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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.

3 of 214 comments (clear)

  1. Soul Ride run on linux as well. by DeVilla · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I've been playing it for over a month. You can use the virtual resort data files. You might need to use windows to unpack them.

  2. Go Legolas! by Quixadhal · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Yeah, now Legolas doesn't have to board across pesky stairs and orcs anymore, he can have real CGI snow!

  3. Re:Graphics not that amazing. by j1mmy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    That's all fine and dandy, but the game is still ugly.