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BZFlag Open Source Developers Interviewed, Honored

Posted by simoniker on from the zone-of-battle dept.

morrison writes "BZFlag, a 'free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game', is the Sourceforge [part of OSDN, as is Slashdot] April 2004 Project of the Month, and the award page features details and an interview with the creators. Hopefully other well-deserving Open Source games will receive recognition down the road." The creators explain the game "runs on Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac OS X, and other platforms", note: "There are about 53,000 players in the statistics", and mention plans: "We hope to build a karma system that enables the community to guard against cheats and abuses."

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  1. Re:Used to play this in Highschool by miyako · · Score: 2, Insightful

    There is a linux version of the level editor? I've looked but only found a version for windows. Care to post a link?

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  2. Say thanks, folks! by Jon+Howard · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I felt obligated to send the team a thank you email, since I don't have much else to contribute. I've probably spent more time playing BZFlag than my commercial games combined.

    They'd probably appreciate one from you, too ;)

  3. tell me about it by Zork+the+Almighty · · Score: 2, Insightful

    "We hope to build a karma system that enables the community to guard against cheats and abuses."

    Oh yeah, 'cuz we all know how well that works!

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