Tuxracer 1.0 Retail Version Finished

Nailer writes "Tuxracer 1.0 is complete Version 0.6 has been downloaded over a million times, and 1.0 looks like it will kick its older siblings arse. This latest version has a massively improved set of features compared to the earlier versions, including multiplayer support, far more detailed tracks, new hazards (giant boulders, better trees, vehicles, and entire towns with roads, houses, castles, fountains, etc) new players (a girl tux, a funky polar bear, and others), split screen multiplay, internationalization, and probably a whole bunch of other stuff. Take a look at the screenshots and trailer movie. The initial release of the game will be proprietary for Windows and Linux (and perhaps Mac), but some of the code from 1.0 will be released as Open Source. Sunspire are still looking for a publisher, but should be taking direct orders soon. And when they do, I'm buying it."

Comments

Open To Closed

[jeriqo]

Too bad it has gone to closed source.. older versions used to be free (as in beer & GPL).

You can still download the source of the 0.61 version directly from their homepage, or from sourceforge

-J

Is it just me

[yatest5]

or does this look like a big load of shit that's only got on here cos it stars a penguin?

I'll get my coat ;-).

Re:'Real Work'

[Anonymous Coward]

As in the story where everyone depends on calculators and doing math by hand is revolutionary

And why don't I get compensated for many hours of painstaking work in building a sandcastle on the beach where everyone can look at it without paying for it?

If you want to get compensated for work, then do work whose end result cannot be infinitely copied at no cost. I'm sick and tired of all these coders complaining that programmers don't get compensated. Learn some new skills and get a job that produces an end result that you can charge properly for (like building a house or something).