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Hello EE veterans!

You might remember me as a bot maker in 2015 (I think?). C# assistance though TeamViewer was a rather common things for me to do. However, times have changed. Most of the people I've met should've reached adulthood by now - and EE is dead as it was. Time also brought experience. Not only my English writing skills but also those in C++ have improved ever since.

OpenEdits

Two years ago I remembered back to when I still played EE and thus wanted to bring it back alive. At least a little bit. I began developping an Everybody Edits lookalike and called the project "OpenEdits". Unlike many other projects out there, this is by 100% Free/Libre Software licensed under LGPL 2.1+. The long-term goal is to provide an engine to add your own blocks and functionality by Lua scripting. That's however still heavily Work In Progress, thus disabled by default.

Here's a few screenshots to get started:

The block selector:

A very simple imported EELVL:

The UI might not be the most beautiful ever, but it does its job and appropriately reflects my Keep It Stupid Simple development approach.

The past

Here are a few video of the development process: https://krock-works.nex.sh/u/openedits/

The present

This project is still far from complete. However, all basics are ready to play some minigames. If you would like to give it a go, here are the binary files. If in doubt, use https://www.malwarebytes.com/ .

Binary downloads: https://github.com/SmallJoker/OpenEdits/releases

MacOS users: Please use Wine. I do not own a Mac.

Test server: krock-works.nex.sh (or play locally by hosting on 127.0.0.1 or 0.0.0.0)

If your world is messy enough, other players will see it in the Lobby screen. This is to give players some content to play while no-one else is online. Also check out the "Imported worlds" tab (EELVL). Unfortunately, most of these worlds are yet not well playable.

The future

I follow a clear direction, which can be found here: https://github.com/SmallJoker/OpenEdits … RECTION.md

In contrast to other EE spin-offs, the following IS NOT part of the roadmap:

• 100% compatible physics with EE

• 100% block pack recreation

Please do not expect any quick development progress. My interest in this project varies over time. I sometimes need a break to free my mind and work on other stuff before coming back with new motivation and ideas. Furthermore, I plan to go by the policy of the sqlite3 developers: You may propose changes but do not expect them to be integrated.

FAQ

Where can I report bugs?

• This thread. I will check it every once in a while.

• Create a bug report on GitHub.

• Let me know on IRC: Rizon, #nimg_lobby. Channel has private logs. Often online around 19:00 UTC. Here's also a good place to ask questions, if you have any.

Is there any Reddit/Matrix/Discord/Slack for this project?

• No (various reasons). Refer to xkcd 1782.

Are there bots?

• Not yet, although the code is separated such that there are no server or GUI dependencies.

Footnotes

Similar projects that you might enjoy playing:

• https://escapade.fun/ - Lovely UI design by Zumza et al. Unfortunately Firefox did not perform well at rendering when we had the meetup.

• https://pixelwalker.net/ - Pointed out by HG. I had the chance to meet John in-game soon after. You guys even wrote bots for this game. Impressive.

And with that I wish you a nice day and if you have got a few minutes to spare, I would be very happy to hear some testimorials. Cheers!