Penumbra Overture to be open source

[Thomas]

in practical terms, what does this means exactly?

The source code will be release under GPL meaning that anyone can meddle with code for engine or game, but must also make their alterations available as GPL. The source code is what makes up the exe of the game, so it is not art assets or stuff like that.

It means that there is a possibility of mods or people just using the engine for what ever evil plans they might have I would very much like see someone use the code and create something cool! It is several years of work put into it and it even contains the code used in our platformer Energetic. So it can be used to create a platform game if one desires (at least almost, as things changed a bit since energetic).

Finally, it means that people get an insight into how we have gone about making the game. The code should contain some silly comments by me, that might be worth some poking around. I know I have wondered what the hell I was doing when stumbling upon some older piece of code.

That should sum things up!