r/opensourcegames

Happy to volunteer some assets towards a small open source project.

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🧐👌 Unvanquished 0.56.2, quality! 🏅️

Fetch the new release, play the game, get the fun! 🤪

🚀️ https://unvanquished.net/unvanquished-0-56-2-quality/ 🚀️

An advanced marauder in Parpax.

Beyond all reason is that RTS game everyone loves.

If you don't already know, a leaked document suggests that Beyond All Reason (BAR) is taking a new commercial approach.

• BAR's leaked doc shows they are seeking to sign with publisher and go somewhat commercial.

I've been enjoying playing the game for almost a year now but the recent news that Beyond All Reason will be going commercial is concerning to me.

BAR was built over many years by hundreds of contributors under an open-source model, largely within the GPL ecosystem. My understanding is that the GPL exists specifically to protect community-built software from being taken private, closed off, or commercialized in a way that removes the community’s ability to access, modify, fork, and redistribute.

That matters because many people contributed to BAR under the assumption that it would remain fundamentally community-owned and open.

As I understand the current plan, the engine and existing multiplayer game remain open, while a new single-player campaign is developed with publisher funding and sold on Steam. The free multiplayer version would appear on Steam as a demo attached to the paid game, while the website launcher remains available as the separate free version.

That worries me because Steam is where most new players will encounter the game. If the main Steam page is for the paid campaign, and the free multiplayer is presented as a demo, then BAR’s public-facing identity may effectively become “a paid game with a free demo,” even if the full free version still exists elsewhere. The open community-built version may technically remain available, but it could become much less visible. There's a lot to say here, but I don't even want to reference the leaked document lest I be banned.

The concern is not simply that money is involved. The concern is whether the public identity of the project is changing from an open community game into a commercial product controlled by a small group.

There are also governance concerns. From what has been discussed, 5 admins would own the company behind a project built on years of volunteer work from hundreds of contributors. The organization itself acknowledges that the BAR organization is and will be a for-profit venture. There are also claims that player donations were used for legal and corporate setup costs related to that company.

I am worried that a 150-contributor paid project will be seen as commercial as the free game will be finable but not the front-face on Steam. My concern is about whether the community-built free game is being demoted in practice, while the commercial version becomes the official face of the project.

BAR has always felt like proof that volunteers could build something world-class without it needing to be owned in the traditional corporate sense. I hope the developers address these concerns directly, especially around ownership, donations, licensing, Steam presentation, and the long-term status of the free multiplayer game.

If the free game is truly still the heart of BAR, then it should not be hidden behind the paid product’s demo label. It should remain clearly visible, clearly protected, and clearly community-owned.

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We have a new feature in development for our game. Thanks to HenriDellal’s work, we have support for rev counter and speedometer. You can see it in this video:

https://youtu.be/pKjEp5lRuHk

Info on how to try this nightly build can be found in the video description

#SimRacing #Suzuka #HondaNSX

• New, higher-res graphics
• New procedural dungeon: Iron Labyrinth
• Rebalanced (and new) player powers
• Lots of fixes and improvements across the board

https://i.redd.it/9hj7u7a7740h1.gif

Hey everyone!

I’ve developed a free Minecraft mod that lets you play with your friends

With this mod, you can play together in just a few clicks, no need to set up a server. We actually experience this problem a lot while playing Minecraft, so I wanted to share it.

I put a lot of time and effort into this project, so I wanted to share it because I think it could be useful for others.

The mod is open-source. It’s currently available on CurseForge, and there’s also support for other versions on GitHub.

https://www.curseforge.com/minecraft/mc-mods/safra

https://github.com/DeveloperKubilay/Safra

I just wanted to share something that others might find useful. Sorry if this post breaks any rules

Working principle:

Applications like Omegle and WhatsApp generally communicate without a server in between. They work based on this principle.

While internet providers usually don’t allow opening TCP ports, they allow UDP traffic.

In this mod, the Minecraft server which works with TCP is transmitted over UDP and shown to the other side as if it’s TCP,

allowing you to play smoothly with your friend in a P2P way, without any server in between, unlimited and free