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Title: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: OmerMor on July 07, 2016, 02:24:31 AM

https://themade.org/posts/1701 (https://themade.org/posts/1701)

Lucas Art's Habitat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game)) was a very early attempt at online community/rpg, a bit like Sierra's ImagiNation Network (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ImagiNation_Network&oldid=677894116).

Now, the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has managed to collect the source code for Habitat and released it on GitHub (https://github.com/Museum-of-Art-and-Digital-Entertainment/habitat). Hopefully they'll be able to make the server operational again and we'll be able to enjoy this piece of computer history.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmtXnuJUkAAqYT8.jpg)

Title: Re: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: CTxCB on July 07, 2016, 08:11:36 AM

Quote from: OmerMor on July 07, 2016, 02:24:31 AM

https://themade.org/posts/1701 (https://themade.org/posts/1701)

Lucas Art's Habitat (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat_(video_game)) was a very early attempt at online community/rpg, a bit like Sierra's ImagiNation Network (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ImagiNation_Network&oldid=677894116).

Now, the Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment has managed to collect the source code for Habitat and released it on GitHub (https://github.com/Museum-of-Art-and-Digital-Entertainment/habitat). Hopefully they'll be able to make the server operational again and we'll be able to enjoy this piece of computer history.

(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CmtXnuJUkAAqYT8.jpg)

Oh my, I never knew this was a thing, did LucasArts ever try to make anything else similar, closer to INN through it's (INN's) run?

Title: Re: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: troflip on July 07, 2016, 10:44:51 AM

I never tried this, but I remember reading about it in magazines...

Title: Re: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: MusicallyInspired on July 07, 2016, 11:13:28 AM

Never even heard about this. Cool.

Title: Re: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: OmerMor on July 07, 2016, 12:53:30 PM

Quote from: MusicallyInspired on July 07, 2016, 11:13:28 AM

Never even heard about this. Cool.

Actually you did: http://sciprogramming.com/community/index.php?topic=1547.msg8261#msg8261 (http://sciprogramming.com/community/index.php?topic=1547.msg8261#msg8261)
 ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Habitat is now Open Source!
Post by: MusicallyInspired on July 07, 2016, 05:30:17 PM

LOL my reaction was near identical!