Are game already published open source ?

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gwenou22
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Are game already published open source ?

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Hello,
I'm web developer and wanted participate to develop few games.
I didn't find this information on wiki, is it possible to get access to source code of different game already published on BGA (for example to know how other game manage dice throw).
I found this article (https://studio.boardgamearena.com/doc/BGA_Code_Sharing) and the possibility to clone game project from "control panel". Are ther other solutions to read code from other developers?

Thanks in advance,
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apollo1001
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Re: Are game already published open source ?

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If you go to the projects page (in the studio) there is an option by most of the projects to get ‘read only access’ which works well.
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gwenou22
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Thank you for the advice. I was thinking this option was a shorcut to contact the admin and ask to participate to the project.

I was searching for example can't stop in projects without find it.
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apollo1001
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Re: Are game already published open source ?

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gwenou22 wrote: 06 May 2020, 11:08 Thank you for the advice. I was thinking this option was a shorcut to contact the admin and ask to participate to the project.
No, this instantly gives you read-only access.
gwenou22 wrote: 06 May 2020, 11:08 I was searching for example can't stop in projects without find it.
Can't stop is one of the games developed by BGA themselves so is not in the studio.
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Inaofr
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Also games developed before the studio may not be in the studio if no changes occurred since the studio is there. If you are interested in a game which is available on BGA but not in the studio, you may ask an admin to push it under the studio (I did it for Stoneage, as I was willing to fix bugs in it).
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