You probably heard about it already, but for the sake of updating this blog and in case you might have missed it over the holiday stress:0 A.D. got a pretty massive update to version 0.8 "Haxāmaniš"!0AD 0.8 videoThe release news have all the details [...]
4 hours left to apply: Talk in Brussels about your FOSSGame
Posted by Onote on Friday, December 23, 2011
When: February 5th, 2012, 09:00 - 17:00Where: Brussels, Belgium, Europe, EarthMore info h [...]
Modern retro-graphics: RetroBlazer
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Short call for help: Awesome looking retro-graphics game is looking for a Darkplaces QC programmer.So far only two screen-shots have been released (and no word on the license of the media):I am loving the style... so here [...]
Crowd-Sourced Portraits ETA: February 2012!
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New fantasy portraits by Justin Nichol [more here]Remember Justin Nichol's crowd-sourced fantasy portrait commission?In a recent announcement the artists reports, that the collection of 35 portraits [...]
Why we need a stronger copyleft for artists, and how this might be accomplished.
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Currently, art copylefts are weak with respect to code. If I'm a programmer and I want to write code that's specifically for use in libre software, all I have to do is slap the GPL on it and I'm done. If someone uses my [...]
Trepidation 2011-12-20
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999 ammo in TrepidationTrepidation is an open source first person shooter based on the IOQuake3 engine. It was originally conceived on April 9, 2006 with the intent to build a free first person shooter with a sci-fi theme. [...]
Open-Sourcing Canabalt was a Success
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Adam Saltsman, developer of the bsd-code, closed-assets, one-button reaction game Canabalt wrote about the effects of Open-Sourcing Your Game While It's Still Popular to their game.The results of this decision, [...]
Ludum Dare, Game Jams and Licenses
Posted by Onote on Monday, December 19, 2011
Olofson's LD22 gameFree, open source licenses are underrepresented at game jams and contests.This weekend's Ludum Dare ends in a few hours and it already counts 754 entries. The following authors mentioned open source licenses [...]
Hale Review & Flare 0.15 Video
Posted by Onote on Thursday, December 15, 2011
Hale RPGA very fine read is this review of the TBS/RPG Hale. Its first comment was written by the sole developer.Video: Flare 0.15Flare 0.15 introduces outdoor areas. Translation submissions are welcome now as well. [...]
Whats happening in OpenDungeons?
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Hello, I am one of the OpenDungeons (OD) developers and I wrote this blog post for FreeGamer.I bet you're all very excited about whats been going on lately, and I can assure you that a lot of stuff have been made for OD. [...]
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
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World in Conflict: Soviet Assault Developer: Massive Entertainment Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Strategy Release Date: March 12, 2009 (US) About World in Conflict: Soviet Assault An expansion [...]
Minimal puzzles: Search for Smodrick 1.3.1 and Black Obelisk
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Search for Smodrick 1.3.1, a simple ncurses-based game, was recently uploaded to SourceForge.Nearly dead in Search for Smodrick 1.3.1The gameplay consists of finding an optimal path to get to the next level and avoiding/deflecting [...]
Silent Hunter V: Battle Of The Atlantic
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Silent Hunter V: Battle Of The Atlantic Developer: Ubisoft Romania Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Simulation Release Date: March 2, 2010 (US) About Silent Hunter V: Battle Of The Atlantic Silent Hunter [...]
Silent Hunter IV: Wolves of the Pacific
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Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific Developer: Ubisoft Romania Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Simulation Release Date: March 20, 2007 (US) About Silent Hunter: Wolves of the Pacific Silent Hunter 4: [...]
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom
Posted by Onote on Sunday, December 4, 2011
The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom Developer: Blue Byte Publisher: Ubisoft Genre: Strategy Release Date: March 23, 2010 (US) About The Settlers 7: Paths to a Kingdom The Settlers 7: Paths [...]