Game Assets - C7-Game/Prototype GitHub Wiki

This page should track game assets that are present or needed.

For now OpenCiv3 prefers to load any necessary game assets (art, sound, text, etc) from a local Civ3 installation on demand, if the game can be found. The goal is for OpenCiv3 to provide a complete standalone game using freely redistributable assets, meaning that we need replacements for all files loaded from (and ultimately, used in) Civ3. These may be preexisting, placeholder, or purpose-made assets, and do not necessarily need to be a 1:1 match of files or elements, for example if we use a 32-bit image instead of a separate alpha mask. As of Dutch Preview 1, Standalone Mode provides such essential assets, but the majority are rudimentary placeholders.

Assets are managed in the Assets repository which is a submodule to this one. See #563 for some discussion of our asset policies.

As we develop our own permanent assets (as opposed to barebones placeholders) particularly for the UI, we should think about a consistent theme and design language. So far the preference has been for an ancient look akin to the original game.