The people at openc2e (github.com/openc2e/openc2e) are still working on cloning the engine for a game I was one of the programmers on 22 years ago. The Internet is astounding!

GitHub - openc2e/openc2e: openc2e is an open-source game engine for the games in the Creatures...

openc2e is an open-source game engine for the games in the Creatures series. - GitHub - openc2e/openc2e: openc2e is an open-source game engine for the games in the Creatures series.

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I wonder if any of us have a link to whoever owns the IP for that series, and I wonder if they might be up for donating it to that project?
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If I remember correctly, Cyberlife/Creature Labs owned all of it except for the music engine.
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Good question! I think Eem Foo (who I've been exchanging emails with the last couple of days) has already been in contact with e.g. Toby Simpson, but perhaps not Ian Saunter. I'll ask them.
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Also you might like this - yesterday I found a super early prototype of Creatures 1 in my archive, and Eem Foo has run it and extracted these images.
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Oh that world brings back memories.
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Did you see the prototype before, or is it similar enough to the final Creatures 1 game's graphics that it still evokes the memories?
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Replying to @frabcus
Remember I'm aphantasic so what I *think* I see and what I see might be different :D But for me, the lighthouse, the elevators, and the underground tunnel all kinda said "yes, that, that's Creatures"

Jul 21, 2021 ยท 7:33 AM UTC

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Replying to @dsilverstone
Yes! And that feel is what I'm asking. So interesting, as the graphics were redone before the final version - the impression of the same is in them, or perhaps simply the impression of being a Creatures game!
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I guess in my head I also expect the C1 graphics to not be as shiny as C2/C3... and so it evokes an additional layer of nostalgia. Plus I vaguely remember seeing a tank with a model in (was that photographed for the final map artwork?)
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