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Snowboarding Soul Ride Engine Goes GPL

Posted by timothy on from the hurts-less-than-the-real-thing dept.

TuringTest writes "LinuxGames reports this news update at the Soul Ride game site. Soul Ride is a snowboarding game with real character physics, and its engine is now released under GPL and available for download. You may see its beautiful screenshots until it gets /.ed. Note that only the engine is GPL'd, not the artwork and data. Can you imagine a GPL game with the Fellowship of the Ring crossing the Caradhras with these graphics?" I hope this release spawns a Linux-friendly snowboarding simulator -- Soul Ride is limited to Windows (9X, NT, 2000) for now.

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  1. We don't need no stinkin' snowboard... by TopShelf · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hobbit-feet should easily handle the job!

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  2. My favorite snowboarding simulator by wormbin · · Score: 4, Funny

    Check out these screenshots. Lots of polygons and the FPS is good even on old hardware.

    Seriously, sometimes reality is better.

  3. memo by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    From: Bill Gates
    to: DirectX_Devel

    ALERT! - VERY IMPORTANT - ALERT!

    There has been a GPL game engine released! Consider it your top priority to make our next release of DirectX incompatible with this new viral-licensed package.

    Long live Me,

    -Bill

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  4. Slashdotted... by cerebralsugar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Lets hope the engine gets more FPS than the webserver can take hits...

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  5. Woohoo by athakur999 · · Score: 5, Funny
    I hope this release spawns a Linux-friendly snowboarding simulator

    Me too. This is exactly the killer app Linux needs to fully make it onto the desktop. Just last week I was telling my grandmother she should install Linux, and I told her about OpenOffice, Mozilla, KDE, etc. But when she asked "is there a snowboarding simulator?" I knew I wouldn't be winning her over to the Linux side.
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  6. Hmm.. by k98sven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Guess I know what the next version of Tux Racer is going to look like..

  7. One small request by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    To whomever takes over development of the engine: Please, please, please, do not fill it with frickin' penguins everywhere.

  8. Re:fizzy by Mr.+Bad+Example · · Score: 5, Funny

    Clearly you're not drinking enough Mountain Dew.

  9. Re:What about Quake? by grub · · Score: 4, Funny


    I'm curious: Does the Bill Gates in your world of fiction send one of these memos

    In my wee world Bill Gates cheats at cards, steals candy from children and pees on the toilet seat.

    Thanks for asking.

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