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<center>{{Click || image=oolite-logo2.png | link= Oolite | width=120px | height=120px }}<br />Oolite is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
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<center>{{Click || image=oolite-logo2.png | link= Oolite | width=120px | height=120px }}Oolite is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.
   
 
It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.
 
It was written by [[User:Aegidian|Giles Williams]] as a response to the withdrawal of [[Elite: The New Kind]] from the internet. Although inspired by the work of [[Christian Pinder]], following [[David Braben]] and [[Ian Bell]], the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.
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Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.
 
Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.
   
The game and source-code are offered for free under a Creative Commons License.
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Oolite is offered for free under a [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons License].
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Revision as of 09:46, 16 February 2006

Oolite is a space sim game, available for Mac OS X, Linux and Windows.

It was written by Giles Williams as a response to the withdrawal of Elite: The New Kind from the internet. Although inspired by the work of Christian Pinder, following David Braben and Ian Bell, the work is an independent interpretation and expansion of the original game.

Oolite is designed as a small game that is easy for users to pick up and expand upon. Almost every aspect of the game can be modified using simple, free graphics packages and text-editors.

Oolite is offered for free under a Creative Commons License.

Oolite article index

Instruction Manual

Information on how to play Oolite, including installing the game and the keyboard controls.

OXPs

Information regarding Oolite's expansion packs and how to make them.

Ships

Information regarding the ships in Oolite.

Equipment

Information regarding the equipment in Oolite, what they do and how to use them.