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Show HN: I open-sourced my Steam game, 100% written in Lua, engine is also open

Homebrew engine https://github.com/willtobyte/carimbo

It isn't open source, it's source available. You have not licensed your source code, it is thus under copyright.

Please read the open source definition; https://opensource.org/osd.

There are other phrases that are usable, such as source first (in the case of FUTO licenses) or source available (when source is under copyright but is provided).

The engine, being actually MIT, is however open source.

8 hours agokatdork

Looks like MIT license has been added to the game now too.

Unfortunately no README.md

36 minutes agorustyhancock

"open source" is not a trademark. Technically he can say whatever.

8 hours agosourcegrift

I don’t think Katdork is claiming the phrase “open source” is protected. He’s just saying it’s inaccurate in this case. Like claiming a fish has arms — the statement is legal, it’s just wrong.

7 hours agopinkmuffinere

There's nothing in that repo showing what the game actually is? And url the repo is pointing at (https://reprobate.site/) is asking for login credentials.

15 hours agobradym

You are right. I have added a comment.

13 hours agodelduca

Is the comment in the README.md, or ? :)

5 hours agojustinclift

No license too.

11 hours agoKinrany

Thank you for sharing, I'm just starting to dig into Lua language and Love2D game engine.

I will explore your game source too.

7 hours agoremipch

Thanks for sharing! Good old README.md in the repo would not hurt :)

10 hours agoromperstomper

There is "MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE.txt".

The first game here is to understand what the code does without a high-level README.

7 hours agoremipch

Now it have a LICESE file, I am working on a README.md.