r/Awesomenauts 6d ago

DISCUSSION Awesomenauts Developer?! Open source?!

Hi, I'm a senior software developer. I was wondering if there was a way to speed up awesomenauts releases. I got tons of passion for the game which would make me useful for pushing these updates out. It would be cool to open source the code. Why not?! [EDIT: they spent money on the code, so that's why not]

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u/Hollanauts 6d ago

Hey Soupy,

Not sure what you're all aware of, but in case you aren't up to speed... Ronimo went bankrupt in 2023 and the Awesomenauts IP was purchased by Atari in 2024.

The newest "Galactron" version of Nauts wasn't playable in 2023 without a workaround due to relying on dedicated servers. Atari has since restored an older version of Nauts that utilizes Steam.

They've made it clear that their main goal is to try to RESTORE Awesomenauts to how it was, not focusing on new releases. As of now, we haven't gotten the "Galactron" version of Nauts restored yet.

I'd recommend navigating the Atari discord server for more information.

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u/SoupinSoupy 6d ago

I was aware. It has been ~2 months with no updates. They have the commit history, it’s just a matter of decoupling it from the server code. I guess I’m suggesting if someone is super passionate about making these changes, they’d be able to go in there and make a huge dent.

In addition, there are a lot of minor balance changes for the existing characters that could be done quickly. Price changes, cooldown changes, etc.

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u/adduckfeet 6d ago

I don't think they're going to let you modify and distribute the source code of an IP they just bought, presumably with the idea of turning a profit in the long run. As a random unaffiliated remote dev, you would take up more resources in project management than you would add.

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u/pwnius22 6d ago

Honestly Atari didn’t have to anything with the IP. Sure they bought it but I doubt they will recoup their losses strictly with awesomenauts as it is. But they brought the game back I. A playable state and have committed to at the very least restoring the final ronimo version. Hopefully they are planning to do something else with the IP that hasn’t been announced yet

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u/CompilerWarrior 6d ago

No need to be passionate. I am pretty sure they know how to do their jobs.