Home - MarcelineVQ/endless-sky GitHub Wiki

This wiki is a copy from https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky made to hold extra things I found useful or am using to make fixes for the game.

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Welcome to the Endless Sky wiki! Whether you're just looking for more information on how to play the game, or whether you're hoping to help to modify and expand the game's universe by contributing your own stories and artwork, the links below should help you get started.

Useful Info for Players

• [Tips, Tricks, and Obscure UI Features] (https://github.com/MarcelineVQ/endless-sky/wiki/Tips,-Tricks,-and-UI-Features)

Info For Contributors

• Current Bugs
• Proposed Enhancements
• Suggested Changes to Mechanics
• Content, Questions, and Internals

Fork Specific

• [New Game Modes] (https://github.com/MarcelineVQ/endless-sky/wiki/Permadeath-and-Hardcore)
• [Sanitize Branch] (https://github.com/MarcelineVQ/endless-sky/tree/sanitize) Reporting for common sneaky code issues. Requires clang,
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Playing Endless Sky

• Player's manual
• Discussion forum
• Reporting bugs and requesting new features

Story

• Timeline of human space exploration
• Regions of human space
• Major organizations and factions

Creating ships, missions, artwork, etc.

• Help wanted
• Development Roadmap
• Creating plugins
• Creating missions
• Writing conversations
• Creating new ships
• Creating outfits and weapons
• Creating planet sprites
• Art and storytelling style

Compiling or modifying the source code

• Build instructions
• Contributing to the code
• C++ style guide

Descriptions of game engine technology

• Tricks for creating special blending modes
• Using frame tweening for smooth animations
• Motion blur rendering using OpenGL shaders
• Polygonal collision detection algorithms
• Creating an "infinite" asteroid field