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Biggest question for me: is someone motivated enough to fork it and lead further development? Or should I create a mailing list and ask people to join there?

DarkShikari 15y ago
You might want to look at how some successful similar projects did this, such as The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2).
Groxx 15y ago
Biggest question for me: what is it? Have any screenshots / text examples? I've never heard of it, and now that this has been done, it's impossible to Google for. I'm semi-perversely interested in porting it to Javascript :) But it'd strictly be a spare-time-when-I-feel-like-it-and-am-not-on-HN kind of project.
- LaPingvino 15y ago
  You can find it on Home of The Underdog. The official site got lost some rewrites ago, but there will probably come some new site again. I could add compiled versions to the repository for reference... It's a sokoban-like game, but a lot more enjoyable. The .exe and the data files: http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pits95.zip http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pits95.zip The level editor (Source Code got lost, but Apache-license is also valid for this one. If someone can disassemble it and create some maintainable sourcecode from it, very welcome) http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pitsedit.zip http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pitsedit.zip Screenshot for reference (more googling for puzzle pits): http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.old-games.com/screenshot/3759-1-puzzle-pits.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.old-games.com/download/3759/puzzle-pits&usg=__z2HRRCWdpM6cc5JR6jPpBXn7NbE=&h=170&w=220&sz=7&hl=pt-BR&start=0&sig2=YfMF67ToeVNu2vOcjrZjkA&zoom=0&tbnid=kgEJvNXBJB5rYM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=107&ei=OCvsTenlCIm_gQe4y_zYCQ&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=188&vpy=149&dur=542&hovh=83&hovw=107&tx=80&ty=34&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1280&bih=714 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.old-games.com...
  - mofle 15y ago
    You should add some screenshots to the GitHub repository.
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learninglemur 15y ago
I might be interested in getting this to work on linux. One question is, what license are the data files under, and if you could include them in the git repository.
- LaPingvino 15y ago
  All related files are Apache-licensed, as by consent of Abe Pralle (and in case of doubt, just mail him!) I will include the data-files in the repository. This is the very first release, and it's far from perfect as it is of course.

DarkShikari 15y ago

You might want to look at how some successful similar projects did this, such as The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2).

Groxx 15y ago

Biggest question for me: what is it? Have any screenshots / text examples? I've never heard of it, and now that this has been done, it's impossible to Google for. I'm semi-perversely interested in porting it to Javascript :) But it'd strictly be a spare-time-when-I-feel-like-it-and-am-not-on-HN kind of project.

LaPingvino 15y ago
You can find it on Home of The Underdog. The official site got lost some rewrites ago, but there will probably come some new site again. I could add compiled versions to the repository for reference... It's a sokoban-like game, but a lot more enjoyable. The .exe and the data files: http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pits95.zip http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pits95.zip The level editor (Source Code got lost, but Apache-license is also valid for this one. If someone can disassemble it and create some maintainable sourcecode from it, very welcome) http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pitsedit.zip http://plasmaworks.com/files/pits/pitsedit.zip Screenshot for reference (more googling for puzzle pits): http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.old-games.com/screenshot/3759-1-puzzle-pits.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.old-games.com/download/3759/puzzle-pits&usg=__z2HRRCWdpM6cc5JR6jPpBXn7NbE=&h=170&w=220&sz=7&hl=pt-BR&start=0&sig2=YfMF67ToeVNu2vOcjrZjkA&zoom=0&tbnid=kgEJvNXBJB5rYM:&tbnh=83&tbnw=107&ei=OCvsTenlCIm_gQe4y_zYCQ&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=188&vpy=149&dur=542&hovh=83&hovw=107&tx=80&ty=34&page=1&ndsp=25&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0&biw=1280&bih=714 http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.old-games.com...
- mofle 15y ago
  You should add some screenshots to the GitHub repository.

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learninglemur 15y ago

I might be interested in getting this to work on linux. One question is, what license are the data files under, and if you could include them in the git repository.

LaPingvino 15y ago
All related files are Apache-licensed, as by consent of Abe Pralle (and in case of doubt, just mail him!) I will include the data-files in the repository. This is the very first release, and it's far from perfect as it is of course.