BZFlag Open Source Developers Interviewed, Honored 18
morrison writes "BZFlag, a 'free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game', is the Sourceforge [part of OSDN, as is Slashdot] April 2004 Project of the Month, and the award page features details and an interview with the creators. Hopefully other well-deserving Open Source games will receive recognition down the road." The creators explain the game "runs on Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and other platforms", note: "There are about 53,000 players in the statistics", and mention plans: "We hope to build a karma system that enables the community to guard against cheats and abuses."
Wow. (Score:2, Funny)
[ four hours later ]
Crap!
Re:Wow. (Score:1, Funny)
[Parent] by Zack (44) on Friday April 23, @04:43PM
four hours later
???
Seriously though, I know what you mean. I haven't played this game (yet), but I've definately played games where the time just flies.
Used to play this in Highschool (Score:4, Interesting)
I just wish that the level editor was a bit more powerful and/or easier to use, and a linux version would be nice (though it does run ok under wine)
Re: (Score:1, Informative)
Re:Used to play this in Highschool (Score:3, Insightful)
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Re:Used to play this in Highschool (Score:1)
That said, there is a complete rewrite of BZEdit currently under development (but held in a svn repository elsewhere). If you're interested in helping out in development, stop by #bzflag or irc.freenode.net.
Cheers!
Re:Used to play this in Highschool (Score:1)
Re:Used to play this in Highschool (Score:2, Interesting)
Half the school??? How big is your high school? How many computers are there available during lunch?
Say thanks, folks! (Score:3, Insightful)
They'd probably appreciate one from you, too
Other deserving games: (Score:5, Interesting)
Parsec [sourceforge.net]: A deathmatch space combat game reminiscient of a streamlined Freespace. It packs beautiful visuals and excellent sound effects (including full voiceover and original music). The gameplay isn't bad either and comes complete with LAN support.
Tenebrae [sourceforge.net]: Based on the Quake 1 sorce code, this is a remarkable graphical modification. Now supporting bump-mapping, per-pixel lighting, and greater model polycounts, Quake is scarier than ever before. Tenebrae is now being developed into a standalone engine (T2) and a game entitled Industri [sourceforge.net].
Re:Other deserving games: (Score:2)
Yeah, other than... there isn't any. The project has been completely adrift (har har) for nearly a year -- the last news entry, dated 5/5/2003, states:
tell me about it (Score:3, Insightful)
Oh yeah, 'cuz we all know how well that works!
They should port it to the DC (Score:1)