Where to Find Truncate's Source Code and Credits

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Truncate's client and server source code is published on GitHub at TruncateGame/Truncate, and the game's credits page lists its contributing artists, audio and font assets, open-source dependencies, and word data sources. Both the code and the credits are reachable from the game's own site, truncate.town.

Source Code on GitHub

The credits section of truncate.town states that "Truncate's client and server are both available as open-source code on GitHub at TruncateGame/Truncate." That single repository covers both halves of the game:

What you want Where it lives
Game client code GitHub repository TruncateGame/Truncate
Game server code Same repository
Sprite assets Same repository, with licensing noted separately (see below)

If you are looking for the code rather than the credits, the repository is the entry point — the site itself does not host a separate download page for the source.

What the Credits Page Covers

The credits section on truncate.town is organized under five headings, each naming the people or projects behind a part of the game:

  • Contributing artists — Joree is credited for art contributions.
  • Audio assets — the puzzle-piece placement sound is credited to el_boss under CC0 1.0.
  • Font assets — Press Start 2P by codeman38 under the OFL, and at01 by GrafxKid under CC0 1.0.
  • Notable open-source dependencies — egui by Emil Ernerfeldt under MIT, plus all dependencies in the Truncate repository.
  • Word data sources — SCOWL Wordlist by Kevin Atkinson (MIT-like), Wordnik Wordlist by Wordnik (MIT), Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0), and Wiktextract by Tatu Ylonen / Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Truncate itself is credited to its creators, Liam Bigelow and Blake McAlevey-Scurr.

Reusing Assets: Check the License First

The credits page is also where reuse permissions are stated, and they are not uniform:

  • Sprites are described as available to use under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
  • Audio and fonts carry their own licenses (CC0 1.0 and OFL respectively), which apply to those assets rather than to the game as a whole.
  • Word lists come from four separate sources with three different license families, so a word list you want to reuse should be traced back to its specific source.

A practical rule: before republishing any Truncate asset, match it to the license named next to it in the credits rather than assuming one license covers everything. For example, if you plan to ship the sprite set inside your own project, the CC BY-SA 4.0 terms apply to those sprites, while the egui dependency remains under MIT.

Quick Reference

  • Repository: TruncateGame/Truncate on GitHub (client and server).
  • Credits: the "Updates & Credits" section of truncate.town.
  • Creators: Liam Bigelow and Blake McAlevey-Scurr.
  • Sprite license: CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Dependencies: egui (MIT) plus the repository's own dependency list.

The site does not publish pricing or account requirements for the game, so treat the GitHub repository and the credits page as the two confirmed resource entry points.