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For those who don't know, SS13 is an open-source multiplayer round-based roleplaying game that has been built on the closed-source BYOND engine since 2005. Imag
by ajvs 5y ago
For those who don't know, SS13 is an open-source multiplayer round-based roleplaying game that has been built on the closed-source BYOND engine since 2005. Imagine Among Us, DarkRP (on Garry's Mod) or NoPixel (on GTA V) but with much more content for both antagonists and normal workers. Or Dwarf Fortress/RimWorld but everybody controls a different person (with usual crew count being 50-150 people).
It has a great number of forks, with more than a dozen focused on the space station gameplay loop and various others that adapt the game to themes such as marines vs xenomorphs missions, an open-world modern day city setting, ancient civilization world, etc.
Other than that if you want to find out more I'd suggest watching the two most popular game reviews about it I added in another comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29109264 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29109264
- aspaceman 5y agoIt also has a very long (and silly) dev history. I don't know it very well, but wasn't the source code stolen at some point? Then several forks that did and did not include that code? Or is that just source from the SomethingAwful fork?
- fragileone 5y agoIt was rumoured to be stolen for a long time, but the original developer of SS13 (Exadv1) said in an interview that no theft took place, and he'd voluntarily given the code to fellow programmers[1]. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP5t1b1TKQg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP5t1b1TKQg
- skeaker 5y agoThis is true, but there still has been drama with the ownership of the source code in the past. The Goon fork that has always been one of the biggest forks but is also closed source has leaked on a few separate occasions, for example.
- path411 5y agoDang the byond engine takes me back. That was an interesting concept that I'm surprised doesn't have a modern version.