Strange Adventures in Infinite Space

About

Strange Adventures in Infinite Space is a 2002 roguelike video game by indie developer Digital Eel, released for Windows and Mac by Cheapass Games (with later Pocket PC and Palm ports), updated in 2020 to run on modern systems and still free to download. This GPL-3 licensed release (SAIS GPL) is a continuation of Strange Adventures in Infinite Space, maintained since a 2005 GPLv2 source release and now at version 1.7.0. It forms the basis for the current binaries distributed on itch.io, has been ported from SDL1 to SDL2 with PhysFS-based data loading, and bundles the original retail game data (separately licensed under CC-BY-NC 4.0) alongside the code.

How it differs from the original

Compared to the original 2002 release, this version replaces the original code's file handling with PhysFS, adds support for loading game data and mods from zip files, and bundles most of the community-made mods created for the game alongside the base game.

Getting started

The maintained build is available through the official itch.io page, which also bundles fan-made community mods; players who prefer to build from source can compile the GPL-licensed code themselves using SDL2, SDL_Mixer, and PhysFS.

History

The original 2002 game's GPLv2 source was released in November 2005 to coincide with its sequel Weird Worlds: Return to Infinite Space, and this GPL3 continuation has been incrementally modernized since (SDL2 migration, PhysFS-based data loading, HighDPI support) up through the current 1.7.0 release.

Known limitations

• audio: Audio initialization failure will prevent the game from continuing.

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