I'll start by noting I messed up my last post. Despite making the post on the 23rd, it was dated the 18th so any frequent readers may have easily missed it. So, for those who haven't yet read it, check out Freeciv3 Part [...]
Freeciv3? Part I
Posted by Onote on Sunday, July 23, 2006
There was an interesting discussion over on the Freeciv mailing lists on the goals of the project.Freeciv developer Per started the conversation by stating what he believes is the main obstacle to Freeciv development at the moment, the clash between [...]
Some Cool Game Updates
Posted by Onote on Friday, July 21, 2006
UFO:AIHot off the press is the 2.0 rc3 release from the UFO:AI team, which is shaping up as a flagship open source game after it briefly floundered due to developer desertion last year. This is another example of why indie [...]
Essential Open Source Tools for Windows
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Windows is not a platform oft associated with open source software, but we can not escape from the fact that the majority of computers world-wide run it as the primary operating system. Free game developers mostly seem to run a Linux variant, but there [...]
More Upcoming Releases
Posted by Onote on Saturday, July 15, 2006
There is a release imminent for Mars: Land of No Mercy, which got it's own .org domain name recently. This isometric strategy mech game is developing at a steady pace and sees version 0.1.2 released next week.New Ecksdee [...]
VDrift - More Cars & Tracks
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, July 12, 2006
There's a significant update to VDrift, the open source drift racing game. Now it has a decent selection of cars and tracks, 19 and 12 respectively, to play on and development seems to be picking up pace. This is an excellent game and I urge any people [...]
Freecol vs Swecol
Posted by Onote on Monday, July 10, 2006
The 0.5 release of Freecol is imminent! I've been looking forward to this. Freecol is one of the best looking open source games with a very artistic interface. This will be the first really playable version of Freecol, and as such I expect it to take [...]
Dedication's What You Need
Posted by Onote on Saturday, July 8, 2006
...if you wanna be a record breaker! Oooo ooo... </singing> One of the great things about Free software games is that people are free to dedicate themselves to whatever makes them happy. Check out this ship, the [...]
Dark Days
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, July 5, 2006
I came across Zak McKracken and the Alien Rockstars the other day. It's a GPL cross-plaform fan-made sequel to Zak McKracken, a Lucasarts game. Whilst browsing for information on Zak1, I came across another ZM sequel, [...]