Friday, 29 November 2013
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Zelda can now be free as in freedom
Not only from the clutches of Ganondorf, but also from the dominion of proprietary software. All thanks to the magnificent Solarus Engine, a GPLed, SDL-based, 2D action RPG engine. This amazing project aims to provide a stable and easily customizable platform for users to create their own Zelda-like games, and so far, I must say, I am darn impressed by what I've seen. The engine already has two incredible launching titles, named The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX, and a parody of the former, Mystery of Solarus XD. Both are true love letters to the classic SNES RPG, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and amazing and enjoyable games on their own.
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| Mystery of Solarus DX |
But hark, the mere words of a mortal make no justice to the grandiosity of this undertaking. Sheathe thy sword, get thy green cap and ready yourself to adventure! You can start by marching straight to the Solarus download section, or, if your intentions are more creative, you can check the various sources here, and the quest editor here.
Code License: GPLv3
Mystery of Solarus DX Artwork License: Mixed (original Solarus assets under CC-BY-SA, but the game also uses spritework taken directly the A Link to the Past rom)
Tuesday, 26 November 2013
Linux Game Awards voting open now!
Quietly in the background a group of open-source and Linux enthusiast websites (full disclosure: including FreeGamer ;) ) has developed a new platform for promoting open-source games: http://www.linuxgameawards.org/
One of its regular features will be a monthly award and a related promotion drive for the winner on all affiliated sites.
As a start, our community came up with the first 10 nominees for the January 2014 award and you can now vote for your favorite game of those here.
P.S.: One of the nominated projects, SuperTuxKart, had a new release today also. Don't forget to check it out and vote for them if you like it.
One of its regular features will be a monthly award and a related promotion drive for the winner on all affiliated sites.
As a start, our community came up with the first 10 nominees for the January 2014 award and you can now vote for your favorite game of those here.
P.S.: One of the nominated projects, SuperTuxKart, had a new release today also. Don't forget to check it out and vote for them if you like it.
Monday, 25 November 2013
Holiday Racer 2.2 released (aka Stunt Rally)
Obviously someone is having a hard time with the winter in the northern hemisphere right now:
More awesome screenshots of Stunt Rally 2.2 here, and don't miss the details of the new version in the full change log.
Last but not least, discuss it on our forums :)
Last but not least, discuss it on our forums :)
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Lips of Suna 0.8.0 released
And another great new release :)
Our favorite work in progress & not quite serious anime RPG Lips of Suna bumps its release number to 0.8 (change-log).
Most notable changes:
Addition (2013-11-21): Now there are also windows binaries available.
Our favorite work in progress & not quite serious anime RPG Lips of Suna bumps its release number to 0.8 (change-log).
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| I know what you are thinking... |
Comment away below or in our forums.
- New player model and animations contributed by gruntunbur.
- Lots of sound effects contributed by qubodup.
- More powerful animation blending.
- Performance improvements.
- Better eye, face and hair color customization.
- Fixed the AI not being able to use many kind of weapons correctly.
- Procedural map area placement and planning system.
- Procedural dungeon generation with corridors, rooms, treasures and monsters.
- Balanced the movement speed and physics behavior of player characters.
- Terrain chunks close to the player character load much faster.
Addition (2013-11-21): Now there are also windows binaries available.
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