Gloome project lead 'marrub' is already working on one, named Nocturne in Yellow, as you can see in the project's ZDoom forum thread. Well, if you're lucky, we'll have standalone games coming based on that dear engine. "But what does this mean for me?" you may ask. If somebody wanted to make a full-fledged indie first-person-shooter, they can use this engine to create a slew of new maps, new enemies, new levels, new items, new weapons, and more, and then throw it up on Steam without worrying about Doom copyrights." exe" or "load up multiple files" or "DON'T PUT IT IN YOUR SKINS FOLDER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD". exe, and play it without needing any know-how or "drag this. "Someone completely unfamiliar with Doom, the Doom modding scene, or anything at all can just download a game, fire up the. It should also make things far simpler to play. It was originally based on the 2.0.96x community build but is now based on official versions of ZDoom, occasionally using slightly newer Git code. Gloome clears up all the questions about releasing standalone games by removing, rewriting, and replaced all troublesome code. GZDoom features an OpenGL renderer and lots of new features, among them: Light effects, including dynamic lights, brightmaps, and glowing flats. Even if folks making a new game on the engine replaced every art asset and sound and whatnot, they still wouldn't be legally clear to release it.
The community-updated engine GZDoom (and its parent ZDoom) is the foundation for a lot of modern Doom development, but includes bits of licensed code from all over the place. With some of the most popular modern versions of Doom using bits of licensed code and reliant on Doom data files, folks have been uncertain whether they'd be able to release proper standalone games - which still has a big and creative modding community.Įnter Gloome, a community project to remove and replace bits that are potentially legally troublesome and enable standalone GZDoom-engine games. Of course, anyone is welcome to ask questions or.
ZDOOM VS GZDOOM SOFTWARE
Id Software may have released Doom's source code years ago (the old one, not that new one obvs), but it's not quite as free as you might expect. I've had several people ask me why I switched to PrBoom+ from ZDoom.
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