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Kohan for Linux
XarsonX writes "A demo of Kohan Immortal Sovereigns (a real time strategy game) is out on linux. The full version should be coming soon. News, stuff about the game, and the demo are available at www.timegatestudios.com." I hadn't heard much about this game, but the graphics are definitely impressive. Might be worth a download.
I like the idea of the project, but I am concerned about the proliferation of games that are all using the same base for graphics, sound, etc.
What happens when there are 20 different RTS games with the same sound samples and graphics tiles?
Seems to me that this would have a negative effect, in that the creative aspect of the graphics tiles and sound samples (how your game "looks" and "sounds") would be lost.
On another note though, I really like the idea of a GPL'ed repository of this stuff. Thanks, and great job!
First of all, in the original Civ games, there was no technology called "Capitalism" -- there were only political systems, e.g. Republic, Democracy, Monarchy, etc. So you are wrong from the start. In addition, Civ isn't an RTS, nor are any games that use political systems to my knowledge.
Second, does your call for "no value judgments" on the various government systems in strategy games extend to, say, allowing your wondrous communist governments to build concentration camps? Engage in pogroms? Massacre dissidents? How about allowing fascist governments to manufacture poison gas for the liquidation of disfavored ethnic groups? You think that would be more "morally responsible"? That's obscene. No, I think (informed) value judgments are just fine, in games as everywhere else, and yours just happen to differ from those of people who aren't blindingly ignorant about the atrocities of communism.
I think gaming is a marginal enough hobby not to need such "open-mindedness." FWIW I don't "tolerate" Japanese, Russians, and Chinese. As someone smart put it, we "tolerate" bad smells, not people.
Well, the reason why the GeForce2 runs so fast is that the OpenGL driver completely passes over X11 and all its junk. GL drivers that actually use the DRI, like the Voodoo3/4/5 and Matrox G400 drivers, are pathetically slow compared to their Windows counterparts.
it's availble through loki_demos too.. so you don't tax one mirror too hard.