Requesting Permission to Use AssaultCube Fork in My Final Year Project

[SahilSingh021]

Dear AssaultCube Development Team,

My name is Sahil, and I am currently a third-year Computer Science student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (ARU). For my final year project, I am exploring the field of anti-cheat development and how security mechanisms can be applied to open-source FPS games.

I would like to request permission to use and fork AssaultCube as a base for my academic research project. My goal is to develop and evaluate anti-cheat systems that can detect and prevent malicious behavior during gameplay. Additionally, I plan to create a web platform inspired by services like FACEIT, where players can compete in managed matches and where my experimental anti-cheat system can be tested under controlled, ethical conditions.

To be absolutely clear:

• I will not develop, publish, or distribute any cheat software, exploits, or game-disrupting techniques.
• Any testing or proof-of-concept work will be strictly private, limited to my local environment or university supervisors.
• The project will be for educational and non-commercial purposes only.
• All copyright and licensing requirements of AssaultCube will be fully respected.
• Full credit will be given to the AssaultCube team in all documentation and presentations.

I deeply appreciate the learning opportunity provided by the open-source nature of your project. My intention is to contribute positively to the understanding of fair play, competitive integrity, and game security.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.
I would be more than happy to provide additional details about my project proposal, methodology, or university supervisor if required.

Kind regards,
Sahil
BSc (Hons) Computer Science
Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge

[chchdev]

AC is open-source. You shouldn't need permission to use it. There's plenty of clones that have been made. A few AC players have made optimised clients for competitive play. Also a clone exists (take a look at AsasaultCube reloaded...)

[SahilSingh021]

Thanks a lot for the info, really appreciate it! I’ll make sure to respect all the licensing terms and keep everything non-commercial.

I’ll definitely check out AssaultCube Reloaded and those optimized clients you mentioned, that sounds super helpful for what I’m planning.

It would still be great to get an official acknowledgment from the devs so I can reference the interaction in my project write-up.

Thanks again for taking the time to reply!

[chchdev]

Fair enough on the official acknowledgement. Might be worth checking out the AC discord. here. You might get a better acknowledgement or at least be able to prompt them to have a look at it from that. Good luck with your project nonetheless. It'd be interesting to see what you come up with :)

[SahilSingh021]

Thanks for all the information and support. I’ve been in contact with one of the developers on Discord, and they’ve been very helpful and responsive. I’ll be using this topic for my final year project and will update this issue once I’ve completed my work and get the go ahead from my supervisor.