Experiment Redux

An FPS RPG gamemode for Garry's Mod, built using the Helix framework.

🐕 It's a dog-eat-dog world out there, and these dogs have guns.

Installation

1. Subscribe to the required addons on the Steam Workshop Collection.

2. Install Git LFS by following the official installation instructions.

3. Clone this repository into your garrysmod/gamemodes directory and name the directory experiment-redux:

   git clone https://github.com/luttje/gmod-experiment-redux experiment-redux

4. Ensure you have the Helix based installed following the Helix documentation.

5. (Re-)start Garry's Mod and start a game with the Experiment Redux gamemode.

About

Experiment Redux is a reimagining of the original Experiment gamemode for Garry's Mod. It combines elements of first-person shooters, role-playing games, and survival games, along with a month-long competitive cycle to create a unique gameplay experience.

» Read more in our 🔮 Vision document

Hosting a Server

For a quick overview check out the 🏗 Dev Server Guide. This guide will walk you through setting up a dedicated server for development purposes.

You can find more information on hosting a Garry's Mod server in the official documentation.

Content

This project will maintain a minimal schema to run Experiment on Helix. It will only contain code and content that can be licensed under the MIT license. This means we can not include content from the original Experiment schema that used third-party assets for items like the Exo Skeletons inside the repository.

Other third-party content may be included through the use of the Steam Workshop. See the customizable_weaponry plugin for an example of how to include third-party content.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT license. See the LICENSE file for details.

The original Experiment was developed by Conna Wiles around 2009. You'll find a lot of his code in this project, which you can originally find MIT licensed code in his kurozael/project-archive repository