Show HN: I open-sourced my Steam game, 100% written in Lua, engine is also open (opens in new tab)

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65 pointsdelduca19d ago23 comments

Homebrew engine https://github.com/willtobyte/carimbo

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It isn't open source, it's source available. You have not licensed your source code, it is thus under copyright.

Please read the open source definition; https://opensource.org/osd.

There are other phrases that are usable, such as source first (in the case of FUTO licenses) or source available (when source is under copyright but is provided).

The engine, being actually MIT, is however open source.

katdork18d ago

Thank you for licensing your project. I appreciate your commitment to open source. More developers and people should be like you.

sourcegrift19d ago

"open source" is not a trademark. Technically he can say whatever.

pinkmuffinere19d ago

I don’t think Katdork is claiming the phrase “open source” is protected. He’s just saying it’s inaccurate in this case. Like claiming a fish has arms — the statement is legal, it’s just wrong.

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rustyhancock18d ago

Looks like MIT license has been added to the game now too.

Unfortunately no README.md

bradym19d ago

There's nothing in that repo showing what the game actually is? And url the repo is pointing at (https://reprobate.site/) is asking for login credentials.

delducaOP19d ago

You are right. I have added a comment.

justinclift19d ago

Is the comment in the README.md, or ? :)

Kinrany19d ago

No license too.

delducaOP19d ago

Steam url https://store.steampowered.com/app/3582880/Reprobate/

romperstomper19d ago

Thanks for sharing! Good old README.md in the repo would not hurt :)

remipch19d ago

There is "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt".

The first game here is to understand what the code does without a high-level README.

romperstomper18d ago

I was thinking the "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt" is rather special than a proper README :)

remipch19d ago

Thank you for sharing, I'm just starting to dig into Lua language and Love2D game engine.

I will explore your game source too.

bl4kers18d ago

If the source is available but no one knows how to run it or how it works, that kind of defeats the purpose

delducaOP16d ago

You need to buy to run it :)

bronlund18d ago

If it’s done in Lua, it is usually trivial to open the source code from the game on Steam.

delducaOP18d ago

Mind to explain?

bronlund17d ago

Take Balatro for instance, made in Lua using Löve2D. If you bought it on Steam and installed it, you can more or less just unzip it to see the source.

https://gamefromscratch.com/balatro-made-with-love-love2d-th...

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delducaOP18d ago

Now it have a LICESE file, I am working on a README.md.

thisisidiotic18d ago

this looks like fun

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katdork19d ago

It isn't open source, it's source available. You have not licensed your source code, it is thus under copyright.

Please read the open source definition; https://opensource.org/osd.

There are other phrases that are usable, such as source first (in the case of FUTO licenses) or source available (when source is under copyright but is provided).

The engine, being actually MIT, is however open source.

katdork18d ago

Thank you for licensing your project. I appreciate your commitment to open source. More developers and people should be like you.

sourcegrift19d ago

"open source" is not a trademark. Technically he can say whatever.

pinkmuffinere19d ago

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rustyhancock18d ago

Looks like MIT license has been added to the game now too.

Unfortunately no README.md

bradym19d ago

There's nothing in that repo showing what the game actually is? And url the repo is pointing at (https://reprobate.site/) is asking for login credentials.

delducaOP19d ago

You are right. I have added a comment.

justinclift19d ago

Is the comment in the README.md, or ? :)

Kinrany19d ago

No license too.

delducaOP19d ago

Steam url https://store.steampowered.com/app/3582880/Reprobate/

romperstomper19d ago

Thanks for sharing! Good old README.md in the repo would not hurt :)

remipch19d ago

There is "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt".

The first game here is to understand what the code does without a high-level README.

romperstomper18d ago

I was thinking the "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt" is rather special than a proper README :)

remipch19d ago

Thank you for sharing, I'm just starting to dig into Lua language and Love2D game engine.

I will explore your game source too.

bl4kers18d ago

If the source is available but no one knows how to run it or how it works, that kind of defeats the purpose

delducaOP16d ago

You need to buy to run it :)

bronlund18d ago

If it’s done in Lua, it is usually trivial to open the source code from the game on Steam.

delducaOP18d ago

Mind to explain?

bronlund17d ago

Take Balatro for instance, made in Lua using Löve2D. If you bought it on Steam and installed it, you can more or less just unzip it to see the source.

https://gamefromscratch.com/balatro-made-with-love-love2d-th...

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delducaOP18d ago

Now it have a LICESE file, I am working on a README.md.

thisisidiotic18d ago

this looks like fun

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