Datsville is a LEGO®-inspired city started in 1999 by users of LUGNET using the LDraw suite of CAD software. The goal of this project is to relicense models using a modern, open license, as well as to actively manage old and new submissions.
Since this project is brand new, the main things that need to be done at this moment are:
- Get permission to relicense the models from the original model authors.
- Determine what (if any) organizational steps need to be taken to get models into a state where they are ready to be rendered into new scenes, animations and so forth.
Once that is completed hopefully we can develop some easy-to-use tools for people to create new scenes with.
The preferred licenses are:
- LGPL 3.0 or later for programming code (POV-Ray SDL, JavaScript, etc.)
- CC BY-SA 4.0 or later wherever possible for artistic content (LDraw models, rendered images, etc.)
There are some public domain and "beerware" models as well.
New submissions are of course always welcome! :)
- More instructions are at Basic Instructions.
- Read the Datsville Wiki.
- The current "to do" list is at To Do List.
- Some useful links are at Links.
- For a list of releases past and present see Old Releases.
- Detailed renders of the town can be found at Town Views, Model Showcases, Model Maps and Street Maps.
- A table of models and contributors can be found at Parts Lists, Model Table and Model Tree.
- An interactive isometric render of Datsville can be found at Interactive Town Map.
- The models' statuses can be tracked using the MS Excel workbook datsville_checklist.xlsx.
- Additional documentation can be found within the "docs" folder of the repository.
- Further development of Datsville has stalled somewhat due to a number of Issues.
- Visit the Datsville Flickr Feed.
Datsville RPG is a test project aimed at creating a tactical RPG set in Datsville using RPG Maker.
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