You're sure that this is the source of the rebooted game and not a release of the original SS1 code?
And lots of ^M goodness :)
Because they've been unsuccessful in completing the reboot, releasing the sources is a way of apologizing.
Since the instructions mention a PPC requirement to build on Mac, I'm assuming these are fairly old.
Where are you getting that this release is an apology for the failed Kickstarter? Can you point to source at Nightdive saying this, or are you just speculating?
The post is them stating that they're releasing the source code as a celebration of a big update, not as an apology. The only people saying it's an apology are speculating.
As far as I know, the project's scope grew out of control so the project was put on hold for several weeks.
But it is now worked on again, with the initial, smaller scope but the new engine.
They wanted to publish the original source code from the get go. Here's an article from mid 2016 talking about it: https://www.gamezone.com/news/system-shock-s-original-source...
>Since the instructions mention a PPC requirement to build on Mac, I'm assuming these are fairly old.
The game was released in 1994, so yeah, they are old :-)