---
title: Opensourcing 'Write Yourself A Roguelike'
teaser: Our book on Ruby roguelike development is going opensource.
tags: news,open source,books
author: Bruno Antunes
published_on: 2017-11-27
---

[Back in 2015], we announced the public beta of a book on [roguelike] development
using Ruby.

Unfortunately, a lot has happened since then, and the project has been stuck for
a while. We've decided to refund everyone who'd originally purchased it and
[opensource] the project. It's very exciting to be creating a book with the help
of the community!

As we write this, the source for the build system is closed but we're exploring
ways of transitioning it [into other solutions].

[Back in 2015]: https://thoughtbot.com/blog/announcing-write-yourself-a-roguelike
[roguelike]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike
[opensource]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/write-yourself-a-roguelike
[into other solutions]: https://github.com/thoughtbot/write-yourself-a-roguelike/issues/28