IF Quake Takes Fragging To Whole New Level 257
Thanks to ShackNews for pointing to the impressive technical feats showcased at the unofficial IF Quake page, which bills itself as "...a port of id Software's Quake 1 engine to the Inform programming language." The site includes riveting in-game screenshots, and the FAQ page has important info on bugs with this genuinely playable, downloadable Alpha release, noting: "IF Quake interfaces directly with the Quake engine, which was obviously not designed for [this advanced] output. The errors you see related to audio and OpenGL are due to the fact that the engine is being tricked into thinking it's running normally." Rumors that John Carmack will be switching Doom 3 to this impressive new engine are yet to be substantiated, however.
Re:Are the downloads real? (Score:4, Informative)
Re:FPS games are just not playable with text (Score:5, Informative)
works (Score:5, Informative)
A somewhat real mirror (Score:3, Informative)
Mirror [darkfire.net]
Re:This is lame (Score:2, Informative)
I agree, a wee bit too contrived. The best 4/1 jokes slip right past you. I think over the years we have all learned to become hyper critical of stories posted on 4/1 thus making it harder and harder to slip one by.
It's funny you two should say that, for two reasons...
First, this isn't the first 4/1 joke. The poll and the Gmail story must have slipped by you.
Second, this isn't a joke. I downloaded it and I'm playing it right now.
Re:FPS games are just not playable with text (Score:3, Informative)
Re:Are the downloads real? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Inform programming language? (Score:5, Informative)
Most uses of inform are with the Library, a selection of functions and support thingies written to facilitate IF writing.
It's turing complete, if you were wondering.
Very nifty. Chief competetor is TADS.
"Complete" list of April Fools Jokes for 2004 (Score:5, Informative)
Current list:
www.urgo.org [urgo.org]
mrtwig.net [mrtwig.net]
southparkx.net [southparkx.net]
www.suprnova.org [suprnova.org]
www.cowsponge.com [cowsponge.com]
Google [google.com]
Slashdot [slashdot.org]
fark.com [fark.com]
www.thinkgeek.com [thinkgeek.com]
www.pimpworks.org [pimpworks.org]
www.whirlpool.net.au [whirlpool.net.au]
planetnintendo.com [planetnintendo.com]
Google Job [google.com]
evercrest.com [evercrest.com]
www.heise.de [heise.de] (not sure if its a joke.. german)
www.homestarrunner.com [homestarrunner.com]
Weekly World News [weeklyworldnews.com]
Re:Inform programming language? (Score:1, Informative)
Screenshots from Others Quake1 Engines (Score:2, Informative)
http://wiki.quakesrc.org/index.php/Engines
This is a short list of actual Quake engines. You can pick DarkPlaces and ZQuake has the best Linux/Windows engine (QW and NQ), and fuhquake/Darkplaces/Telejano has the better Windows engines (QW,NQ and NQ respectively).
If you want to jump directly to the cool stuf, go here:
http://wiki.quakesrc.org/index.php/The%20b
If you use linux, copy and paste the url, if you use windows, type it carefully (naa.. j/k)
Files mirrored (Score:4, Informative)
All three versions can be downloaded here:
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=4807
Thanks!
-jason
PS: YES, this is a real game.
Re:Maybe I'm the only one PLAYING the game... (Score:2, Informative)
Just type "press button" and it will work.
Sorry about that. In the rush to get it out last night, I missed that one.
(This will be fixed in a release tonight)
Re:Are the downloads real? (Score:3, Informative)
What it really is is just damn clever. It would be interesting to see if this provokes a more mainstream interest in interactive fiction.