The Shining Source

Here’s some great news for aspiring developers – bludragn has decided to release the full Shining Force PC source code onto GitHub.

I’ve decided to finally release the code for my old engine.

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Hopefully it can be of use to anyone working on their own engine, or just curious as to how SFPC works. It’s possible I may come back to it to tinker again at some point, I’ve learned a lot in the years since I last touched it, but I don’t have the time or the motivation I once did to spend on it.

The project itself is written in C++, and can be built using Visual Studio 2010. The source contains everything from the 2012 summer update, which includes an A* path finding algorithm and a custom script engine. If you’re interested in creating your own Shining style project it’s well worth a look!

Read more: SFPC source code now available on Github