichever house you want.
It will feature a massive (read MASSIVE*) galaxy with gameplay centered on exploration, cooperation and development towards common goals.
*Some numbers for the interested parties:
- cca 2M stars ...and so on, and so forth. :)
- cca 4M planets
- cca 500K asteroid belts
- millions of other celestials (moons, comets, mini black holes, etc)
- tens of different star types
- hundreds of different planet types
- over forty race customization points with 8 to 12 degrees of customization for each
- hundreds of skills (YMMV based on race customizations)
- tens of ship hulls, each with its own base attributes
- 30 to 50 points of modification for each ship hull (not decided on this yet)
- tens of basic buildings (which you can interconnect and modify accordingly)
- hundreds of craftable space objects (from tiny yet deadly proximity mines to self-replicating "living" AI driven objects to solar-system-wide star energy capturers)
But I bored you enough
...gis sdrawkcab (usually not responding to ACs; don't bother posting as AC)
Game left a big "?" as to why one would wish to play it.
You could spend money for the game, but it was a free to play quirky side scrolling MMO which didn't have much in the way of PvP (none at all) and was mostly crafting. It was always a work in progress, they were always adding new assets and mini games. But it was always going to be a niche game.
I did eventually drift away, and I suppose most others did too, because they eventually folded.
The cool thing was, they notified subscribers (like me) that they were offering the money back if we wanted. I told them to keep the money, I had enjoyed it while I played.
Now releasing source code and assets. That is even cooler.
More music, fewer hits
I'm making a Zelda style 2d MMORPG called "Throne and Crown". Many of the art pieces I will be able to use in my game eventually. I sort of wish Congress would say there's a 10 year copyright law. That way, after 10 years, we could use the art assets, and 3d models of other games. Also it'd be pretty radical for the Internet to be a giant library. It'd be an awesome boost to education.
God spoke to me
He can't stand it when the freedom of intellectual property gets abridged by its release into the public domain.
(Note to Slashdotters: irony intended.)
Maybe I will be able to download it in about 3 months
sim so dep | sim nam sinh
Anybody know how to strip the art assets out of a .fla file? It seems Google offers a service called Swiffy to turn the .swf into HTML5 elements.
Help stamp out iliturcy.
Great to see the occasional selfless act once in a while.
...since the game is no longer around, it doesn't do much...
Here you go https://libregamewiki.org/