BlackTek Server is an open source 2D Top Down MMORPG Game Server, with tailor-made gameplay and tile based movement, developed in modern C++.
BlackTek Server is intended to provide a user-friendly experience building 2D MMORPG's in a rapid development environment. Ultimately the goal is to create a user experience that removes the barrier between content creator and programmer.
BlackTek Server's origins started first with OpenTibia and later The Forgottenserver , both are game servers designed to emulate a popular 2D MMORPG known as Tibia.
Having had my fun growing up tinkering with OpenTibia servers like TFS, I always wished they were not built so strict (explicitly emulating tibia), and allowed much more custom types of things. Since that never happened, I decided to do it myself!
BlackTek Server's starting codebase is The Forgottenserver 1.4.2, and BlackTek Server 1.0 and 1.1 were built to be almost completely backwards compatible with TFS 1.4.2.
If you wish to get started immediately you may download all the binaries along with the datapack and other required files from our Release Section.
Getting setup for compiling can be done the easy way by running either the bootstrap.bat(Windows) or bootstrap.sh(Linux).
If you prefer compiling manually, or you are looking for a more thorough getting started guide, you can find the information needed, based on your specific needs in our wiki here.