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Top 7 C++ Space Projects
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There are many open-source games. There are few large-scale high-polish open source games because it's difficult to build a business model around that. Unlike non-game software, games are ~exclusively consumer-facing, so you can't sell support or use them as a loss leader, and they're standalone applications that are difficult to monetize with online features or to use as the core of a closed-source commercial product.
That said, there are still lots of great projects out there (some of which have even had commercial success), for example:
- https://github.com/a327ex/SNKRX
- https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/Beyond-All-Reason
- https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky
- https://github.com/Anuken/Mindustry
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As I said, I don't mind if the answer is "we are volunteers who love this", but I do ask that formal webpages presenting a product explains it's funding model. Their github (https://github.com/CelestiaProject/Celestia) is much better at this.
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OpenSpace
This is the official GitHub repository for OpenSpace: an open source astrovisualization project. For instructions on how to build and run OpenSpace, see the Getting Started Guides on the wiki page at http://docs.openspaceproject.com.
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raceintospace
This is the GitHub home of Race Into Space, the computer version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner. It was developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay as a disk-based game in 1993 and a CD-ROM in 1994. It was open-sourced in 2005 and a number of improvements have been made over the original.
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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C++ Space discussion
C++ Space related posts
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Naev – open-source game about space exploration, trade and combat
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Pioneer – An Open Source space adventure game set in our galaxy
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Pioneer – An Open Source space adventure game set in our galaxy
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Semi realistic space games. Newtonian physics - but not necessarily full orbital dynamics
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What is the best space exploration game to play?,something like space engine and you can ride your own spaceship
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understanding that the game isn't pauseble
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can anyone find a hardcore and very realistic spacesim?
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Space projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | endless-sky | 7,003 |
| 2 | Celestia | 2,174 |
| 3 | pioneer | 1,800 |
| 4 | OpenSpace | 938 |
| 5 | raceintospace | 200 |
| 6 | ISS-Tracker | 72 |
| 7 | PWSat2OBC | 69 |
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