I was close to putting some kind of melodramatic title like "the beginning of the end" but it would have been, well, melodrama so opted for something more accurate. The blog is going into cruise control. Less posts, less frequently. Some time in the [...]
Navy Seals: Covert Operations
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, March 18, 2008
You know you wake up sometimes and look in the mirror and GAH WHO IS THAT CREe... ah was me today. After a dab of water, some tasty scran, and the gleam is back in my eye.Acer to make an "Open Standards" console? Intriguing.People [...]
Match of the Day
Posted by Onote on Sunday, March 16, 2008
Open FootballOpen World SoccerOpen Football development has resumed lately. I downloaded from svn and compiled, and whilst it's not a game yet, it looks very nice and the author clearly knows his stuff if you see the planning [...]
OpenLander, Powerball
Posted by Onote on Friday, March 14, 2008
OpenLanderOpenLander (Forum Showcase) is a 3D lunar lander style game. Whilst currently more a tech demo than a game, it looks very interesting and strangely reminiscent of an old Mac or Amiga game that I just can't remember, [...]
New Features and Python Programmer Required
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, March 12, 2008
In case you didn't notice, there's a bunch of flags under the title of the post. As pretty as they are, they are not window dressing, no no, they allow you to read Free Gamer in different languages. I have an army of monkeys [...]
Wesnoth Battling Onwards
Posted by Onote on Monday, March 10, 2008
Battle for WesnothWell the big release of the weekend is Battle for Wesnoth 1.4 (changelog). Not too much to say about this game that hasn't been said hundreds of times before. It's simply the best open source game project [...]
Alien Arena 2008 and Planeshift 0.400
Posted by Onote on Friday, March 7, 2008
Hot on the heels of the rather amazing Nexuiz 2.4 release is this years main release of Alien Arena. Alien Arena 2008, or Alien Arena 7.0, or Alien Arena 2008 7.0, however you term it, brings a lot of improvements and new features to a game quickly [...]
Screenshots are for wimps
Posted by Onote on Thursday, March 6, 2008
Glest 3.1.2 has been released (changelog, linux). Fixes, minor improvements, good to see some sustained activity for the project and hopefully it keeps on going like this.SuperTuxKart 0.4 is being packaged as we speak. Eventually (although not yet [...]
Bos Wars and Globulation2
Posted by Onote on Sunday, March 2, 2008
Bos Wars 2.5 has been released. Beautiful particle explosions are the highlight. I couldn't find screenshots of this online yet. I downloaded and had a very brief go. It seems to be the standard RTS fare, reminiscent of the classic C&C games. [...]