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ameliabogginsameliaboggins Member Posts: 287
in Fan Creations
http://www.gemrb.org/wiki/doku.php?id=start

how do the beamdog products affect this?

is the infinity engine owned by someone atmo ?

can it be used to build a game outside of the ad^D campaign worlds?

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  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    GemRB is an open-source clone of the Infinity Engine. It does not use any of the original IE code.

    Beamdog's Infinity+ Engine is built on the original IE code, heavily rewritten, modified, and extended by Beamdog.

    The GemRB engine is not owned by Beamdog, Bioware, or Hasbro. You could use it to build a game, but all the art assets (backgrounds, sprites, gui elements, sounds, etc..) from the original games ARE owned by Hasbro/Bioware/Beamdog. So, you'd have to build all the art assets from scratch if you wanted to create your own independent game.
  • ameliabogginsameliaboggins Member Posts: 287
    edited September 2016
    very useful, thanks!

    am guessing there are open source art assets out there also ?
  • smeagolheartsmeagolheart Member Posts: 7,963
    ameliaboggins said:

    very useful, thanks!

    am guessing there are open source art assets out there also ?

    Probably not enough for a whole game
  • JuliusBorisovJuliusBorisov Member, Administrator, Moderator, Developer Posts: 22,724
    ameliaboggins said:


    can it be used to build a game outside of the ad^D campaign worlds?

    Also, it is worth to mention that just as D&D and Forgotten Realms are owned by WotC, campaing worlds can be owned by other entities.
  • AstroBryGuyAstroBryGuy Member Posts: 3,437
    ameliaboggins said:

    very useful, thanks!

    am guessing there are open source art assets out there also ?

    Some, at sites like http://opengameart.org/. But not enough to replace all the Infinity Engine art assets (you'd also need to convert to IE formats).
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