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Open Game Art is a media repository intended for use with free and open source software video game projects, offering open content assets.Its purpose is to allow developers to easily replace programmer art with high-quality, freely licensed artwork.What's the purpose of this site? on opengameart.orgWEB,weblink Free-licensed art for free software games., Free Software Magazine, dead,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20110101224340weblink">weblink 2011-01-01, It accepts both 2D and 3D art, as well as sound effects and music, unlike similar projects such as ccMixter, which only deals with audio samples and songs, and The Freesound Project, which limits itself solely to samples.

Content licensing

All content found on Open Game Art is licensed under free licenses. The project does not accept content licensed with clauses which prevent commercial reuse or remixing (like the Creative Commons license clauses NC or ND), as these are perceived to restrict users, thus making the content non-free.WEB, Hancock, Terry, 2009-09-16, Free-licensed art for free software games: OpenGameArt.org,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20140715004924weblink">weblink Free Software Magazine, 2014-07-15, 2023-02-10, The acceptable licenses currently are: the Creative Commons licenses "CC BY-SA 3.0" and "CC BY 3.0", the license "OGA-BY 3.0", which is based on the "CC BY 3.0" license but removing that license's technical restrictions (i.e. anti-DRM restrictions), the GNU licenses "GPLv2/GPLv3/LGPLv2/LGPLv3" and the Public domain like license "CC0". The latter is functionally equivalent to releasing content into the public domain, relinquishing as many rights as possible.WEB, OpenGameArt FAQ,weblink 2021-06-26, OpenGameArt.org, 14 July 2011, Content under other highly permissive licenses such as the WTFPL or public domain-like licenses, should be relicensed as CC0 before being uploaded according to the site's FAQ.WTFPL content on OpenGameArt.org The website also allows co-licensing, that is, the uploading of assets under more than one license, similarly to Wikimedia Commons.

Content

File:OpenGameArt Sara.jpg|right|thumb|Sara is the mascot of Open Game Art. This interpretation of the character was made by David RevoyDavid RevoyBeing a repository for free content, much of the site's content is often created using free software such as GIMP, Inkscape, Krita and in particular, Blender.WEB,weblink Open Game Art - Free game content, 15 November 2009, BlenderNation, Artists from the Warzone 2100, The Battle for Wesnoth and Frogatto projects, amongst others, have contributed assets.WEB,weblink Frogatto 1.0 released, Linux Gaming News, Maxim, Bardin, 2010-07-25, 2023-10-03, Portions of the collections of Quarternius and Kenny.nl are also included.WEB,weblink Quaternius Free 3D Assets, 2023-02-02, GameFromScratch, 2023-10-03, The site also has a section for articles and tutorials, as well as a discussion forum for its users.

Operation

Hosting costs are currently paid for by the site operator. Donations are accepted through a PayPal account, and are used entirely to commission new artwork, with users being able to make requests as to what kind of artwork is commissioned.Donation page on OpenGameArt.orgOpenGameArt.org is also affiliated with related websites such as Libregamewiki,WEB, Bolding, Jonathan, 4 September 2022, Y'all know about these huge lists of free, open-source game clones, right?,weblink 2023-02-04, PC Gamer, a database of purely libre games, the Free Gamer blogWEB, Sogge Heggen, Erlend, 2011-02-08, Open source games: It's a team effort,weblink 2023-02-04, Opensource.com, and the FreeGameDev forums.WEB, Behrenshausen, Bryan, 2014-07-21, What is open gaming?,weblink 2023-02-04, Opensource.com, WEB, Banks, Hunter, 2015-11-11, The State of Open Source Gaming on Linux,weblink 2023-01-29, FOSS Force, WEB, Hasan, Mehedi, 2022-07-13, The 20 Best Linux Gaming Websites That Every Gamer Must Know,weblink 2023-02-02, Ubuntu Pit,

Competitions and game jams

From June to July 2009, a pixel art contest was run to create clothes, hair and accessoriesPixel Art Contest! for a pair of humanoid sprites that had been commissioned exclusively for Open Game Art.The first OpenGameArt.org exclusive artwork is now done! This subsequently evolved into the Liberated Pixel Cup (LPC), a project to create a unified set of Creative Commons artwork.WEB, Rodriguez, Juan, 2012-04-27, The Liberated Pixel Cup: proving the potential for free culture and free software game development,weblink 2023-02-04, Opensource.com, To stimulate new artistic contributions, the site also hosts an informal weekly competition called the Friday Challenge, wherein an artistic theme will be announced on a Friday, and entries will be voted on until a winner is decided nine days later.Introducing the OGA Friday ChallengeSince 2017,WEB, OpenGameArt Game Jam,weblink 2024-05-06, itch.io, en, WEB, Blog,weblink 2024-05-06, OpenGameArt.org, en, the community has organised semi-regular seasonal game jams hosted on itch.io.

References

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External links

• Open Game Art Homepage

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