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| author | Michael VanOverbeek <[email protected]> | 2015-09-23 20:32:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Michael VanOverbeek <[email protected]> | 2015-09-23 20:32:26 -0400 |
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@@ -1,64 +1,3 @@ -ShiftOS -======= -ShiftOS is a game about evolving an experimental operating system called -"ShiftOS" from a completely black and white text based command line based OS -to a fully graphical operating system filled with advanced features and -beautiful colours. The level of customization will exceed the levels of real -world operating systems. +This repo is an archive repo of the original ShiftOS codebase. -### Official links -* [Official forums](http://shiftos.net) -* [YouTube channel](https://youtube.com/shiftosdevs) - -Frequently asked questions --------------------------- -### Is ShiftOS a Linear Game? -Think of ShiftOS as if it was an open world game yet the "world" is the desktop -environment of your computer. The game is non-linear meaning you can focus on -expanding and evolving ShiftOS anyway you like by earning codepoints and -spending them in the Shiftorium with a range of upgrade options. Buy more -programs, more colours, GUI upgrades and heaps more while you discover the -secret behind ShiftOS. - -### Does ShiftOS Have a Storyline? -Currently ShiftOS is just a game engine and the focus is on gameplay rather than -storyline right now but the general storyline will be as follows. ShiftOS is -more than just an operating system! It's creator know as "DevX" hijacks your -computer with the intention of using it as a remote test bed for his -experimental operating system "ShiftOS". Who or what is DevX and what is his -intentions... Discover more as you evolve and explore the digital world to -uncover the secrets behind ShiftOS. - -### Is ShiftOS Free? -ShiftOS is a free game. Currently, ShiftOS is still in it's early versions so -there is loads of missing content. As of March 7th 2015, ShiftOS is an open -source game. - -### Is ShiftOS an Indie Game? -Currently ShiftOS is an open source indie game managed by a team of people. -Anyone can contribute to ShiftOS, but your pull requests will be monitored and -tested. - -Death of the original ShiftOS source code ------------------------------------------ -The original ShiftOS has been written in Visual Basic with not so much love. -This has caused the code to be quite not intuitive to work with. Several -attempts to make ShiftOS better developable since 2014. - -### "Cleanup" -This has been the first attempt to clean the ShiftOS code, and the only attempt -based on the original code. It has been lead by -[rezedus](https://github.com/rezedus) but has fallen into silence when creating -a central class for window borders. Its code is still available in the "cleanup" -branch. - -### [shift-redux](https://github.com/ShiftOS/shift-redux) -A ShiftOS clone based on TypeScript and NW.js. At this moment the repository is -in a skeleton state. The spooky skeletons are present and ready to provide a -base for a ShiftOS clone that doesn't get as messy as the original. It's -developed by [phillips1012](https://github.com/phillips1012). - -### [shiftos-cs](https://github.com/ShiftOS/shiftos-cs) -ShiftOS rewrite in C# lead by [rezedus](https://github.com/rezedus). It aims to -be fully customizable by JSON files which would be automatically compiled to -.cs files on build before compiling the actual executable. +Although the game was open-source and released under the Apache 2 license, I use this code for other things like testing my code before actually using it in something better. So, I wouldn't trust this source code. Plus, the game's deprecated. |