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Like many doom/quake clones (before ID released the source) I expect openage to be supplied without the artwork, you will need an original CD/image for that.

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Yep, the assets don't ship with the codebase - you need to provide your own original AoE II (or AoE II HD) installation.

Where does a designer stand if they want to make the missing resources so that the whole game can be shipped for free?

Doom's done it - https://freedoom.github.io/

You can make anything you want, just don't use any copyrighted work without the copyright-holder's permission.

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