Uncopylocking and Open Sourcing "Mega Man Arena X"

CptRedder · June 25, 2023, 10:34pm

Mega Man Arena X: Recommence was a free deathmatch FPS game based off Capcom’s Mega Man franchise. The game is no longer in active development, and more information about it can be found on my website.

Here is some (old) footage of the game (some models and designs have been updated since then):

The game was made in collaboration with Chirin_Chironup (AKA Chirin) and myself (AKA Gladel or G.R) from 2017 to 2023 as a Mega Man fangame.

Mega Man Arena X (MMAX) is a 1-10 player deathmatch FPS game in which players must master a versatile arsenal and utilize wall-traversable environments to gain an edge in battle. Players counter each other’s attacks using the appropriate weapons and tools. For example, shields nullify bullets, but swords cleave through shields, and bullets shoot through swords. Whoever gains the most points wins the round!

Due to personal matters over the past year, I have decided to uncopylock and open source the game for everyone.

This means that the game is now free to download and use the assets of, including both the Title Screen and Multiplayer Places. Additionally, credit is not needed if you use any of these assets, but it is appreciated. The links for both respectively are here:

Title Screen: Mega Man Arena X: Recommence (Archived) - Roblox
Multiplayer: Mega Man Arena X: Recommence (Archived) - Roblox

This was a very difficult decision for me to make, since this happened due to a confusing event in January of this year, which resulted in my ex-co-developer and I parting ways and a huge responsibility for this game being placed on my shoulders without any proper communication. I am no longer able to contact my ex-co-developer, thus I believe that open-sourcing the game is the best way for this project to go.

I have chosen to do this because I no longer have the time to continue, maintain, or fix the game. I believe it is time for me to move on from this project, and the best way to return the thanks to our players is by releasing its source code and source assets publicly in case anyone wants to study the game, use the assets for your own games, or anything else. I hope you guys enjoy the stuff in here, as it was a lot of time and effort throughout the years.

A few warnings:

The Multiplayer Place is VERY BIG. Depending on the power of your computer, it might take a long time to open up the Place, so please be careful!
The scripting and framework is VERY BAD (at least compared to my knowledge now). MMAX was created over a period of 6 years, and since Chirin and I were just barely in high school at the time, we did not have the knowledge to plan ahead how big this game was going to be. So as a result the framework is very brittle and difficult to edit. The way I code in my new projects is much better compared to how it was in MMAX. So the code might not be super useful to anyone and I don’t recommend using it for a long-term game unless you know what you are doing or if you just want to study it!
Some animations might not be available. Last time I put some of the animations in a Dummy in the Multiplayer Place, but I haven’t put all of them and might not have the time. If you guys are looking for any missing animations that aren’t already in the Dummy, please let me know and I can try to assist you! However, other animations (such as Servbot animations) are under Chirin’s account, and it is best to not ask him for them in order to respect his privacy. I can also possibly make new animations in place of the old ones if anyone requests for them for their own projects.
Maps are not in the Multiplayer place. Our maps are loaded in using Roblox’s InsertService so all our maps are actually in individual models which I will open source separately and link at the end of this post.

This is especially for those who have been playing our game since 2017, but thank you everyone for all your support and patience throughout the years. Remember that I’ll still be in contact here and anywhere you can find me, Discord, Twitter, YouTube, Roblox, Itch.io, etc. if you guys ever want to chat. I’m still making games and am pursuing it as my career, with 3 major projects underway (2 of them on Roblox, one of them similar to MMAX, and another as part of a larger game that I can’t share yet).

Please let me know if there are any issues in accessing the Studio files for the game, thank you!

FusionYuki · March 7, 2024, 3:08pm

hey man
is it possible to provide me the missing anims? I am trying to experiment with the game a bit

CptRedder · April 15, 2024, 10:14am

Hi, sorry for the late reply. I can create a model with a dummy that has the animation data that I have created or still have access to. I might have to do it later like in a few weeks or so because I’m currently busy. If I don’t respond in 1 week, please send me a reminder. Thank you.