October 2023 -
Hello everyone and welcome back to another FOSS Runescape recap! Many of these servers are playable today, free forever, and more authentic than the current version by Jagex. The /c/Runescape mod team endorses every project in this list!
Darkan.org - 2012 Remake
Status: Fully playable!
Darkan is the oldest remake on this list - It's been developed for years by a veteran RSPS owner, with authentic dungeoneering support, multiple near-maxed players (on 1x exp rate), the first OSRS player to max, and more.
- Darkan is running the 2009 Halloween event!
- 25 new bug fixes/features
- Infrastructure & optimization updates
2011scape.com - 2011 Remake
Status: Playable Beta!
2011scape is a newer WIP remake, with major pieces of content being implemented constantly. It is the only remake server with a scaling XP curve - Enjoy the noob levels longer, and get through the later ones faster.
- For the month of October, 2011scape has rerun the 2003 Sythe collection Halloween Event!
- 33 new bug fixes/features
- The 2011scape forums have seen significant re-skinning
2009scape.org - 2009 Remake
Status: Fully Playable!
With developers from 2004scape and OpenRSC, as well as dozens of contributors, 2009scape has an active playerbase and tons of content.
- Update #1 - Halloween festives and bug fixes: More Changes in Gielinor
- 2009scape Mobile - Better UI, updated plugins, and more: Mobile Release 2.1
- A sneak peak of a possible HD Webclient was silently released
2004scape.org - 2004 Remake
Status: Pre-Alpha
2004scape breaks records in RS reverse engineering. It's the first RSPS with a real 2004 cache, has the most advanced RuneScript ever made, and a webclient. While other remakes on this list feel like original, 2004scape feels like a leak.
- Pazaz, the project lead, has set up a real 1998 Windows PC for maximum project authenticity
- 52 new bug fixes/features
- Added Price Ali Rescue, Demon Slayer, Pirate's Treasure, Ernest the Chicken, Black Knights' Fortress, Monk's Friend, Vampire Slayer, & Tribal Totem
- Added Gnome Cooking, Prayer, Fletching, and authentic player-stepping-under large monster behavior
- Added Docker support
OpenRSC - 2003 & 2001 Remake
Status: Fully Playable
OpenRSC is fully complete. It supports mobile, web, and botting, with a larger playerbase than official RSC did before shutdown!
- The Odyseey, a tribute to Runescape Classic, has been released on the RSC Cabbage server
- With 4 months of development, Runescape Classic 5.29.0 has been released!
- A new 3rd party client is being developed: Meteor by Nulled will have plugins, stretched mode, and multi-rev support!
- The rsc-c client, which hasn't previously been covered in this blog post, has had 70 new bug fixes/features
- Stormy, the maintainer of APOS Bot from 10 years ago, has reappeared and started comitting on APOS again
- IdleRSC, another popular bot client, has tagged 2023-10-31 for release, with 22 new bug fixes & features
See September's progress report: https://lemmy.ml/post/5731207