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0x0 , 11 months ago to linux_gaming in Rewriting wipEout

Interesting read. I prefer C over any other language for game development. It’s cool to see people work with it and realize it’s still viable.

woelkchen , 11 months ago to linux_gaming in Rewriting wipEout

When it’s a complete rewrite anyway, just don’t admit to use an illegal source code leak. I don’t get why anybody would do that so openly. Just lie about it and claim it’s a clean room implementation. That way if anyone ever were to prosecute this, they would first have to provide evidence that it’s not clean room…

Shatur , 11 months ago

I wish we could live in a world where we could improve things freely…

woelkchen , 11 months ago

I wish we could live in a world where we could improve things freely…

Same here but sadly we don’t and overly ambitious Sony lawyers could get the guy in serious trouble. That’s why confessing to working on illegally leaked code is such a dumb idea.

SpikesOtherDog , 11 months ago

This would be a gray area where technically they shouldn’t have it but no harm no fowl if they don’t share it.

jayandp , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

WTF, it runs in my phone’s web browser. That’s kinda insane.

SecretSauce , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

I love stuff like this so much! Just some absolute gem of a person out there deciding to rebuild a classic from the jumbled mess of code available

In a better world Sony would slide them some money and buy it as a remaster But I know things aren’t that simple

Narann , 1 year ago

Sony will send him a cease and desist.

monstoor , 1 year ago

Good thing I snagged the code then!

rah , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

The legality of re-distributing the leaked source is questionable at best.

LOL no shit. I’ll steer well clear of that one I think.

sugar_in_your_tea , 1 year ago

Ideally IP laws would be such that this would be considered public domain by now. The game came out in 1995, so it’s almost 30 years old and Sony isn’t selling it anymore. Surely that was a long enough legal protection.

Quazatron , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

Plays great on Firefox too.

Great work with a very good explanation of the process.

Grass , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

It would be nice to see projects like this with all the leaks we have had over the years if not for the legal bullshit. Or even just a code review to see what kind of weird shit devs used to do.

yukichigai , 1 year ago

Or even just a code review to see what kind of weird shit devs used to do.

Agreed, some really amazing stuff could be lurking there. Let us not forget the glory that is the Fast Inverse Square Root.

AlmightySnoo OP , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

I just compiled the SDL2 version, it works smoothly!

https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/5ec5c6ad-467c-4037-9646-cca102c5d164.png

jimmydoreisalefty , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

Awesome!

Thanks for the link, found more peeps to follow!

Didn’t know about this either:

The latest video by @Sora_Sakurai finally shows off footage of the elusive “Dragon King: The Fighting Game!”, a super early prototype of Super Smash Bros before they settled on using Nintendo characters!

RoyalEngineering , 1 year ago to linux_gaming in Someone just rewrote Wipeout and ported it to Linux (and macOS)

Plays liquid smooth on my iPad.