Open Realm of Stars is Open source 4X strategy game in stars. It is developed with Java language and it is should run almost every where Swing and Java 7 are available.
Open Realm of Stars can be compiled with Maven.
Install maven and then run command:
mvn install
Runnable Jar file can then located from target directory.
Git project also contains Eclipse project which should automatically compile it. All java files under src folder needs to be compiled.
Game can be run from Jar file or running compiled class. Main method is in src/org.openRealmOfStars.game.Game class. Currently this is the only main class in project.
If you wish to contribute the project you should first try it out. See a bit how game mechanics works. Easiest way to contribute is simple play the game and if you find a bug just make a bug to Project's GitHub page. Before posting new bug check that there are no duplicates.
If you want to add new code fork the project make the change. Run JUnits and
checkstyle before committing. These can be run with mvn verify. After this make
pull request back to me.
- Pull request should contain single logical change.
- Coding styling change should be on separate pull requests.
- Commit messages should be descriptive.
- Pull request should not contain merge commits from other branches.
- Contributors retain their original copyrights. All code contributions must be under GPL2.0.
I'll try to looking these as fast as I can. When added new assets see paragram one below more instructions.
Graphics should be licensed with CC-BY-SA and Sounds/Music with CC-BY. Also CC-BY-SA for music and sounds is okay, but the credits page must be then changed. Fonts needs to be licensed with SIL Open Font License.