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New Open Source FPS Blood Frontier Shows Promise

Posted by Soulskill on from the but-can-i-bunny-hop dept.

Softhaus writes "The guys at Blood Frontier have been busy for the last two years working on a new FPS called (surprise) Blood Frontier . This game is an enhanced Cube 2 engine with original artwork and new gameplay (including a kid-mode, which optionally turns off the blood — a nice option for a change). Add the new paintball mode and you have a real 'game community' here. The code is all there (complete for you to play with), the team listens to feedback from the community, and the game is great! It's nice to see these talented guys showing a true free software attitude. They've mentioned that the first actual release is scheduled for next Friday. Does anyone know of other great open source games that are truly 'open?'"

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  1. Alphabetical_list_of_open_source_games by MRe_nl · · Score: 5, Informative

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabetical_list_of_open_source_games
    That was easy...

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    "Kill 'em all and let Root sort 'em out"
  2. Re:Slashdotted by moteyalpha · · Score: 4, Informative

    Slashdotted already. Should give an indication of how desperate /. ers are for a new FOSS FPS.

    http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=198419 Get it at sourceforge

  3. AssaultCube FPS by adrian.henke · · Score: 3, Informative

    Another FOSS FPS? Check out AssaultCube, description from the website:

    AssaultCube, formerly ActionCube, is a free first-person-shooter based on the game Cube. Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that's possible with this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade. This game is all about team oriented multiplayer fun.

  4. WinBolo (2D Tank Strategy) by men0s · · Score: 3, Informative

    For those who have ever spent an entire Typing Class period in middle school on a Mac playing Bolo will find WinBolo very familiar.

    While WinBolo has been around for a decade or so, the source was released about a month ago. And by source, that means a few things: the logviewer, the server (Windows and Linux), the client (Windows), a Java port, as well as the backend for the winbolo.net domain.