Hello,
I have started to work on osu clone. This is what I have so far:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-R-OHrXXBlkWhen it's more ready I would like to post download for it on osu
forum, I would also like to post source code of it. Is any of this
problem for you? I know you had issues with some chinese company
making ripoff of osu, so that's why I ask. Of course my goals are not
to make osu ripoff, but rather to create useful tool for osu
community.
I have showed this video to few people on osu chat and I must say some
of them were extremely unfriendly. Some mentioned stealing graphics
and copyright issues, I don't see any copyright issues in making
clones and about graphics, those are of course for testing purpose as
placeholder (probably I will ask somebody to let me put thier skin
with my game or ask a friend to make something something totally new
for me). So in case you have nothing against such project I hope you
can somehow defend me if some people will attack me.
Also if you want to try it, here is download link for current build:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/n1a8u6iv3ejcfl6/Debug.zip--
Regards,
Wojtek
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Hi,
* If you use my graphics assets please credit them appropriately and prominently. These are copyrighted by me and it is best to at very least ask permission before using such content.
* Personally I'd question motivation for doing something like this, so maybe clarify what you are trying to create. If it is just for proof-of-concept or learning, then this is understandable, but otherwise I feel your time could possibly be better spent working towards a common goal. I'm interested to hear what you want to achieve though
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Until the above two are resolved, I'd refrain from posting in the forum. After we have figured this out, then I do not see a problem, as long as there is some kind of reason for doing so. Of course, if you are trying to make a full osu! knock-off and build a player-base, I would be against this on the grounds that I don't allow any advertising in the osu! forums/site/game.
Regards,
Dean
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Currently I am not planning to use any osu assets in version of game
that will be released to public (however as I said I am using them for
testing things before i get proper graphics, etc, so that's why you
see them). If i will change my mind and will like to use anything from
you then, of course I will only do that only with proper permission
and credit, so don't worry about that.
As for my goals, I started this just because I was curious about how
game works and how it can be made. To be honest I was not sure how far
it will go. I expected I will get bored quickly, before doing anything
usable. But now I see something can be completed, so I started to
think about what goals for such project could be. Well, I would like
have some features that not belong to osu (because they are either too
crazy or just it's not how you want osu to be played). This include
mostly things that help you practice the map ,for example some my
ideas are:
-option to display timeline view somewhere while playing (somethings
similar to what what can be seen in osu editor or taiko mode)
-allow to skip breaks in middle of song
-simulating multiplayer versus your previous runs (so you can see in
middle of song if you are doing better or worse than your previous
runs)
-option to quickly disable/enable beatmap skins and backgrounds
-option to show hitbursts in fixed location (in corner) instead of
over the playfield
-show some addition stats after a game
-option to easy override difficulty parameters to whatver you want
-ability to play with custom speed (for example x1.1 or x1.2)
Well, i have many other ideas, but that's probably things i would like
to implement first. Again I don't know how far i will go before
getting bored or something else, so that's only things on top of my
head. But if I will keep going eventually it will become very
customizable and versatile practice tool.
Well I understand you don't welcome advertising, but I think of this
thing I am making as something that supplements osu not attempt to
replace it, so I feel it belong better inside osu community and not
outside it. Well this is why I contact you in first place.
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Personally I don't see any of these ideas "supplementing" osu! as you put it, but that is likely a matter of personal opinion. I won't stop you from making a thread in the osu! forums. When you do this, please make it in the general development forum. Also, I'd highly recommending open-sourcing so others can learn and help you, if that is one of your goals.
Dean
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Yes, like i mentioned in first email I would like it to be open source
so people can customize it beyond options I will provide and can
experiment with their own ideas. I was only afraid it could be issue
for you, because I intent to make gameplay itself very faithful to
original, so people will be able to use my source to get learn how
things work in osu or at least very good approximation of it. But of
course on other hand everything i can discover about osu behaviour,
others can discover too, but still it creates kind of shortcut.
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This is fine by me. It's not really a secret and never was intended to be. I welcome progress in whatever direction it takes.
Dean