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Title: The commercial game Halloween is now the open source project
gbudny 19 Aug 2021
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Hi

I think that some users remember that many years ago, Jadeware published the commercial game Halloween. Unfortunately, they decided to drop support the Linux version, and I couldn't buy it.
However, they decided to release the source code on GitHub, so it should be possible to compile it on Linux:

https://happypenguin.altervista.org/sheet.php?gameid=1269
http://www.jadegame.com/games/halloween/

Last edited by gbudny on 19 Aug 2021 at 11:29 am UTC
whizse 19 Aug 2021
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Cool! They made their own custom engine! Sounds like a fun project to dig into!
GustyGhost 20 Aug 2021
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Good find. It has that early 2000s aura about it.
PublicNuisance 20 Aug 2021
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They still mention a Linux version (which there isn't one now) and I can't seem to find a license for the code. Both things irk me a bit.
gbudny 21 Aug 2021
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Quoting: PublicNuisanceThey still mention a Linux version (which there isn't one now) and I can't seem to find a license for the code. Both things irk me a bit.
The original Linux version is too old to run on the modern Linux distributions. However. we have the source code for this game, and I have no idea how to compile it on Linux.

Last edited by gbudny on 21 Aug 2021 at 10:18 am UTC
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