No, it's not another diabolical sequel... it's the number of days since the last major Freeciv release until yesterday when Freeciv 2.1 went gold.People round on Freeciv for being unoriginal, but for me it fixes most of the problems with one of the greatest [...]
Yeah, yeah, been quiet, will change, etc
Posted by Onote on Sunday, October 28, 2007
Some people can organise themselves really well and accomplish everything they want to each day. Sadly that's not me!However now my girlfriend is away for 2 months which means I have a lot of extra time. ;-)OpenCityAnyhow, [...]
Galaxy Mage Redux
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Just as I was about to start lamenting the loss of a promising game, somebody steps up with a call to arms to resurrect development efforts.Galaxy Mage Redux (placeholder site) will continue where the original Galaxy Mage team left off. They need pythoners [...]
Freeciv 2.1rc1
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Freeciv 2.1rc1 is now available for download. I haven't yet played it but at first glance there's no 'save/load dialog implemented' in the SDL client part of the news announcements - which means, well, the SDL version is still incomplete. Also, at [...]
SilverTree and FIFEngine
Posted by Onote on Thursday, October 11, 2007
Two big releases in the last 48 hours - SilverTree 0.2, the RPG by Wesnoth developers, and FIFEngine that comes with a CC-by-SA licensed techdemo.Starting with SilverTree, the main gameplay aspects have all now been implemented: [...]
UFO:AI pre2.2 Review
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
Want to know what's worse than a dog breaking wind? 2 dogs doing so... the Free Gamer hounds are gassing the place and making it very difficult to... oh god... no... not again! ARGH!I will try my best not to faint but [...]
Game Announcements Now Onine
Posted by Onote on Thursday, October 4, 2007
There is now a Game Announcements section on the forum. Anonymous posting is allowed (but moderated) and any form of FOSS game news is welcome. The idea being is that if you want to publicize a game in any way, post the update there. New versions, [...]
Scourge-erific
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Time flies when you're forgetting to do things, like update this blog. Damn, I make a post, have a nap, get distracted, and 6 days later I remember I was supposed to be posting again. I have umpteen drafts of half-finished [...]