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- The Osirion Project -

+ + + + +

- The Osirion project is a game engine in the early stages of development. - It's written in C++ and uses SDL, OpenGL, OpenAL and zlib. - With this project I want to gain some insight in these technologies - and game development in general. -

- The Quake family of game engines served as an example for the general - structure of the engine, the in-game console and the filesystem hierarchy - should look familiar to many players. -

- The goal is to create an engine that uses common file formats and a game world that is easy to edit. - In other words, you should not have to be a rocket scientist to create something yourself. - World data is loaded from plain text .ini files, object models are loaded from quake2-style .map files. - Support files for GtkRadiant 1.5 are included with the game data. + Project::OSiRiON is a 3D space exploration game under development. It aims to offer + gameplay inspired by games like Privateer and Freelancer.

- Project::OSiRiON -

- Project::OSiRiON is the name of the game that uses the Osirion Project engine. - The game is located in a still unnamed region of space with gameplay inspired - by games like Freelancer and - Privateer. -

- Right now the game world is a rather large sandbox. You can fly around in - different ships and explore the solar system, but important features - like weapons, docking and collision detection are not yet implemented. + The basic components are already in place: the game supports network multiplayer, + an ingame command console, 3D models in a GtkRadiant 1.5 compatible .map format and a flat-color + renderer that should provide an acceptable framerate, even on older systems. +

+ All game world data is loaded from easy to edit text files and each server can + offer its own customized game world.

+ The main gameplay elements have not yet been implemented: players are able to purchase new ships and + visit many places across the galaxy, but important features like collision detection, + weapons and cargo are still missing. +

+ The engine is written in C++ and uses portable libraries like SDL, OpenGL, OpenAL and zlib. + Both linux and windows versions are supported but it probably compiles on most systems + supported by gcc and SDL. +

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Content -

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Player guide (under construction) -
User manual +
Player Guide +
User Manual

Attributions +

- Project contributors -

+ Project Contributors +

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Ingar=KCT=	Game design, programming, modelling, graphics, sounds +	Project head, programming, modelling, graphics, sounds, world
Odin	Modelling, graphics, world
[mDc]Thorn	Design advice, modelling, graphics +	Design advice, graphics, modelling
Supertanker	Modelling
Odin	Modelling
Josky=KCT=	Design advice

- Website -

+ Internet +

- The website for the osirion project can be found at + The website for Project::OSiRiON can be found at http://ingar.satgnu.net/osirion

- -

- IRC -

- The official Osirion IRC channel is #osirion on irc.soliter.org + The official Osirion IRC channel is #osirion on irc.soliter.org.

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Copyright -

+ +

- The Osirion Project source code is distributed under the terms and conditions of the + The source code is distributed under the terms and conditions of the GNU General Public License. -

- The Project::OSiRiON game data is distributed under the terms and conditions - of the Create Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
- However, a few files are distributed under the terms of a different license. +

+ The game data is distributed under the terms and conditions of the + Create Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 License.
+

+ A few files are distributed under the terms of a different license. Please read the list of attributions for a complete overview of authors and copyright. +

- Contact me if you want to use (portions of) this project - under a non-compatible, but otherwise free, licence. +

+
Acknowledgements -

+ +

This project could not have been possible without the work of others:

A special thanks to all =KCT= members

- -

- Trademarks -

QUAKE and ID are registered trademarks of Id Software, Inc.
LEGO is a registered trademark of the LEGO Group.

- The Osirion Project is an independent, not-for-profit project + Project::OSiRiON is an independent, not-for-profit project and is not affiliated with these companies.

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