Start here: ALIS testing, feedback, and contribution

[fallintodusk]

ALIS is an open-source Unreal Engine 5 survival project and modular game architecture reference built around readable C++ systems, data-driven content, signed public releases, and long-term community continuity.

This discussion is the entry point for people who want to test the public build, review the project direction, challenge the architecture, or contribute improvements.

What is useful right now:

1. Run the latest Windows release and report the launch result, hardware, and any blocking issue.
2. For survival-game players: review the first-session experience, world premise, controls, clarity, and what would make the project worth following.
3. For Unreal developers: review plugin boundaries, C++ architecture, editor tooling, data workflows, and extension points.
4. For open-source contributors: improve docs, onboarding, build and release verification, issue quality, and contribution flow.
5. For long-term supporters: review the trust model, AGPL/DCO governance, public release process, and community-hosting direction.

Useful links:

• Source: https://github.com/fallintodusk/alis
• Latest release: https://github.com/fallintodusk/alis/releases/tag/v1.0.0
• Trust / verification: https://fall.is/trust/
• Contribution guide: https://github.com/fallintodusk/alis/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md

Use this discussion for practical critique and concrete next actions: what should be clearer, more stable, more useful, or more convincing?