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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. 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.