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Are there any examples of an "abandoned" game's fans successfully getting the game to be open-sourced? (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) by turtle@lemm.ee to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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And if so, what tactics did they use? Pester the devs? Crowdfunding to buy the rights to the game from the devs? Something else?

Edit: I'm more looking for instances of the actual original game being open-sourced through fan efforts or outright purchase, like how Blender was originally open-sourced as a result of a crowdfunding campaign. The open-source rewrites of games are awesome, but I don't have the skills to build a relatively elaborate game on my own. It's also not a popular game, more niche, really, so I'm just wondering what are the possibilities.

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[–] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

HoverRace!

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Thank you!

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

!principia@sopuli.xyz was developed as a commercial title a few years back. I believe, @ROllerozxa@sopuli.xyz contacted the devs to get it open-sourced.

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[–] MetalAirship@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OpenTTD or OpenRTC possibly could qualify here?

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Thanks! Those sound more like rewrites though?

[–] MetalAirship@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I think technically they did re-write them, but the actual gameplay, graphics, and music is identical to the original

[–] turtle@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

That's cool. That would be something to consider if the developer will absolutely not entertain the idea.

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