Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

BZFlag goes Platinum

Posted by Zonk on from the you-don't-see-nearly-enough-tank-games-anymore dept.

morrison writes "A little over four years after moving to SourceForge at a current rate of several hundred downloads every day, BZFlag has finally "gone platinum". With over 1,000,000 SourceForge downloads, BZFlag looks to be the third game (following Tux Racer and StepMania) to go 'sf platinum'. While this doesn't include the many tens of thousands distributed prior to the project's migration to sf.net during the SGI days, it's a momentous occasion for open source gaming regardless."

2 of 196 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Momentous? by pronobozo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "If it generated any sort of income for the creators, it would be momentous for them."


    If I had created anything that was downloaded a million times I'd sure be proud and I'd surley remember it forever.


    Takes a lot to get a million downloads of anything.


    --
    ------
    insert sig here,here, and here
  2. Re:Gameplay? by cosmol · · Score: 5, Informative
    The gameplay is addicting. Basically its all about positioning your tank. Since the tank doesn't move very fast you have to think ahead. Also the shots are pretty slow so you have to shoot out way ahead of a moving target. Newbies will get outsmarted by more experienced players, but will get enough lucky shots now and again to keep them interested in playing.

    There is a lot of opportunity for team strategy, especially in CTF mode. Many server operators tweak the map/rules to yield some interesting play possibilities.

    Yeah, it's fun. The graphics look like they date from the 80s because they do! Actually I turn the graphic settings down from the default.