Open source clone for Starcraft
- by sinekonata
Two questions about a SC:Broodwar clone. Is there one yet? How likely is legal pursuit?
Since almost all games I usually play now have an FOS alternative from alpha to way polished, I was wondering why can't I find one for SC, one of the biggest titans of the gaming community?
So my first question is, is there a game that was made with the intention to emulate SC? Is it that I didn't look well enough?
Could it really be that no one tackled what seems like a small effort compared to the creation of a game engine like Spring or games like Rigs of Rod or Minetest? And since SC is not being maintained at all shouldn't the incentive to see a bug free modable balanced version huge? What am I not getting here?
In the event that there is none, is it a legal problem? Could it be that people expect Blizzard to release sources themselves? Or that developers don't see the point in having SC mechanics without the patented lore and aesthetics? And the trickier question, if I were to make SC an open source game, a total clone of it for the purposes of maintenance, modability, etc. Would Blizzard really sue a team of developer fans that just do them a favour knowing they don't lose any money from Korea broadcasts? Or would they do it not to set precedents.
So thanks for reading all that, hope I'm not the only one to think it's weird that no one talks about it. See you.
