The main oolite repository is [1] and the repository for the launcher is [2]. Everything, including art assets and configuration files, is under the GNU GPL 2-or-later [3]. You can alternatively use the art assets and config files under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License version 3.0, a proprietary license.<p>[1] <a href="https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite">https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite</a><p>[2] <a href="https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter">https://github.com/HiranChaudhuri/OoliteStarter</a><p>[3] <a href="https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite/blob/master/Doc/LICENSE.TXT">https://github.com/OoliteProject/oolite/blob/master/Doc/LICE...</a>
Webpage design and visuals remind me immediately of Parsec game from late 90's → <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210629164711/http://www.openparsec.com/" rel="nofollow">https://web.archive.org/web/20210629164711/http://www.openpa...</a>
Interesting, but I could only find the information I was looking for on the wikipedia page for the game: it's a single-person game, not a multi-player game (like Elite Dangerous).<p>Btw, an Oolite is a kind of sediment composed of egg-like stones:<p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolite" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oolite</a><p>Like a coprolite, but with eggs instead of ... ugh... you know.
Is this an offshoot of Ogame [0]?<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGame" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OGame</a>
Reposting an old comment[1] which may be of interest to Oolite players:<p>> Elite: "The game that couldn't be written"<p>> An hour long video essay about the classic game Elite, the BBC Micro, and how Elite was able to deliver an open-world 3D experience in the 1980s. The creator is "Alexander the ok."<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC4YLMLar5I</a><p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38479182">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38479182</a>