nuu

NUU is to be an open-source (massive) multiplayer game of space trade and combat: demo. That means it's free :P

It's not finished yet, not secure, okay for LAN and probably will stay that way for a long time ;) Still somewhat playable and I do my best to not break master :D 100% pure JavaScript in its current incarnation, runs a NodeJS backend and targets Chrom(e|ium) as the frontend.

It's excellent open-source cousin naev currently lends NUU it's assets. It's a very nice singleplayer game packed with ages of fun and it is still being extended and improved. Like naev, NUU is heavily inspired by Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity. Still worth it's money. And just so it happens - naev uses assets which in turn are partly attributable to the Vega Strike project. So everyone's related :> A strong pointer to Spacewar! should also be cast, explaining the continuous efforts to enable gravity in a playable way :) (at least we have funky orbits now :>)

A tip of the hat should also be extended to Endless Sky another excellent EV-esque open-source project.

Screenshots

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Intro

The 22nd - mankind at it's best. Despite numerous warnings and attempts to prevent it - dating back into the early 21st - Earth has been overrun by the drones it's own creation. But you know... we had used it all up and left a stinking pile garbage there - which covered most of the surface. So we weren't going to use it that much anymore...

But now Her Majesty the Kernel has conquered Luna and is scheming to take the last human strongholds: Mars and the colonies of the Jupiter-system!!! For the past few months we've been struggling to keep the human race afloat and breathing...

Features

• Multiplayer Ships
  • Dock with another ship
    • Let other players dock
    • EVA using your EXS-01 Exosuit
  • Take the helm
  • Man a turret
  • Sit in a fighter ready to be launched into mayhem
  • Engine burns and jumps consume fuel, regeneration
• Weapons
  • Missiles dumb and seeker
  • Beams short-range but deadly
  • Projectiles plasma, blasters or real-metal
  • Fighter Bays AI escorts or real players
• Loot applies for all inhabitants of a vehicle
  • Cargo Boxes: Items (upgrade blueprints, one level per collect)
  • Asteroids: Resources (crafting/building/trading)
  • Ships: collect debris of each ship type to reverse-engineer their blueprints
• Trader AI's for Loot
• Drones in seek-and-destroy mode

Building

sudo npm -g install coffeescript
npm install
coffee tools/build.coffee deps

Running the server

coffee tools/build.coffee run

To debug the server (with the nodejs debugger) just replace run with debug.

To play

Direct you browser to the following url, once the game is loaded you will be prompted to login.

http://localhost:9999/

• Right now we only support Chrome/Chromium (Firefox works sometimes ;)
• Enable WebGL for the best gfx-experience (chrome://flags)
• The first login registers your user (blank password works)
• Press 'h' for help ;)

Mouse

• Toggle mouse-turn (on by default) using the Z button (on QWERTY)

Left Button
none	Accelerate
ctrl	Retro
shift	Boost
alt	Match target speed

Middle Button
none	Target closest
ctrl	Target closest enemy
shift	Target next class
alt	Toggle scanner

Right Button
none	Trigger primary
ctrl	Trigger secondary
shift	Weapon next primary
alt	Weapon next secondary

Keyboard

These are the default keybindings as found on as US/QWERTY-keyboard. You can change them in the Help-dialog.

Key	Function
shift-ArrowUp	Boost
shift-Z	Autopilot
C	Capture closest
shift-C	Capture target
ArrowDown	Decelerate
J	Jump to target
Q	Land / Dock / Enter Orbit
shift-Tab	Launch / Undock
shift-Q	Leave vehicle
M	Next mount
Digit1	Next weapon (primary)
Digit2	Next weapon (secondary)
L	Open Settings dialog
shift-Digit1	Previous weapon (primary)
shift-Digit2	Previous weapon (secondary)
Space	Primary trigger
X	Secondary trigger
shift-Enter	Show / hide console
shift-Slash	Show about / license
O	Show main menu
H	Show help
R	Target closest asteroid
E	Target closest enemy
U	Target closest target
D	Target next
W	Target next class
shift-W	Target nothing
A	Target prev
S	Target prev class
Tab	Toggle Land / Dock / Orbit
Z	Toggle mouseturning
Enter	Toggle Scanner
alt-Enter	Toggle Scanner FS
ArrowLeft	Turn left
ArrowRight	Turn right
Equal	Zoom scanner in
Minus	Zoom scanner out
shift-Backquote	Debug
B	Debug: Station-Menu

Copyrights

• c) 1999-2002 Sebastian Glaser anx@ulzq.de (as EVArena)
• c) 2002-2003 Sebastian Glaser anx@ulzq.de (as Uprising)
• c) 2003-2004 Sebastian Glaser anx@ulzq.de (as U)
• c) 2006 Sebastian Glaser anx@ulzq.de (as Uu)
• c) 2007-2022 Sebastian Glaser anx@ulzq.de
• c) 2007-2022 flyc0r

The nuu project intends to use all the asset files according to their respective licenses.

nuu currently uses the graphics and sound assets of the excellent naev project, which in turn are partly attributable to the Vega Strike project.

All assets are downloaded from their source repo to the contrib folder during the build process and LICENSE information is copied to the build directory, as well as being made available in the client's about-screen and the server-splash.

Licensed under GNU GPLv3

nuu is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later version.

nuu is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html

Clarifications regarding commercial use

Besides the fact that NUU is not production-quality code and is not recommended for commercial use at the time being, you are - within the boundaries of the GNU GPLv3 - explicitly allowed to run and modify NUU for commercial purposes. This does not include any assets like images or sounds, which have their own respective licenses. Keep in mind to share patches to the source-code, uphold the license, and respect the attribution rights of the original authors of code and assets.

TLDR: This game is mostly an engine, any derivate engine must be GPLv3 or higher. Simple as pie.