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"That was one sorry excuse for a security robot. Makes a great bonfire though..." 🔥 New in #OpenBioForge: dynamic palette-based lighting, climbing, balancing on ledges, fall recovery, body-zone combat and positional audio. #BioForge #devlog #retrogaming

21/6/26, 8:05 am2 reposts16 likes

happy-ferret.bsky.social

@happy-ferret.bsky.social

14 Aug

I just watched Gilgamechasaur's review of the game and got reminded this exists. Any ETA on when you'll open source it?

OpenBioForge

@openbioforge.com

15 Aug

No firm ETA, but I'm getting close - all major systems are done now. Will post another progress update soon!

ImACoconut.ini

@imacoconut.bsky.social

21 June

wasn't BioForge supposed to be just the start of a gaming franchise?

OpenBioForge

@openbioforge.com

22 June

Yeah, it was! BioForge ends on a cliffhanger, and a full sequel (BioForge II) was underway before it got re-scoped into the BioForge Plus expansion, which even reached beta before Origin's rough 1995 killed it. That lost beta's high on my list of things I'd love to see preserved.

OpenBioForge

@openbioforge.com

22 June

@pkautz.bsky.social did a brilliant deep dive on the whole saga, recorded in English too: gamenotover.de/2023/03/19/l...

gamenotover.deLevel 100: Bioforge Plus (English Version)Some time ago I set out to find out as much as I can about the fate of „BIOFORGE PLUS“ – the official add-on to the 1995 Origin Systems‘ action title „BIOFORGE“ …