The SCP Foundation Wiki -- a potential treasure trove of CC-BY-SA game ideas with an existing fanbase
Some people here may have heard of the SCP Foundation, some probably haven't. For those who aren't already aware of it, the SCP Foundation is a huge collaborative writing project about a fictional organization of the same name that protects the world from anomalous things. A word of warning before you click on the link: like most things with a lot of contributors from all over the internet, the entries in the SCP wiki range in tone from benignly funny, to genuinely scary, to (occasionally) downright disturbing and horrific. To be clear, although the quality of the writing is very high, the SCP fandom originally got started on 4chan. Your work web filter will probably block it, although there are not (to my limited knowledge) any explicit images on the site. You have been warned.
Here's the link: http://www.scp-wiki.net
Lest I give the wrong impression, the vast majority of the wiki is fairly safe if you don't mind Slenderman-esque horror stories.
The reason I'm bringing this up is that I recently discovered that the entire wiki is available under a FOSS-compatible license, namely CC-BY-SA 3.0. It also is something of a holy grail for me, as for quite a while now I've been looking for a well-developed fictional world with an existing fanbase that people are actually allowed (and even encouraged) to build on and share in a way that is compatible with libre software.
If this gives anyone any game or art ideas, I'd be happy to have people post and discuss them here, provided that everyone use good sense as far as determining what is reasonably appropriate (and if you're not sure about something, feel free to ask me first), and that you comply with their license.
P.S. If this is the first you've heard of the SCP foundation and you're curious enough to click the link, don't read it at night if you plan on getting any sleep.
Surely you mean the SPC?
That is one of the more random internet in jokes I've come across. :)
Hey bart did you join yet?
http://anthonymyers.artstation.com/
I'm not a member of the wiki, but I've read a bunch of it.
Yea great stuff over there gets the juices flowing. Ive been working on one for awile and hope to post soon. So wish me luck.
http://anthonymyers.artstation.com/
Alas, it can never top this one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/retrieval-log-db-503-b
Lol Red that was gr8 (only one thing to say mmm meat ball ball)
http://anthonymyers.artstation.com/
There is a game based on that wiki, www.scpcbgame.com , I have already converted one model form there into a common format, the game is under CC-BY-SA and well, it is a good example of how the SCP foundation can be used in a video game. The models are in Blitz3D format (.B3D) and the conversion process destroys the rigging.
There are models of the following SCPs: 173, 106, 096, 049 (I think there are others but those are the only I remember rigth now)
<Ideas can't be destroyed, only can be created>
Pretty funny stuff, thanks for the laugh.