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Boardgame.io: an engine for creating turn-based games using JavaScript

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333 points freetonik | 6 comments | 18 Dec 24 10:50 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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nicolodavis ◴[20 Dec 24 13:45 UTC] No.42471003[source]▶
Original creator of boardgame.io here. A pleasant surprise to see this here after many years.

More recently, I've been working on https://boardgamelab.app/, which uses a visual programming language to model game rules while also taking care of the UI layer.

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1. thih9 ◴[20 Dec 24 14:35 UTC] No.42471392[source]▶
The boardgamelab.app looks like a stealth, proprietary project; at least at the moment its T&C[1] says: "under this license you may not (...) use the materials for any commercial purpose, or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial)".

Do you have any plans for the business model?

[1]: https://boardgamelab.app/terms-and-conditions

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2. fourside ◴[20 Dec 24 15:50 UTC] No.42472109[source]▶
What do you mean by stealth? I looked at the website and nothing about it makes it look like it would necessarily be free or open source.
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3. jzig ◴[20 Dec 24 15:58 UTC] No.42472187[source]▶
Still needs clearer language IMO.
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4. thih9 ◴[20 Dec 24 16:28 UTC] No.42472458[source]▶
> What do you mean by stealth?

I meant stealth as in: “or for any public display (commercial or non-commercial)”, see grandparent comment. I edited the grandparent comment now and added a comma between “stealth” and “proprietary”, hope this is clearer.

5. eklavya ◴[21 Dec 24 15:14 UTC] No.42480126{3}[source]▶
I just checked and it says MIT licensed. What am I missing?
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6. nicolodavis ◴[21 Dec 24 17:40 UTC] No.42481003{4}[source]▶
I think you might be conflating boardgame.io and boardgamelab.app.

boardgame.io - MIT licensed open-source JS library.

boardgamelab.app - Proprietary platform for designing and playtesting board games.