Fwd: Re: [u-u] Games... (fwd)

[D. Hugh Redelmeier]

No, it didn't make it to the list.

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From: David Collier-Brown <davecb.42-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
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Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:18:18 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Re: [u-u] Games...
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Did you get this email on the TLUG list?

--dave (at gmail) c-b


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Re: [u-u] Games...
Date: 	Fri, 11 Oct 2013 18:10:30 -0400
From: 	David Collier-Brown <davecb.42-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org>
Reply-To: 	davecb-0XdUWXLQalXR7s880joybQ at public.gmane.org
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I asked the UU folks about Linux games the other day, and I probably
should ask GTALUG as well, for their opinion on Linux games available in
source form...


-------- Original Message --------

The thing I'd most like to find is

  * a one-on-one game
  * with short durations
  * in a  language that can easily call a c/c++ library

It would be pleasant (if unexpected) that it run on Windows, too.

I'm trying to do a demo of a supporting library, and tuxracer didn't fit
(;-))

--dave

On 10/11/2013 05:07 PM, Colin McGregor wrote:
> At the last UU Meeting David Collier-Brown wondered about multi-player
> Linux games where the source code was available. Let me note a few to
> get things rolling:
>
> - Battle  for Wesnoth: http://www.wesnoth.org/ . A turn based strategy
> game with a strong fantasy component. Can be you vs. computer or you
> other players. Play takes place on a map subdivided into hexagons,
> with things like grassland, castles, caverns, forests, etc. shown on
> the map. At the start of the game players get a sum of gold that can
> be used to buy army units. Each unit has a specific price and their
> performance will depend on factors like terrain, and time of day (ie:
> zombies do best at night and underground, human cavalry do best on
> grassland during the day, etc.). Each player takes turns buying units
> (if they have enough gold), moving units and then if desired, fighting
> (each turn may take 5 minutes to complete, but it represents 4 hours
> of time in the game and depending on the units involved, a player may
> want to try to delay a fight until sunrise or sunset)
>
> - Quake III Arena : https://github.com/id-Software/Quake-III-Arena .
> The people at id Software decided to GPL several of their games,
> including Quake III, a first person shooter game. They only however
> GPLed the source code, the files that describe buildings, monsters,
> sound effects, music, etc. are still proprietary. There are now free
> replacements for the files that id Software didn't include, such as:
> http://ioquake3.org/ .  In the game you see what a soldier would see
> looking out his/her helmet, with a basic if it moves, shot it before
> he/she/it (your opponents can be human and/or computer) shoots you. At
> the start of the game each player has a hand gun and scattered through
> the game area are extra weapons, ammunition, medical kits. If killed a
> player is returned to the game in a few seconds, without any of the
> extra items they may have collected. Play in each round continues
> until one player has made a certain number of kills. I got fairly
> familiar with the original version of this game when I did a review
> for Tux Magazine :-) : ftp://ftp.linuxjournal.com/pub/tux/tux017.pdf
>
> Other open source multi-player game suggestions?
>
>
> Colin.
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