[Novalug] 'game' developers out there?

Ken Kauffman kkauffman at headfog.com
Thu Apr 12 15:22:03 EDT 2007


Nexuiz is an open source 3d FPS game that supports server/online game
play. Might be a fantastic first start.  Cube is another one.

http://www.alientrap.org/nexuiz/
http://cube.sourceforge.net/

There are a TON of open source games.  Maybe just grab source and start at
it that way?

Ken

On Thu, April 12, 2007 15:19, gregory pryzby wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 03:07:27PM -0400, Ken Kauffman wrote:
>>
>> What level?  Ground up?
>
> any....
>
>> I've done Unreal Tournament mapping and modeling, but that's using the
>> existing toolset provided.  However, 3d world mapping/modeling is no
>> small
>> feat.  Unfortunately, while UT2004 runs on Linux, the tools are on
>> Windows
>> only.  I'm hoping that the upcoming UT3 will support Linux completely.
>
> that would be nice.
>
> I am on a homeschool list and a kid wants to develop games. i pointed
> them to WAD modification as a good start. they flash and maybe java to
> grab and modify before writing from scratch.
>
> writing a world game is not easy-- graphics and physics and story...
> not easy at all
>
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