Project Summary
Hercules is a collaborative software development project revolving around the creation of a robust massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG) server package. Written in C, the program is very versatile and provides NPCs, warps and modifications. The project is jointly managed by a group of volunteers located around the world as well as a tremendous community providing QA and support. Hercules is a continuation of the original Athena project.
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has a well established, mature codebase
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took an estimated 165 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in January, 2013
ending with its most recent commit 4 months ago
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