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The project live.linuX-gamers.net was founded with the idea to present Linux games at the Linuxtag exhibition in a novel way. A collection of games should be shown to directly run from DVD without the user in need to know about Linux or care about his system. After some intense brainstorming sessions the team decided to create and publish this DVD as a live distribution project. Thus an additional and very difficult problem had to be solved: The dvd should run on every x86 PC out there.
At the very beginning the team was split up into two groups. The first group was meant to create a live-dvd based on any existing live distribution and to include games appropriate for younger players. The second group should create a live distribution from scratch, designed for high performance 3d games.
Unfortunately the first team dedicated to the family suited games failed in finding a good live distribution which could be taken to create a base system fitting our ideas. But luckily the second team was successful. They created a livedvd based on archELinux, an embedded distribution arisen of ArchLinux. The archELinux project is still undocumentated yet, but the documentation is currently done in course of a diploma thesis by one of the team members. More details about the technical part of this project will then be available on the archELinux page, please be patient.
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Games
BzFLag
BzFlag is a free online multiplayer cross-platform open source 3D tank battle game. The name originates from "Battle Zone capture the Flag".
It's one of the most popular games ever on Silicon Graphics machines and continues to be developed and improved to this day. It's one of the most popular open source games ever.
Enemy Territory
Enemy Territory is a freeware first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, and a standalone sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It is an online multiplayer game, where the players interact with each other in two teams (axis and allies) to defend or destroy mission objectives.
Glest
Glest is a real time strategy game which is freely available. The game is settled in an ancient world, where technological and magic factions compete with each other.
The player can take part in the game as either party and play against up to three opponents. Selection of terrains and tilesets and the grouping of different teams enable you to set up a variety of scenarios. As known from other rts games, you start at a home site with a few basic units. They are used to gather first resources (harvest lumber, mine ore) or create new buildings. Also few combat units are initially provided, to defend the village or scout the area. While proceeding an increasing number of different units becomes awailable and new types of buildings can be constructed.
The challenge of this game is to have eye on your resources, to defend your base against opponent encroachments and build up a force to defeat your enemies at the same time. Therefor different types of ground units and air units are available. Featuring advanced graphics and skillfully designed units and terrains glest does not need to hide from commercial games. Glest offers a single player mode so far, while multiplayer support is planned and will be added as soon as possible.
Nexuiz
Nexuiz is a 3D deathmatch games comes up with a single player campaign and different types of multiplayer gameplay.
Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2) is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS.
Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features and eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.
Torcs
Torcs is a free 3d car racing game. It includes more than a dozen cars and numerous tracks. You can drive against opponents or against the clock. You can chose single races or championchips. Up to four players can compete against each other at one PC. The difficulty can be varied my many options like manual or automatic gear. With its realistic physics model the game offers great fun for generations.
Tremulous
Tremulous started like World of Padman as a Q3 modification, and got standalone when ID-Software published the Q3's code under GPL. It's about the war between Aliens and Humans (as known from Alien vs. Predator). Thus when you join a game, you have to choose whether to join the alien fraction or to save the humans from beeing defeated. But it is much more than just a Shooter, you have to build and improve your base to prevent the enemy from overrunning your team. Additionally there is a cleverly worked out leveling system, so the more experience you have, the better weapons you get.
True Combat: Elite
True Combat: Elite is a tactical FPS, in which counter terrorists compete against terrorists as known from some well known commercial title. TC:E is freely available, though not open. The games offers a great experience of tactical teamplay.
Warsow
Warsow - Since eSports is a common part in nowadays spare time activities, an international team of developers and artists is working on the warsow game. Warsow is an eSports oriented first person shooter (FPS), focusing in fast paced gameplay, movement and trick jumps.
The hardware requirements are fair since gameplay is important, not eye candy. Warsow runs fluently even on older computers. The game offers six different multiplayer game types, a single player mode is not available. Depending on the gametype up to seven different weapons can be chosen. Power-ups like different types of shields and health items can be found aswell as a stronger type of ammunition for each of the collected weapons. Each gametype can be switched to instagib mode.
World of Padman
World of Padman is a colorful comic style first person shooter started as Q3 modification, which became a standalone game in April 2007. This fondly styled game demonstrates, how fast paced shooter action can be managed without blood and dark ambience.
This is a development build on the way to the 1.0 release, but users are encouraged to test the live DVD and provide suggestions for the upcoming stable release. For more information please read the release announcement and visit the project's web site (http://live.linux-gamers.net/).
Download the DVD image via BitTorrent: lg-live-0.9.iso (2,464MB) (http://live.linux-gamers.net/lg-live-0.9.iso.torrent)
The project live.linuX-gamers.net was founded with the idea to present Linux games at the Linuxtag exhibition in a novel way. A collection of games should be shown to directly run from DVD without the user in need to know about Linux or care about his system. After some intense brainstorming sessions the team decided to create and publish this DVD as a live distribution project. Thus an additional and very difficult problem had to be solved: The dvd should run on every x86 PC out there.
At the very beginning the team was split up into two groups. The first group was meant to create a live-dvd based on any existing live distribution and to include games appropriate for younger players. The second group should create a live distribution from scratch, designed for high performance 3d games.
Unfortunately the first team dedicated to the family suited games failed in finding a good live distribution which could be taken to create a base system fitting our ideas. But luckily the second team was successful. They created a livedvd based on archELinux, an embedded distribution arisen of ArchLinux. The archELinux project is still undocumentated yet, but the documentation is currently done in course of a diploma thesis by one of the team members. More details about the technical part of this project will then be available on the archELinux page, please be patient.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/9417/dvdshotci8.png
Games
BzFLag
BzFlag is a free online multiplayer cross-platform open source 3D tank battle game. The name originates from "Battle Zone capture the Flag".
It's one of the most popular games ever on Silicon Graphics machines and continues to be developed and improved to this day. It's one of the most popular open source games ever.
Enemy Territory
Enemy Territory is a freeware first-person shooter (FPS) computer game, and a standalone sequel to Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It is an online multiplayer game, where the players interact with each other in two teams (axis and allies) to defend or destroy mission objectives.
Glest
Glest is a real time strategy game which is freely available. The game is settled in an ancient world, where technological and magic factions compete with each other.
The player can take part in the game as either party and play against up to three opponents. Selection of terrains and tilesets and the grouping of different teams enable you to set up a variety of scenarios. As known from other rts games, you start at a home site with a few basic units. They are used to gather first resources (harvest lumber, mine ore) or create new buildings. Also few combat units are initially provided, to defend the village or scout the area. While proceeding an increasing number of different units becomes awailable and new types of buildings can be constructed.
The challenge of this game is to have eye on your resources, to defend your base against opponent encroachments and build up a force to defeat your enemies at the same time. Therefor different types of ground units and air units are available. Featuring advanced graphics and skillfully designed units and terrains glest does not need to hide from commercial games. Glest offers a single player mode so far, while multiplayer support is planned and will be added as soon as possible.
Nexuiz
Nexuiz is a 3D deathmatch games comes up with a single player campaign and different types of multiplayer gameplay.
Sauerbraten
Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2) is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS.
Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features and eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.
Torcs
Torcs is a free 3d car racing game. It includes more than a dozen cars and numerous tracks. You can drive against opponents or against the clock. You can chose single races or championchips. Up to four players can compete against each other at one PC. The difficulty can be varied my many options like manual or automatic gear. With its realistic physics model the game offers great fun for generations.
Tremulous
Tremulous started like World of Padman as a Q3 modification, and got standalone when ID-Software published the Q3's code under GPL. It's about the war between Aliens and Humans (as known from Alien vs. Predator). Thus when you join a game, you have to choose whether to join the alien fraction or to save the humans from beeing defeated. But it is much more than just a Shooter, you have to build and improve your base to prevent the enemy from overrunning your team. Additionally there is a cleverly worked out leveling system, so the more experience you have, the better weapons you get.
True Combat: Elite
True Combat: Elite is a tactical FPS, in which counter terrorists compete against terrorists as known from some well known commercial title. TC:E is freely available, though not open. The games offers a great experience of tactical teamplay.
Warsow
Warsow - Since eSports is a common part in nowadays spare time activities, an international team of developers and artists is working on the warsow game. Warsow is an eSports oriented first person shooter (FPS), focusing in fast paced gameplay, movement and trick jumps.
The hardware requirements are fair since gameplay is important, not eye candy. Warsow runs fluently even on older computers. The game offers six different multiplayer game types, a single player mode is not available. Depending on the gametype up to seven different weapons can be chosen. Power-ups like different types of shields and health items can be found aswell as a stronger type of ammunition for each of the collected weapons. Each gametype can be switched to instagib mode.
World of Padman
World of Padman is a colorful comic style first person shooter started as Q3 modification, which became a standalone game in April 2007. This fondly styled game demonstrates, how fast paced shooter action can be managed without blood and dark ambience.
This is a development build on the way to the 1.0 release, but users are encouraged to test the live DVD and provide suggestions for the upcoming stable release. For more information please read the release announcement and visit the project's web site (http://live.linux-gamers.net/).
Download the DVD image via BitTorrent: lg-live-0.9.iso (2,464MB) (http://live.linux-gamers.net/lg-live-0.9.iso.torrent)