Source-as-Course

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Production game codebases as learning material. Real genetics, real biochemistry, real AI cognition — annotated, documented, yours to study and build on.

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Available Courses

Four games. Four codebases. Real production code.

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Precursors: Origins of Folklore

Artificial life with real genetics, biochemistry, and LLM cognition. Spiritual successor to the Creatures series.

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Multiverse: The End of Eternity

200+ systems, 25 magic paradigms, emergent civilization. Dwarf Fortress meets Factorio meets 5D Chess.

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Cultures of the Belt

AI asteroid mining colony sim. ARIA commander, emergent robot cultures, browser-based ECS architecture.

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Never Ever Land

Interactive fiction engine. Ink-based narrative system, mood tagging, chapter branching, audio integration.

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Pricing

Three tiers. One codebase. Your terms.

$1,000
INDIVIDUAL

Full source access for one developer. Use it to learn, build your own projects, and ship derivatives.

10% royalty on commercial derivatives

$100,000
STUDIO

Full source access for your entire team. Build commercial products. Ship at scale.

10% royalty on commercial derivatives

$350
EDUCATION

Full source access for students and educators. Learn from production code. Teach with real systems.

10% royalty on commercial derivatives

All tiers include 10% royalty on derivatives. No refunds. See Developer License for full terms.

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Can't pay? Earn it.

We believe access should be available to those who contribute. Earn a license through patronage, teaching, certification, or code contributions.

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What You Get

Not a tutorial. A production codebase.

Each course gives you full access to the game's source repository on our Gitea instance. Annotated code, architecture docs, build pipeline, and the freedom to fork and build your own.

Start with Precursors.

The first Source-as-Course is live. Real genetics, real biochemistry, real AI cognition — yours to study and build on.

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