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Open 3D Engine (O3DE) is an Apache 2.0-licensed multi-platform 3D engine that enables developers and content creators to build AAA games, cinema-quality 3D worlds, and high-fidelity simulations without any fees or commercial obligations.

9 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 0 stories, 9 comments · first 2021-07-06 · latest 2025-02-18

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  1. …of the better looking open source 3D game engines that you can currently get, no strings attached: https://github.com/o3de/o3de Sadly, you need to put in a lot of work to get good results out of it (neither of its predecessors had a…
    comment by KronisLV · 2025-02-18 · in Valve releases Team Fortress 2 code
  2. …source a lot, then it stands to reason that you should similarly prefer O3DE as opposed to Unreal: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/blob/development/LICENSE.txt (no idea why they're going for both Apache 2 and MIT license, though) vs…
    comment by KronisLV · 2023-10-21 · in O3DE
  3. …became "Open 3D Engine" (yes, very inspired name) which is Apache 2 licensed: https://o3de.org/ https://github.com/o3de/o3de/ AFAIK all development in Lumberyard has ceased and moved to O3DE.
    comment by badsectoracula · 2023-07-01 · in Far Cry 1.34 source code (2006)
  4. …bought LumberYard (which I only recently learned is now actually Open Source, Apache 2.0 & MIT: https://github.com/o3de/o3de#readme )
    comment by mdaniel · 2022-03-17 · in Amazon's new role-playing game can help you build your AWS skills
  5. …it's nearly impossible to find any impactful contributor that is not an Amazon employee[0] [0] https://github.com/o3de/o3de/graphs/contributors
    comment by slimsag · 2021-12-03 · in Open 3D Foundation announces first major release of Open 3D Engine
  6. …like Blender, GIMP, the Linux Kernel, etc. It feels more like how Android is "open source". [0] https://github.com/o3de/o3de/graphs/contributors
    comment by slimsag · 2021-12-03 · in Open 3D Foundation announces first major release of Open 3D Engine
  7. …ps://aws.amazon.com/blogs/gametech/open-3d-engine/ ...but, love it or not, the source is Apache 2.0 ( https://github.com/o3de/o3de ), so there's sure to be some stuff you can grab there to use in other things.
    comment by wokwokwok · 2021-12-03 · in Open 3D Foundation announces first major release of Open 3D Engine
  8. I only recently found out about: https://o3de.org/ https://github.com/o3de/o3de Seems to be opensourced engine based on Amazon's Lumberyard engine, which itself was based on Crytek's engine (!!).
    comment by CodeGlitch · 2021-09-03 · in Game Engines on Steam: The Definitive Breakdown
  9. There is still some CryEngine related stuff left: https://github.com/o3de/o3de/tree/development/Code/Legacy But it's getting less and less every day.
    comment by fotcorn · 2021-07-06 · in Open 3D Engine