New Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Shows Promise

Softhaus writes "The guys at Blood Frontier have been busy for the last two years working on a new FPS called (surprise) Blood Frontier . This game is an enhanced Cube 2 engine with original artwork and new gameplay (including a kid-mode, which optionally turns off the blood — a nice option for a change). Add the new paintball mode and you have a real 'game community' here. The code is all there (complete for you to play with), the team listens to feedback from the community, and the game is great! It's nice to see these talented guys showing a true free software attitude. They've mentioned that the first actual release is scheduled for next Friday. Does anyone know of other great open source games that are truly 'open?'"

Re:The (surprise) first post frontier

[kandela]

If you turn off the blood, is it still called Blood Frontier?

Slashdotted

[Yuioup]

Slashdotted already. Should give an indication of how desperate /. ers are for a new FOSS FPS.

Re:The (surprise) first post frontier

[seeker_1us]

If you turn off the blood, is it still called Blood Frontier?

Maybe it should be called "Blood-Lite?"

Duke Nukem Forever....

[John3]

because the release date is open-ended?

cool

[ocularDeathRay]

not only is there an option to turn off blood, but you can turn off the web server too!

Re:And?

[diqmay]

There's Nexuiz, OpenArena, Sauerbraten, Tremulous, Urban Terror... I had my fill of first person shooters years ago and yet for some reason they're still being developed

Hey everybody! Rik has had his fill of FPSs! You can stop developing them now.

Thanks for letting us know, otherwise I'm sure game developers would have kept on making them without realizing that you didn't want them to.

Re:The (surprise) first post frontier

[Hordeking]

If you turn off the blood, is it still called Blood Frontier?

No, then it's just called Frontier, and it becomes about a family traveling from Independence, Mo to Oregon.

Re:"Add the new paintball mode ..."

[whisper_jeff]

Because imaginary violence is bad for young and impressionable minds but imaginary imaginary violence is ok for children.

Ok, I admit, that answer wasn't helpful at all... I did my best though... :)

Re:"Add the new paintball mode ..."

[Thanshin]

Why take a game where you pretend to shoot people and modify it so you are pretending to pretend to shoot people?

To teach recursion?

Re:The (surprise) first post frontier

[Anonymous Coward]

Unless you die from dysentery. Then it's only from Independence, MO to Kansas City.

Re:And?

[_Sprocket_]

Thanks for letting us know, otherwise I'm sure game developers would have kept on making them without realizing that you didn't want them to.

Uwe Boll, however, will continue creating movies based on them.

World of World of Warcraft

[billlava]

This reminds me of an Onion video [theonion.com] that showed a sequel to WoW called World of World of Warcraft that let your characters buy and play WoW themselves. I got a kick out of it, but then again, I'm not a WoW player...

Re:The (surprise) first post frontier

[jggimi]

Maybe it should be called "Blood-Lite?"

I can just see the ad campaign comparing Blood-Lite to Killer-Lite.

"Tases Great!"

"Less Spilling!"

Re:And?

[Lumpy]

Wait what??? Rik has had his fill? DAMMIT! why did he not tell everyone earlier. We have been working on this new one for 2 years now.

DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT... I hate it when Rik slacks off and does not announce hs is full on public television.

WE know he is tired of Hot-dogs, Loves Obama, and Is starting to grow tire of the word "albanian" but that asshat did not mention ONCE in his last press conference he had his fill of FPS games.

What a hoser. Let me guess, He's had his fill of racing games as well, I better warn the guys down the hall.

Damn Rik.

Re:Alphabetical_list_of_open_source_games

[Anonymous Coward]

Notice any games starting with "B" that are NOT on this list???

Re:And?

[CyberKnet]

Damn. Out of mod points.

-1 Troll - that'll have to do.

Although... if there was a "-1 Really, REALLY Boring" then I think I'd be tempted use that one first :)

Sounds like fun

[Anonymous Coward]

"XEvil is a 2D side scroller with an excessive amount of violence."

What a recommendation.

Re:"Add the new paintball mode ..."

[_Sprocket_]

When we played in the German winters, we'd keep our paint in coolers (no ice) to maintain temperature. We would also trade out paint we had left in our hoppers for paint from the cooler every one or two games. It still only did so much.

One game got cold enough to decrease the pressure of the CO2 we were using (yeah - back in the old days when CO2 in 7oz bottles was still pretty advanced, siphon tubes belonged on gimmic guns using .62 cal, and dinosaurs roamed the earth). Our effective range began to drop. Paintballs that managed to lob far enough to hit someone just kind of bounced around a bit. Both teams decided to end the game and charge. I found myself pitted up against my wife who laughed at my attempts to shoot her. That is, until one hit squarely in her chest.

I saw the bruise. Once. It was a particularly cold few weeks that winter.