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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. Used to play this in Highschool by miyako · · Score: 3, Interesting

    We used to play this game all the time in my Highschool CS classes (normally we could play after we finished our work, and fridays were dedicated just to playing, we ran a server in the school which was neat). This game can be a LOT of fun to play at a LAN party.
    I just wish that the level editor was a bit more powerful and/or easier to use, and a linux version would be nice (though it does run ok under wine)

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    1. Re:Used to play this in Highschool by Bricklets · · Score: 2, Interesting

      Half the people in my school play it every lunchtime, and whenever else they get the chance.

      Half the school??? How big is your high school? How many computers are there available during lunch?

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  2. Other deserving games: by Nomihn0 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Cube: A remarkably compact and elegant first person shooter. Besides surprisingly good graphics, Cube features full networking and a server browser. It also sports some rudimentary single player support.

    Parsec: A deathmatch space combat game reminiscient of a streamlined Freespace. It packs beautiful visuals and excellent sound effects (including full voiceover and original music). The gameplay isn't bad either and comes complete with LAN support.

    Tenebrae: Based on the Quake 1 sorce code, this is a remarkable graphical modification. Now supporting bump-mapping, per-pixel lighting, and greater model polycounts, Quake is scarier than ever before. Tenebrae is now being developed into a standalone engine (T2) and a game entitled Industri.